Tuesday: Lesbians, the Outer Boroughs
Ellen DeGeneres nests with girlfriend Portia de Rossi. The world drools. (Defamer)
Another New York emblem to undergo transformation: Victoria Theater in Harlem. Two finalists are duking it out to lead the new $115 million design that includes a hotel, ballroom, community theater, exhibition space and a B.B. King supper club. (New York Daily News)
Yes, even in Woodside, Queens people get uppity about downzoning. Variances builders have requested--to increase the size of constructions--have been met, as expected, with resistance. (New York Daily News)
Speaking of Queens, the borough's East River waterfront may finally see the greenway that neighbors have been promised for some time: "City Councilman Eric Gioia is providing $500,000 in city money for the project, and the city's Parks Department was able to secure an additional $2.6 million in federal funding." (New York Daily News)
All hail 2006 as the year for development in ... Brooklyn. Wait ... what was 2005, then? (New York Post)
Queens Councilman Peter Vallone really hates graffiti. He has called Sony PlayStation Portable's graffiti-style ad campaign illegal, despite the fact that it appears on permissible advertising posts. Apparently, "it encourages vandalism." Is Queens getting a bad rep today? (United Press International)
Honestly, do you think trolleys could really make a comeback, Mr. Melnick? That Brooklyn might once again be crisscrossed by 1,800 pollution-free vehicles? If Disney Land water rides come to Randalls Island, anything can happen. (The New York Times)
Julianne Moore is famous, beautiful, rich and seemingly well-liked in Hollywood. Now, she also has an apartment on Bethune Street in the West Village with her adorable husband. (The New York Times)
If you've ever been to Long Beach, you know that it is most certainly a stretch to compare it to the Hamptons. Alas, traffic, Max Gross, is in fact "a beach." (New York Post)
Brooklyn Views discusses Frank Gehry's project. (Brooklyn Views)
Maura Moynihan's efforts on behalf of the new Penn Station, which will be named after her father, get a nice fat profile. (Metropolis Magazine)
- Riva Froymovich
