October 27th, 2009
This 11 pound, 70-year old lobster is currently available for purchase at New York’s Oceana restaurant for $275.
Oceana purchased the 11-pound crustacean earlier this week after customers complained that the restaurant’s lobsters weren’t big enough.
(Because lobsters’ age can be determined by weight, the Oceana owners believe the 11 pound crustacean, nicknamed “Peter,” is approximately 70 years old).
October 1st, 2009
Scheduled helicopter service between two heliports in Manhattan and two major airports that serve New York City abruptly shut down on Friday.
U.S. Helicopter, which started up 3 ½ years ago, provided the first shuttle service since the 1980s from Manhattan to a commercial airport.
It was charging as much as $159 each way for an eight-minute trip between one of the heliports in Manhattan and Kennedy International or Newark Liberty International Airports
September 29th, 2009
British Airways will launch a luxury, all-business class transatlantic service today featuring flat beds and the latest communications technology.
The twice-daily service between London City Airport and New York offers 32 seats in specially configured Airbus A318 aircraft.
Return fares will start at £1,901 and passengers will be able to send emails and texts and use the internet while aboard.
August 21st, 2009
South Korean-born violin virtuoso Hahn-Bin accidently left his $500,000 18th century Giovanni Francesco Pressenda violin in the back of a New York City cab.
It was only after the exhausted fiddler had taken a shower in his Chinatown apartment that he realized what had happened.
City taxi officials say a GPS device in the cab led to the quick return of the instrument to the Korean violinist on Monday.
August 11th, 2009
A striking triplex penthouse apartment in a clock tower overlooking the Brooklyn Bridge and New York Harbor has gone on the market for $25 million.
The Dumbo building was built by a cardboard box manufacturer and renovated by Dumbo developer David Walentas.
The main floor of the sleek modern apartment is dominated by four working clocks housed in four 14-foot-high round windows.
May 29th, 2009
The Manhattan skyline will lose a bit of New York and gain a touch of London in coming months.
Getting ready to light up the New York skyline, a fifty foot Burberry sign is installed on the roof of the new Burberry Americas headquarters at 444 Madison Avenue.
The sign will be illuminated on 28 May - The day declared as the official Burberry Day in New York City by Mayor Bloomberg.
