Today is a day full of real estate goodies (though not are all quite so good). Here are three more: more ›

While Gothamist greatly enjoyed Michael Slackman's NY Times article about fringe NYC politics, because it shed some light on the emerging power of independents and the fascinating background of co-founder Dr. Fred Newman, we decided we loved it most for the 1990 photograph by Angel Franco where you can see a very fat Reverend Al Sharpton. Earlier this year, the NY Times talked to the Reverend Al about his diet and even had photos of him exercising on a Swiss ball, but we didn't realize how much weight he's actually lost. What a way to motivate Gothamist at the beginning of the swimsuit season! more ›

Aha: It seems that Cablevision bid for the MTA's West Side railyards is actually $40 million more than the Jets' $720 million bid. But the most interesting - and aggressive - thing about the Cablevision bid is that it's for $760 million in cash, whether or not the city allows them to rezone for the development they'd like. Now, that's the "Damn!" moment. And we knew corporations had Scrooge McDuck-type vaults of cash to swim in! Gothamist will guess that that next step in this game of "Mine is bigger than yours" will include unicorns and ligers. more ›