It's 2009 again. Because of potential difficulty with finding a tenant for Tower 3 at the redeveloped World Trade Center, developer Larry Silverstein may cut the 80-story skyscraper by 73 stories and transform is into a seven-story structure instead. more ›

You know what Manhattan needs? More commercial office space! Thankfully, Mayor Bloomberg and some big shot developers are committed to building a 51 story tower on West 30th Street, creating 1.7 million square feet of new commercial office space. Today they announced that they've already locked in the first tenant: Coach, Inc., which will occupy the lower third of the building. It'll be so tall you'll be able to see it from your office in Jersey City! Here's what's happening: more ›

The deal between Condé Nast and the Port Authority for the publisher to take over 1 million square feet at One World Trade Center is only a few days old, but the freaking out about moving there has already begun—even though the first staffers won't be able to move in until 2014. According to the Post, "So far, the design plans are not being shared with the staff. And for good reason. 'I think it will be horribly received in many parts of the building,'" because the office space design might include... cubicles. more ›

Dealbreaker shared a photograph of a tech analyst's handiwork at Credit Suisse. According to an email sent to analysts and associates, "The attached picture was sent to me by Corporate Services and HR. This is nothing short of embarrassing for our group and something that the Firm takes very seriously. Vandalism of company property will result in disciplinary action leading up to, and including, termination of employment. We all work in a corporate environment - not a college dorm - if you cannot behave in a professional and respectful manner, you should consider alternative employment." more ›

Friends and clients of real estate investor Adam Hochfelder thought they were buying shares in Lake George's Sagamore Resort and another property in Telluride, Colorado, but instead the money was going up Hochfelder's nose, among other places. The onetime-mogul—who underwent nasal reconstructive surgery because of his coke problem—says substance abuse led him to take over $2.5 million from investors and spend it on debts, private school for his kids, private jets, lawyer fees and expensive trips. He was arrested yesterday, and previously, in 2008, Hochfelder was charged with taking banks, family and friends for $17 million. “The facts of this case speak volumes about the defendant’s character,” the prosecutor said. “He did it with an outstanding level of arrogance and entitlement.” more ›

Note to public servants: Your embarrassing MySpace pages will get the tabloid once-over if you do something totally stupid. Last week, police officers Thomas Eliassen and Michael Danese were arrested after they stranded a 14-year-old boy who had been egging cars at a remote swamp. Now Eliassen's MySpace page, where he proclaims, "LET'S DO LINES OFF A STRIPPERS A--!!!", is getting attention from the boy's lawyer. The boy, Rayshawn Moreno, claimed the officers also made... more ›

Adam Bock’s The Thugs is a trenchant little study of office eccentricity currently filling in at Soho Rep. I say “little” not just because the play clocks in and out in under an hour, but also because there really isn’t much in the way of dramatic payoff. Temps come and go, bodies pile up on other floors, somebody gets shoved down the stairs, but ultimately the office manager is always there to drive her staff back to the status quo of their menial tasks. And then it's time to go home. more ›

This weekend Hollywood says what moviegoers liked once, they'll sure love twice as the sequels hit theaters. Now you may be asking yourselves, did we really need another movie about bad boys in fast cars or another flick about a fat, talking cat? Apparently, we did and they both needed to be set in an exotic international local, Japan and England, respectively. more ›

- Yet another great story about the building of the Third Water Tunnel - the NY Times also has a slideshow to go with the article more ›

Everyone, it's the most depressing day of the year, according to part-time tutor at Cardiff University. Now, Gothamist doesn't usually heed the advice of part-time tutors (only full-time tutors, please), but given that the Brits have stiff upper-lips and notable reserve, we do take any proof as to why we might be cranky and depressed very seriously. BBC News writes

Foul weather, debt, fading Christmas memories, failed resolutions and a lack of motivation conspire to depress, Cliff Arnalls found. more ›

For ticket information, here's what the MTR says. Here's the BBC's The Office site. You can buy the Christmas Special on DVD. Also, Gervais on a Golden Globe earlier this year for Best Actor in a Comedy Series for his work in The Office. Plus, Ask Gothamist on being a temp and dating coworkers. more ›

I work in an office as a temp and my assignment will soon be coing to an end. I work with several attractive, young single women and I�ve been flirting with them for a few months now, often playing little practical jokes on them to get their attention. Before my last day, I�d really like to go out for drinks with some of my colleagues (and possibly turn a �friend� relationship into a romantic possibility). However, I work in Chelsea and am not really feeling the bar scene around here. I�d like to go someplace that�s not full of hipsters where I can just sit down and have a cold drink and a good conversation. Got any tips on the drinking scene around here? Also, is there any way to find out if any of my co-workers are interested in me without upsetting anyone in the office? How should I go about asking people out for drinks? more ›

The weather is a mixed bag this weekend as we stick around the city this weekend (we're glad we won't need to follow Gawker's rules of conduct for getting to the Hamptons - we've seen people getting on and off the Jitney and it looks worse than the school bus we had to take). We've been trying to think of what we want to do, and have come up with some ideas that we'd like to share: more ›

Jacob Kornbluth, Filmmaker more ›

Derek Jeter is so sad over losing to the Marlins, Gothamist started to think about some movies various members of the Yankees organization should watch in the off season. more ›

It was only a matter of time: King of the Hill co-creator Greg Daniels has signed to adapt the BBC series, The Office, for American audiences. Before the hyperventilating begins, check out Daniels' resume: Writing gigs on both Seinfeld and The Simpsons. Plus Daniels' co-creater, Mike Judge, is behind one of the greatest movies about Office Life ever: Office Space. According to an interview with Variety, producer Ben Silverman who brought Daniels on board, Daniels is "able to come up with characterizations that feel honest and personal without being caricatures. And he thoroughly understands what (the U.K. version of) 'The Office' is all about." Also, the US version won't be an exact copy of the UK version. more ›

There are two lenses into the life of a business person today. The Times looks at business travelers and their secret: watching too much television. CNN, being maybe a month or two behind the curve, examines the BBC show, The Office, that is making people wince at recognition of their own sad offices and the people that inhabit them for good chunks of their lives. more ›

Gothamist knows that there are people out there who are quitting their jobs, even in a time of 6% unemployment, but, still, it seems surprising when we come across articles like the one in yesterday's Post about like-aged New Yorkers leaving the cubicle life without a clear post-job game plan. Perhaps it's because Gothamist has been so battered by lay-offs and job insecurity that we find people who can quit to be a mythical combination of brave and crazy. more ›