8:30 – 10:30 a.m., the State Bank of Long Island sponsors a tutorial on “How to Buy and Sell Via Short Sale.” Yale Club, 50 Vanderbilt Avenue, Saybrook Room. For information, contact Cara Maloney at cmaloney@statebankofli.com or 516.465.2366. 6:30 p.m., the Museum of the City of New York hosts a discussion about ...

Skidmore Owings & Merrill star architect David Childs will be the new chairman of the Municipal Art Society, the longtime civic group that pushes historic preservation and community-led planning, the organization announced today. Mr. Childs, who designed 7 World Trade Center and the Time Warner Center, among others, takes over from Phillip K. Howard, the New York attorney who wrote ...

Get on the bus. That’s the message Economic Development Corporation head Seth Pinsky had for attendees of a panel on Coney Island at the Municipal Art Society on Wednesday night. “If you really want to do something to help Coney Island, the only viable option that’s on the table right now is to support this rezoning,” Mr. Pinksy ...

In an attempt to lure hesitant customers, Fifth Avenue shops are breaking out the sale signs early this holiday season. [NY Times] Bowery apartment building vacated after the DOB deems it unfit for habitation. [City Room] Recession be damned. Mercedes-Benz to build a $220 million flagship showroom in the bottom floors of a yet-to-be-built West Side high-rise. [City Room] A ...