You may be familiar with James Sanders' book Celluloid Skyline: New York and the Movies, which celebrated New York City's role in movies and is a must for any fan of New York, architecture, or film. But even if you haven't, you get a chance to experience it in beyond the pages: Starting tomorrow, Grand Central Terminal's Vanderbilt Hall will be the setting for a Celluloid Skyline exhibit. There will be huge "scenic backing"......

Subway station is better than no subway station. That's the lesson we're taking from the NY Sun's story about surging subway ridership at some unlikely stations. The fast growing station? The J/M/Z station at Bowery and Delancey, which now has 1,771 people entering the station daily, versus 308 in 1995. The station's growth seems to be a reflection of the intense Lower East Side development. The second fastest growing station is Beach 98th Street......

Yesterday morning, Mayor Bloomberg met with the family of Sean Bell, who was fatally shot when the police fired 50 times at a car carrying him and two of his friends hours before his wedding over the weekend. The Mayor also met with black religious figures, community leaders and politicians before a press conference where he said:It sounds to me like excessive force was used. I can tell you that it is to me......

It took only a few days after "energy drink" Cocaine debuted at Fashion Week parties for local lawmakers to freak out. City Councilman James Sanders of Queens held a press conference and said:There are only two reasons that you would seek to use this infamous and insidious name to market your so-called energy drink. Either you are woefully ignorant of the horrors of cocaine addiction, or your god is the dollar bill, and not even......

In a move that didn't surprise anyone, Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz has officially endorsed Mayor Bloomberg. In the news clips, Bloomberg acknowledged (kind of smirkily) that Markowitz made a tough decision in switching sides, but whatever, Marty knew which side his Brooklyn bread was buttered on: The side with the candidate that will mostly likely win. Anyway, suspect it's the Mayor's support of bringing more big business to Brooklyn, but Markowitz, along with other......

Gothamist is sorry we haven't posted about this sooner, but in the spirit of better late than never, James Sanders, author of the beautiful book Celluloid Skyline about the representation of the city in film, is speaking at the Center for Architecture tonight about Edge of the City - Waterfront, Train Station, and Grand Hotel. The lecture is the fourth and final one in a series (earlier topics included Emerald Cities - Skyscrapers Real and......

With the end of Sex and the City tonight, we can welcome the end of thousands of articles spectulating what kind of impact the show had on our lives (Men will drink pink drinks!) and fashion and New York. Don't get us wrong - Gothamist has enjoyed Sex and the City ever since the first time we saw the bus splash Sarah Jessica Parker in her crazy pink outfit during the opening credits. But we......