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I like seeing old restaurant signs with the words “STEAKS” and “CHOPS” on them. You don’t see these words together very often. They’re on the Washington Square Diner sign. They were on the Skyline Diner sign, which has vanished along with the Skyline. And they were also on the sign for Pete’s Place, which vanished from Gramercy’s 3rd Avenue about two years ago.

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The Times Square public lounge-o-rama sinks to a new low with giant plastic baseball mitt seats for tourists to rest their weary backsides:

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How does the Lower East Sides trendy new bazaar stack up against the reigning champ from Brooklyn?

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This week, I reported on AOL News’ Bill Morris’ account of the removal of the Lora Deli graffiti mural, a decade-old piece on Avenue D.

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Six notable nightlife openings.

It must be really hard to sell a luxury condo on the corner of Shitstorm and Cacophony. Better try to rent it, rent it, rent it, rent it–and put up no less than 4 For Rent signs in an attempt to do so:

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