While no one would confuse "McCartney" as a Hebrew name, Sir Paul does seem to have a thing for nice Jewish girls. His first wife, Linda, was a member of the tribe, and apparently Macca had talked about converting after marrying her, but "never got around to it." After a brief stint with shiksa Heather Mills, McCartney has once again fallen for a Jew, current MTA board member Nancy Shevell, whom he married last month. And this time, he's being a real mensch. more ›

From a $5.4 billion trophy purchase to foreclosed property: The 80-acre Stuyvesant Town and Peter Cooper Village complex is now in control of lenders, who, the NY Times reports, are "now expected to begin negotiations with tenants over what could be the country’s largest conversion of rental buildings to a condominium or cooperative. That could start battles among the 25,000 tenants over whether the apartments should remain affordable or be allowed to trade openly on the real estate market." more ›

Hipsters: make yourselves useful. The hipsters in London are doing way cooler things than you and to be honest, it's quite embarrassing. Look at these dumpster conversions: pools, gardens, ping pong tables, stages, skateboarding ramps... you name it. more ›

The long-running dispute between the owners of 47 East 3rd Street and their rent-stabilized tenants seems over, as the Court of the Appeals ruled the owners can evict tenants from the 60-room building in order to create a single super-duper residence. more ›