Air Rights Battle Pits Soho Residents Against Nonprofit

God's Love We Deliver, a nonprofit that delivers meals to sick and homebound people, will double the size of their Soho headquarters this summer. In order to fund their expansion without relocating, they sold $4 million of their air rights to a development company that is building a 14-story building next door. With…
Cannoli-Slinging Italians vs. Hoity-Toity Gentrifiers in Stereotypical Showdown
There was a time when Italians lived in Manhattan's "Little Italy." A long time ago. Now, it's just an area called "Nolita" full of rich people and expensive "boutiques" and the Gawker Media offices, and the only real Italian connection left is the annual Feast of San Gennaro, a horrible week-long street fair…
Who Kut the Kheese and Forgot to Pass the Krackers?
[Khloe Kardashian gives major stink face this morning while filming and shopping with sister Kourtney in SoHo. Image via Splash]
Listen Closely and You Will Hear the Secret of Fame
[Dog whisperer Bethenny Frankel gets some advice from her four-legged friend Cookie today while filming her silly reality show "Bethenny Getting Married?" in SoHo. Image via Splash]
Tour the Glamorous Apartment That Wasn't Good Enough for Justin Timberlake
Rumors are rampant that Justin Timberlake's picked up a new penthouse in SoHo. What about the $5.5 million bachelor pad he bought in TriBeCa just two years ago? Maybe it's not fancy enough for the budding movie star? Photos below.
Bugging Out
[This grasshopper was just out shopping today with the rest of the people in SoHo. All he found was something trashy. Image via AP]
BP Station in Soho Gets Cleaned Up, Ironically
Yesterday, we shared a photo of the BP station on Houston Street, the sign for which had been vandalized to look like it was dripping with oil. Today, it was cleaned up—by a company called "Restore America." [via]
Soho Noise Nazi Shutters Yet Another Bar
Restaurateurs of New York, beware: Do not open a late-night spot anywhere near Georgette Fleischer. The downtown scold, a Barnard professor, has just successfully had hotspot La Esquina closed down because of code violations. And this isn't her first victory.
It's Simply Impossible to Keep All of Sienna Miller's Ex-Boyfriends Straight
Page Six ran an item today saying Sienna Miller was seen shopping in SoHo with her ex, DJ Slinky Wizard (above right). We got a tip that she was in the store with ex Balthazar Getty (left). What's the difference?
They Bring Out the Color of Her Money
[Socialite Lydia Hearst walks the street in SoHo yesterday in some very green heels. Image via INF]
Private Citizen Bill Clinton: Mercer St.
Aug. 6 @ 6pm [Submit your own Gawker Stalker sightings to stalker@gawker.com] We heard cheers in my office and ran to the window to see what was going on. We saw a mob of people surrounding an SUV.
Raccoon Infiltrates John Varvatos' SoHo Flagship
SoHo's full of all kinds of interesting creatures going shopping on a Saturday afternoon: celebrities, locals, foreign tourists. Competition for their patronage is stiff. But now, John Varvatos can lay claim to the awesome, hot new clientele in town: raccoons!
How to Sell Jeans
[A woman stands in front of the racy new Calvin Klein ad in Soho that's causing a controversy; image via Getty]
The Disappearing DKNY Mural
The years-old, six-story, block-lettered DKNY mural, featuring Lady Liberty, that greeted those headed south down Broadway into Soho has been painted over. Clothing store Hollister (ugh) has moved into the retail space at 600 Broadway, so they want the wall.
Air Conditioning As A Marketing Tool: No Longer Smart
Air conditioning is not just one of the most important summertime problems facing the media. It's a problem facing everyone, because high gas prices are turning air conditioners into machines that burn $100 bills to produce cool air. Stores in high foot traffic areas have always thrown their doors open in the summer…
