Photograph of damaged door by dhfdz on Flickr Around 3:45 a.m., a device exploded outside the military recruiting center in Times Square. No one was injured, but a glass entryway was shattered. The streets around Times Square were shut down (now traffic can pass through) and subway service passed through the Times Square station without stopping (it's back to normal now), as authorities investigated the scene. WNBC reports police were searching for a "suspect......

On Monday night there will be a huge, star-studded, red-carpet event held at Avery Fisher Hall with men in tuxes, women in floor-length gowns, and paparazzi galore. Some swanky movie premiere? No -- the James Beard Awards, an annual event that is taking a grand step up in venue this year (in the past it had taken place at the Marriott Marquis). But many question the decision to glam up the awards. Not only did......

This is definitely a case of when best laid New Year's plans go awry. An upstate man is now allowed to sue the Marriott Marquis in Times Square for $750,000. According to the Daily News, Jeffrey Dagen and friends got two rooms at the Marriott to ring in 2005 in the heart of Times Square. However, the Marriott decided to kick out Dagen's party when a woman was found "facedown" in a hallway right......

Former Mayor Rudy Giuliani's presidential machinations are getting more serious. He's planning a $2,100 per ticket fundraiser at the Marriott Marquis on December 19 and he's hired Dubya's CFO from his 2004 campaign. Sandra Pack was Bush's treasury director in 2000 and had been working as an assistant secretary in the Treasury Department. The Daily News reports, "Experts surmised that a veteran like Pack would never give up a steady job and dedicate herself to......

Ask.MeFi has been assembling an eclectic guide to "the best alternative/weird/unusual/eye-opening places in Manhattan." Most of the suggestions are actually located in the outer boroughs, but nevermind that. We've pulled out the highlights and linked everything for your browsing pleasure: Places Vinegar Hill Red Hook Prospect Park Pelham Bay Park Coney Island Chinatown High Line Manhattan Greenway Venues 5 Pointz Galapagos Arlene's Grocery ABC No Rio Bluestockings Sugartown Books Museums and Gardens Cloisters Brooklyn......

Yes, the TKTS booth is moving from Duffy Square to the Marriott Marquis until December of this year while the new TKTS booth that looks like a huge red staircase (the ticket counters are under the stairs) is being constructed. But why did it take so long? Because the Times Square Alliance decided to spiff up Duffy Square, that sliver of land between Broadway and Seventh Avenues, between 47th and 46th Streets, in a......

It's quite the red letter week for us bookish types, with the prestigious, sometimes baffling, and oft-maligned National Book Awards dinner and awards ceremony tomorrow night where trophies will be bestowed, granted, totally robbed, whatever, at the Marriott Marquis. To that end, critic A.O. Scott has an interesting article about the contradictions and complications inherent to the awards, Medal Fatigue (registration required). Garrison Keillor is the Master of Ceremonies which, frankly, is why Gothamist wishes......

So maybe the Oscars aren’t actually watched by a “billion” people each year. The audience is still ginormous compared to the Tonys. Even so, the Tonys are as big as it gets for American theater, and this morning the mostly predictable nominations were handed out at the Times Square Marriott Marquis. For play, you’ve got Democracy, Doubt, The Pillowman, and Gem of the Ocean. Musical: Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, Light in the Piazza, The 25th Annual......

An article in the Post about an initiative for a light rail on 42nd Street piqued Gothamist's interest because the lack of efficient crosstown transportation options has always bugged us. Given the slower than molasses crosstown bus service and the neverending development along 42nd Strett, the group vision42 is trying to get a light rail built, to make 42nd Street a boulevard of pedestrians, complete with outdoor cafes and other stores. This idea is......

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With all the fuss about the Project Billboard advertisement that Clear Channel (apparently acting as a representative of the Marriott Marquis in Times Square - where the billboard would hang) rejected, Gothamist has been thinking about the proposed visual: The red-white-and-blue bomb. Now, we're ashamed to admit we agree with evil Clear Channel's lawyer, who said, "Those of us who have been in New York for a while understand the sensitivities that many New Yorkers......

This in-between time, where it might be too cold to sit outside but it's too beautiful not to appreciate the weather, is paid its dues by Newsday, which puts together a list of ten New York City restaurants with great views. Mentioned are The Water's Edge in Queens (pictured, left) for a spectacular Manhattan skyline, Asiate at the Time-Warner Center for views in the middle of the city and of Central Park, New Leaf Cafe......

The Republican National Committee gave the media a preview of their plans for next year's convention at Madison Square Garden, and it looks like the nation will see President Bush on a rotating stage at the center of room, sort of like a human Marriott Marquis rotating restaurant. (Gothamist suggests the GOP watch out with the number of rotations per minute, because we have a feeling the President might feel a little woozy, although seeing......

A seventeen year old boy jumped to his death from the 31st floor of the Marriott Marquis in Times Square. Vincent DePeralta of Kendall Park, NJ left a suicide note on the 31st floor balcony, and crashed into an 8th floor bar at about 12:35AM. The Marriott Marquis, which has a total of 49 floors, is notable for its soaring atrium. The Marriott Marquis spokesperson told the Times "it was virtually impossible " for......