Today, all over the city, ordinary parking spaces will be transformed into temporary public "parks." The Trust for Public Land has organized a nationwide Park(ing) Day, and there are a number of these Park(ing) projects all over the city - Open Plans has the details on the NYC locations. more ›

Got some money to burn? Love really important maps? Especially happy if your money spent on said maps can go to a good cause like, say, The Trust For Public Land? Have we got an auction for you! more ›

The NYPD's Mounted Unit will be homeless pretty soon, as the Hudson River Park Trust wants them to vacate their cushy digs. The NYPD had signed a three year lease for its temporary headquarters at Pier 63 (where they have an indoor riding track, enough room for unit training and exercises, plus the stables for the Midtown unit, according to the Post) but haven't been able to find suitable replacement space. The Trust is looking to start park renovations. Hmm, Gothamist wonders if the NYPD could lease some space from the MTA - maybe the West Side railyards? more ›

a check. However, the 83 year-old misdated the check "2004" (she's 83, folks), so the bank wouldn't cash it and the woman came back to Sulzberger and asked for $5000 cash. Cash! And Sulzberg withdrew that amount from a bank teller, leading the teller to call the police. The police asked Sulzberger to help trap the woman, and Bonnie Demitro of the Bronx was charged with grand larceny. Sulzberger said, "Of course, I've learned my lesson. It's just so amazing that this thing happens all the time." So are we! Gothamist is glad we're not old ladies with bank accounts that can be prey to con people! But we know some not so old people who have been conned on the street - and we're not counting those three-card Monte tables. more ›

The Trust helped restore cobblestone on Horatio Street. Forgotten NY on Belgian block (aka cobblestone) streets. And, with today's snow, this reminds Gothamist of how you can contact the Department of Transportation about potholes; we love how the DoT has links to images of what different potholes look like (we especially hate ponding conditions). more ›

The Post says that New York Times publisher Arthur Ochs Sulzberger, Jr. denies that his family made him ask Howell Raines and Gerald Boyd to resign. He had, famously, right after the Jayson Blair scandal emerged, said that he would not accept Raines' and Boyd's resignations. "Towards the end of last week, and even more towards the beginning of this week, it became clear to them, and in turn to me, that the best thing for this paper would be for them to resign," Sulzberger tells Newsweek. more ›