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Editor’s Note: With so much market volatility, stay on top of daily news! Get caught up in minutes with our speedy summary of today’s must-read news and expert opinions. Sign up here! (Kitco News) – Gold and silver prices are lower in the early U.S. trading Thursday. Both metals hit two-month lows overnight. A rallying U.S.

Now this is a climatic scene. A behemoth air-scrubbing high-rise that looks straight out of a sci-fi flick has been designed for the middle of Roosevelt Island. The tree-studded, 2,400-foot-tall, futuristic proposal is planned to loosely resemble a mandrake plant — with a base like a cruise ship morphing into a gleaming twisty tower a

A new, 14,000 square-foot restaurant might be the last thing you’d expect in pandemic-battered, central Greenwich Village, where eateries and bars have closed by the score. But a jumbo is coming to 103-105 MacDougal St., once home to Mexican spot Panchito’s. Brooklyn Chop House managing partner Stratis Morfogen has signed for 7,000 square feet on

It’s baaack! Hotelier André Balazs has put his Soho loft back on the market. Balazs bought the 4,200-square-foot unit at the New Museum Building, at 158 Mercer St., in 2003 for $5.75 million, according to city records. By 2007, though, Balazs had put the four-bedroom condo back on the market for $10 million — but

There aren’t 99 bottles of beer on these walls, but there are thousands upon thousands of cans. Navy veteran Michael Amelotte spent 16 years lining the sides and ceilings of his Florida condo with empty cans of Budweiser. The estate of Amelotte, who passed away this year, put his two-bedroom condo in Lake Worth, Fla.,

A palatial Fifth Avenue apartment is on the market for the first time in 57 years. The full-floor co-op on the 15th floor of 812 Fifth Ave. was bought by Nelson Rockefeller in 1963, when the 19-story building was erected. Nelson RockefellerBettmann Archive A grandson of billionaire John D. Rockefeller, Nelson Rockefeller served as the

Legendary real estate marketing guru Louise Sunshine bought a $3 million Miami condo during the height of the pandemic. She was already renting in the building, called Bellini Bal Harbour and located at 10225 Collins Ave., and was able to tour the ninth-floor unit at a time when outsiders couldn’t, she said. She also snagged

A Tony Award-winning Broadway producer is selling her digs in a storied Midtown building. Susan Gallin — whose credits include “Angels in America,” “Spamalot” and “Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?” — listed her oversize one-bedroom co-op at Alwyn Court for $1.39 million in February, before COVID-19 shut down the city. She is still accepting offers

A Manhattan penthouse where John Lennon lived during his famed UFO sighting and an iconic photo shoot is about to hit the market for $5.5 million. The triplex atop 434 E. 52nd St. is where the Beatles frontman turned solo artist claimed to see a UFO from the terrace, a story he later told Andy

Kings County reigns supreme — at least when it comes to New York City real estate. The number of pending sales — also known as homes under contract — in Brooklyn indicates that the borough is booming in spite of the coronavirus, according to a new study. By contrast, the pandemic has significantly pushed down

In August, Alexis Cohen and Brian Helfman started hunting for a larger apartment. The lease on their one-bedroom in Chelsea was up at the end of September. And after spending the prior three months at Cohen’s parents’ place in Gloucester, Mass., riding out the worst of the coronavirus pandemic, the couple returned to the city

Fantasy has always been a genre of travel and visiting unknown worlds, of discovery and adventure. But sometimes the most magical places can be found right here on Earth. These eight YA fantasy novels explore magical places across the globe. Russian enchanters duel in The Crown’s Game, gumihos roam the streets of Seoul in Wicked

Mobsters, mystics, and mermaids, oh my! Take a look at the cover and get a sneak peek at Zatanna: The Jewel of Gravesend, written by Alys Arden, illustrated and colored by Jacquelin De Leon, and lettered by Ariana Maher, available to pre-order now, and out April 2021. And check out the synopsis below: There’s more

Welcome to Book Fetish: Volume 424, your weekly round up of bookish clothing, art, accessories, reading tools, and more from around the web! Little Reading Ghost Sticker: Spooky season is upon us! Grab this sticker of a bookish ghost! Book Club Candle: Mmm, smells like fine wine and great reads! The Goods Newsletter Sign up

There are so many new releases every week, and publisher dollars are concentrated on a small proportion of those. The rest have to fight for attention, and that can be hard work and also emotionally draining for an author after they’ve already put years of their life into making a book they’re proud of. Plus,

As soon as the calendar flips from summer to fall, you’ll find horror lovers reaching for chilling reads for the next couple of months. If you’re looking for excellent horror books for middle school, there are plenty of options for your middle grade readers to get you through the spooky season. Spirit Hunters by Ellen

The news about fat representation in romance looks decidedly mixed, but this post is dedicated to identifying what’s great about it—the increasing range and depth of perspectives in the genre and the green shoots of body positivity that are growing. As I described in a previous deep dive into the subject of fat representation in

How many times have we as book lovers said, “I know I shouldn’t reread this book when there are so many new books out there” or “I love this book, but I’ve already read it twice, I don’t want to waste my reading time”?  We’ve pretty much all been there. As lovers of books, we

The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath is a canonical novel in the history of literature. Rich in metaphors and Plath’s customary style of self-introspection, this book is a gem. How wonderful would it be if we could find contemporary books that reflect this style to some extent while simultaneously bringing something original and novel to

It is that time of year: spooky book season. My love for horror may not be as obvious my love for romance and cozy mystery, but I do enjoy it very much. In the last few months especially, I have found myself drawn to it increasingly. I’m not exactly sure why—maybe it is just the

It’s been a minute since I wrapped up Heroes A-Z and I figured it was time to start another adventure. This round, we’ll go alphabetically through the arts, finding a graphic novel or comic that represents a different aspect of that gigantic and intimidating bucket. Ready? Alright, got my oxygen tank on and diving in

Editor’s Note: Get caught up in minutes with our speedy summary of today’s must-read news stories and expert opinions that moved the precious metals and financial markets. Sign up here! (Kitco News) – We have finished another week in the meat grinder with gold prices going nowhere fast. The precious metal is eking out a nearly