Eldridge St. Synagogue, by AllWaysNY at flickrToday on the Gothamist Newsmap: an overturned bulldozer on 65th St. and Metropolitan Ave. in Queens, vandalism to an NYPD vehicle at Newkirk Ave. and 31st St. in Brooklyn, and an armed robbery on 47th St. and Lexington Ave. in Manhattan. NYU is opening a foreign annex school in Abu Dhabi in a bid to expand intercultural awareness. No gays, Jews, or anyone who's visited Israel allowed, please.......

Photograph of a section of the Texaco map by Sybil Young/NYC Parks & Recreation For the 1964-1965 World's Fair, architect Philip Johnson designed the New York State Pavillion in Flushing Meadows Corona Park. Besides the well-known observation towers (think Men in Black) and the Theaterama, he commissioned a "130-foot-by-166-foot terrazzo replica of a Texaco New York State road map." However, after vandalism and weather, the past decades have damaged the map to the point......

The Observer's Matthew Schuerman has a few interesting stories about Columbia's Manhattanville expansion plans. An article published today looks at how the University of Pennsylvania's successful (and more community-embraced) urban transformation could potentially inform Columbia's plans, now that former Penn president Judith Rodin's book, The University & Urban Revival has hit the bookshelves. Rodin, now the president of the Rockefeller Foundation, only says that the conversations she has had with Columbia president Lee Bollinger......

The wedding season is in full swing: Second week in a row where there are over 30 weddings in the NY Times Weddings & Celebrations section. Here we go: Total Number of Weddings: 32 (including Vows column) Total Number of Same-Sex Weddings: 2 Youngest Bride: 24 Oldest Bride: 47 Youngest Groom: 24 Oldest Groom: 62 Biggest Age Difference: 17 years Number of Couples Where Bride and Groom Are the Same Age: 2 (24, 38) Number......

It's time go over this weekend's NY Times Weddings Announcements! Total Number of Weddings: 24 (including Vows column) Total Number of Same-Sex Weddings: 0 (but the Styles section had a feature about "Dinah Shore Weekend," aka "The L World") Youngest Bride: 22 Oldest Bride: 38 Youngest Groom: 23 Oldest Groom: 42 Biggest Age Difference: 11 years Number of Couples Where Bride and Groom Are the Same Age: 3 (25, 32, and 35) Number of Columbia......

It's birdseed throwing or bubble blowing time with this weekend's NY Times wedding announcements. Total Number of Weddings: 12 (including Vows column) Total Number of Same-Sex Weddings: 1 Youngest Bride: 24 Oldest Bride: 48 Youngest Groom: 26 Oldest Groom: 56 Biggest Age Difference: 8 years Number of Couples Where Bride and Groom Are the Same Age: 3 (ages 27, 36, and 37) Number of Cornell Graduates Married: 2 Number of Penn State Graduates Married: 2......

It's still officially the winter, so there just ten weddings announced this weekend in the NY Times. Let's get to the good stuff: Total Number of Weddings: 10 Total Number of Same-Sex Weddings: 1 Youngest Bride: 27 Oldest Bride: 40 Youngest Groom: 28 Oldest Groom: 49 Number of Cornell Graduates: 2 Number of NYU Graduates: 1 Number of Vanderbilt Graduates: 1 Number of University of Pennsylvania Graduates: 3 Number of Kenyon College Graduates: 1 Number......

After a many months absence, here are some stats about this week's NY Times Weddings and Celebrations announcements: Total Number of Weddings: 9 Total Number of Same-Sex Weddings: 1 Youngest Bride: 24 Oldest Bride: 55 Youngest Groom: 26 Oldest Groom: 50 Longest Relationship Before Getting Married: 27 Years Number of Cornell Graduates Married: 1 Number of NYU Graduates Married: 1 Number of Princeton Graduates Married: 1 Number of University of Pennsylvania Graduates Married: 2 Number......

Republican candidate for Attorney General Jeanine Pirro continued to make her campaign appearances, and her daughter Cristine stood up for her. At a Manhattan fundraiser lasted night, the Daily News reports that Cristine "Kiki" Pirro, University of Pennsylvania senior, said, "While others may question her decisions, I love her for choosing to do what she thought was best for our family. You know, we've taken a lot of hits as a family, but we......

So, it's been a little while since the last time we visited the Times Weddings and Celebrations by the Numbers but today there was no way we couldn't count 'em up. If you opened up the paper today you might have noticed that the familiar face of our very own Jen Chung and her new husband Jay Wilkins were the on top of the list of sixteen non-Vows weddings this week. From the Paper......

Another really short Weddings and Celebrations this week, so enough with the pleasantries and let's just jump in: Total Number of Weddings: 9 Total Number of Same-Sex Weddings: 0 Average Age of Brides: 30.3 Average Age of Grooms: 31 Youngest Bride: 26 Oldest Bride: 35 Youngest Groom: 26 Oldest Groom: 35 Average Age Difference: 1.3 years Largest Age Difference: 4 years Number of Older Brides: 2 Number of Older Grooms: 4 Number of Same-Age Couples:......

Only a handful of weddings this Weddings and Celebrations, so let's go: Total Number of Weddings: 15 Average Age of Brides: 33 Average Age of Grooms: 36 Oldest Bride: 49 Oldest Groom: 51 Youngest Bride: 25 Youngest Groom: 27 Average Age Difference: 3.2 years Biggest Age Difference: 11 years Number of Older Brides: 2 Number of Older Grooms: 11 Number of Same-Age Couples: 2 Number of Native New Yorkers (State): 10 Number of Non-Native......

A fun weekend this week, so let's jump right into this week's Weddings and Celebrations: Total Number of Weddings: 21 Total Number of Weddings Between Two Heterosexuals: 21 Total Number of Weddings Between Two Homosexuals: 0 Average Age of Brides: 33 Average Age of Grooms: 34 Oldest Bride: 47 Oldest Groom: 51 Youngest Bride: 27 Youngest Groom: 26 Average Age Difference: 3.7 years Biggest Age Difference: 13 years Number of Older Brides: 8 Number......

Another slim weddings weekend, only 16, so let's jump right into this week's Weddings and Celebrations: Total Number of Weddings: 16 Total Number of Weddings Between Two Heterosexuals: 15 Total Number of Weddings Between Two Homosexuals: 1 Average Age of Brides: 36 Average Age of Grooms: 37 Oldest Bride: 54 Oldest Groom: 57 Youngest Bride: 26 Youngest Groom: 24 Average Age Difference: 4.375 years Biggest Age Difference: 19 years Number of Older Brides (in......

Thanksgiving weekend is clearly not a weeekend when people want to get married, at least not if the Times' Weddings and Celebrations are any indications. Only 13 weddings this weekend so we'll keep it brief: Total Number of Weddings: 13 Youngest Bride: 26 Youngest Groom: 26 Oldest Bride: 79 Oldest Groom: 86 Average Bride Age: 36.8 years Average Groom Age: 37.6 years Biggest Age Difference: 7 years Average Age Difference: 2.4 years Number of......

Slow week for weddings apparently, but in any event, here they are, this weeks Weddings and Celebrations, by the numbers: Total Number of Weddings: 19 Total Number of Weddings Between Two Heterosexuals: 16 Total Number of Weddings Between Two Homosexuals: 3 Average Age of Brides: 31.8 Average Age of Grooms: 33.5 Oldest Bride: 40 Oldest Groom: 42 Youngest Bride: 26 Youngest Groom: 26 Average Age Difference: 2.5 years Biggest Age Difference: 8 years Number of......

Here they are, this weeks Weddings and Celebrations, by the numbers: Total Number of Weddings: 26 Total Number of Weddings Between Two Heterosexuals: 24 total Number of Weddings Between Two Homosexuals: 2 Average Age of Brides: 33 Average Age of Grooms: 33 Oldest Bride: 53 Oldest Groom: 45 Youngest Bride: 24 Youngest Groom: 25 Average Age Difference: 2.8 years Biggest Age Difference: 7 years* Number of Older Brides: 8 Number of Older Grooms: 15 Number......

Here they are, this weeks Weddings and Celebrations, by the numbers: Total Number of Weddings: 23 Total Number of Weddings Between Two Heterosexuals: 22 total Number of Weddings Between Two Homosexuals: 1 Average Age of Brides: 30 Average Age of Grooms: 34 Oldest Bride: 37 Oldest Groom: 60 Youngest Bride: 24 Youngest Groom: 26 Average Age Difference: 2.7 years Biggest Age Difference: 8 years Number of Older Brides: 4 Number of Older Grooms: 15 Number......

Here are this weeks Weddings and Celebrations, by the numbers: Total Number of Weddings: 35 Number of Heterosexual Weddings: 35 Average Age of Brides: 31 Average Age of Grooms: 32 Oldest Bride: 44 Oldest Groom: 41 Youngest Bride: 26 Youngest Groom: 27 Average Age Difference: 2.5 years Biggest Age Difference: 8 years Number of Older Brides: 6 Number of Older Grooms: 23 Number of Same-Age Couples: 5 Number of Ageless Couples: 1 Number of......

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The Post tallies up the city's most eligible bachelors (and, yes, the usual suspects are there, like Derek Jeter, Rocco DiSpirito and Adrien Brody as well as some not so usual, like Billy Crudup – who knew the dump the soon to be mother of my child type which is hot to Page Six and homophobe Jeremy Shockey; Gothamist, though, is thrilled with the inclusion of chef Marcus Samuelsson, sigh). The Post also adds what......

Gothamist is sick over the possibility that Reading Rainbow might be cancelled. The beloved precursor to Oprah's Book Club (in Gothamist's mind), Reading Rainbow introduced children to new books, fiction and non-fiction, taking place in situations familiar and exotic. The problem with finding funding for producing more spots is "the show's narrow audience -- children 6 to 8 who are just learning to read -- doesn't give sponsors the broad exposure they're seeking" according to......

While this is an interesting piece of news, I'd be interested in seeing the full report versus this summary because I feel the scientists are leaving something out - I know some miserable heteroseuxual couples and incredibly calm lesbian ones: "Scientists at the University of Pennsylvania and the Monell Chemical Senses Center in Philadelphia have found that exposure to male perspiration can brighten women's moods, reducing tension and increasing relaxation, and also has a direct......

In a time when media outlets scramble for anyone to talk about the topic du jour, it's a rare pleasure to hear someone who is eloquent and intelligent on the topic at hand. This was the case during a Weekend Today segment about Jesica Santillan, the girl whose first transplant operation was marred by transplant organs of the wrong blood type, suffered irreversible brain damage after the second transplant this past week, and then died......