There was very little else for Londonist to be concerned with when the threat of a Tube strike became a very unpleasant reality. The inconvenience was extreme: there aren't many alternatives to the Tube in London despite the best efforts of the Londonist team to get everyone from A to B. Brighter news came in the form of the first ever female Yeoman Warder, or Beefeater as the position is more commonly known, and several smiles as well as lots of cash were raised by some plucky urban ironing. London is apparently full of lies and whales: one of these things is true. We leave that up to you to figure out. more ›

All across the Ist-A-Verse (or at least the American parts thereof), writers and editors are in the midst of enjoying their three-day weekend. But after the week we've all had, we feel like the break is not only needed, but deserved. Just look at everything we've been doing! more ›

With all that went down this week, we thought we thought we'd cheer everyone up by giving everyone a double dose of dogs. more ›

Before we begin, we'd like to extend our deepest sympathies to the family of James Kim. We are not, by any means, trying to discount that tragedy by juxtaposing posts about the Kims with more light-hearted posts. It's the nature of doing a compilation such as this one: we're trying to give a full slice of the goings-on in the Ist-a-Verse: the good, the bad, and the ugly. more ›

"The maintenance is terrible,'' said Harris, a coordinator for an advocacy group called the Disabled Riders Coalition. "If you're stuck on a platform with no way to get out, what if there's a fire?''Later, Harris had to transfer to three different trains in order to reach a station that was accessible. Only 55 of the 469 subway stations are wheelchair-accessible. The MTA says it has a "rapid response team" to fix elevators within the first 24 hours of being notified, but the Manahttan Borough President's office issued a report saying that the average elevator are out of service for 13 days. Which we don't think is rapid, even by MTA standards. more ›

Seattlest saw a house party get senselessly attacked with a shotgun and end in seven dead. A local senator is debated and their version of the big dig is investigated. To truly get to the bottom of it they interview the writer Jonathan Raban. more ›

First the Staten Island Yankee's go on the block and then Bloomberg starts to get serious about cleaning up traffic on the fifth borough. We guess yesterday was just a SI news day, and the Advance seems to agree. more ›

Torontoist throws down the gauntlet and challenges all comers: pillow fight, bitch. They also stand up for a fellow blogger taking heat from the TTC and welcome city-wide WiFi. more ›

To heck with the old New York or LA fight (or even the once strong NY v. SF meme), USA Today is trying to stir up some trouble by pitting our fine Capital of the World against the Second City (the capital of the Midwest?). more ›

It looks like a little bit of credit card technology is coming to New York. HSBC is introducing an RFID card so all someone with the card would do is wave or tap it at the point of purchase. The Daily News reports that McDonald's, Duane Reade and UA Theaters will have the RFID technology. The idea is that the card will speed up small purchases (anything less than $25 doesn't need a signature) The first thought that comes to Gothamist's mind is security, but MasterCard's site says there's no liability for fraudulent purchases. Then again, when was the last time anyone looked at the signature panel on your card? more ›

So, welcome, Chicagoist! Gothamist is learning so much about Chicago that we'll be able to enjoy our stopovers at O'Hare that much more. And we're also digging the Chicagoist logo, designed by Sam; Chicago's buildings look like aliens and/or slugs - cool! Plus, many thanks to Neil Epstein, who did all the technology heavy-lifting. more ›