https://www.ourtownny.com/news/city-buses-to-speed-up-with-new-800-million-5-year-plan-BB6012289 hourly Our Town - Eastsider en 2026-07-09T15:50:08-04:00 City Buses to Speed Up With New $800 Million 5-Year Plan https://www.ourtownny.com/binrepository/bus-plan_4-10900074_20260709153119.jpg In a new bus plan announced by Mayor Mamdani and Governor Hochul, buses in NYC are set to improve their times by up to six minutes in some of the city’s busiest corridors. https://www.ourtownny.com/binrepository/screenshot-2026-07-08-at-12-55-40-pm_4-10900142_20260709153119.png Mayor Mamdani announced the new bus plan at a press conference July 8. https://www.ourtownny.com/city-arts/manifesting-marilyn-reintroduces-the-woman-behind-the-icon-YF6016472 hourly Our Town - Eastsider en 2026-07-09T16:18:42-04:00 “Manifesting Marilyn” Reintroduces the Woman Behind the Icon https://www.ourtownny.com/binrepository/screenshot-2026-07-09-at-2-48-35-pm_4-10908438_20260709150737.png The penultimate space in the “Manifesting Marilyn: The Making of an Icon” exhibition is a cinematic installation tracing the star’s evolution from Norma Jeane Mortenson. https://www.ourtownny.com/binrepository/screenshot-2026-07-09-at-2-47-19-pm_4-10908441_20260709150746.png The exhibition is on at Genesis House, at 40A 10th Avenye between 13th and 14th Streets in the Meatpacking District. https://www.ourtownny.com/binrepository/screenshot-2026-07-09-at-2-47-28-pm_4-10908444_20260709150754.png ”The Headline Room” is the first stop in the exhibition and reimagines the headlines written about Marilyn Monroe during her lifetime, focusing on her achievements as a business woman rather than her looks or gossip. https://www.ourtownny.com/binrepository/screenshot-2026-07-09-at-2-47-33-pm_4-10908447_20260709150802.png An up-close example of a headline posted within “The Headline Room.” https://www.ourtownny.com/binrepository/screenshot-2026-07-09-at-2-47-44-pm_4-10908450_20260709150808.png In “The Library,” three genuine copies from Monroe’s collection are on display, including Maurice Zolotow’s “Oh Careless Love.” Publishers sent an advance copy to Monroe on Zolotow’s request along with a letter, displayed next to the book copy. https://www.ourtownny.com/binrepository/screenshot-2026-07-09-at-2-47-54-pm_4-10908453_20260709150814.png Also in “The Library,” three phones sit atop a rounded table and play audio from Monroe’s interview with LIFE Magazine, her final interview before her death on Aug. 4, 1962 at the age of 36. https://www.ourtownny.com/binrepository/screenshot-2026-07-09-at-2-48-59-pm_4-10908456_20260709150820.png In “The Office,” one can see a script, the actress’s Screen Actors guild card, an address book, financial records, a call sheet, and more. https://www.ourtownny.com/binrepository/screenshot-2026-07-09-at-2-48-05-pm_4-10908459_20260709150827.png A close up on Monroe’s address book; she visibly wrote in Sinatra’s address by hand, while all other entries (including Sinatra’s name) were typed up by her secretary. https://www.ourtownny.com/binrepository/screenshot-2026-07-09-at-2-49-15-pm_4-10908462_20260709150831.png “The Vanity” contains a couple of pieces from Monroe’s collection, including a blouse by Emilio Pucci, one of her favorite designers. https://www.ourtownny.com/binrepository/screenshot-2026-07-09-at-2-48-41-pm_4-10908465_20260709150836.png Another still from the cinematic installation and fifth space in the exhibition, formally titled “The Screen Experience–The Transformation.” https://www.ourtownny.com/binrepository/screenshot-2026-07-09-at-2-48-48-pm_4-10908468_20260709150843.png The final space in the exhibition is “The New Beginnings Hall.” Visitors can draw on the screen depicted on the left, and then see their creation float across the larger starry screen on the right. https://www.ourtownny.com/binrepository/screenshot-2026-07-09-at-2-49-22-pm_4-10908471_20260709150851.png Beyond the exhibition, Genesis House is home to a high-end restaurant alongside relaxing indoor and outdoor spaces and an extensive library collection. Within this collection is a section dedicated exclusively to Monroe; curators sourced copies of books that Monroe had from all around the world, and even obtained some copies published the same year as the ones Monroe had. https://www.ourtownny.com/city-arts/kira-marie-britt-is-a-selfless-swiss-army-artist-IB6012813 hourly Our Town - Eastsider en 2026-07-09T17:44:42-04:00 Kira Marie Britt Is A Selfless Swiss Army Artist https://www.ourtownny.com/binrepository/kira-marie-britt-swiss-army-artist_4-10901259_20260708162231.jpg Swiss Army artist Kira Marie Britt is pictured here. https://www.ourtownny.com/binrepository/swiss-army-artist_4-10901323_20260708162659.jpg Swiss army artist’s ew key chain line features detailed fan art such as this redrawn picture of Calcifer from Howl’s Moving Castle. https://www.ourtownny.com/binrepository/kira-marie-britt-selfless-swiss-army_4-10908700_20260709154655.jpg Kira Marie Britt is pictured here at one of her artist markets. https://www.ourtownny.com/news/legionnaires-disease-tears-through-upper-east-side-FF6016373 hourly Our Town - Eastsider en 2026-07-09T17:57:15-04:00 Legionnaires’ Disease Tears Through Upper East Side https://www.ourtownny.com/binrepository/55380822704-9fdc48e8c7-k_4-10908272_20260709150922.jpg A Legionnaires’ outbreak has hospitalized over 20 people on the Upper East Side as of Wednesday, July 8. Pictured above: NYC Health Commissioner Alistair Martin at a July 7 town hall on the subject. https://www.ourtownny.com/binrepository/55379704127-3c79e045e3-k_4-10908532_20260709151106.jpg City Council Speaker Julie Menin also appeared at the July 7 town hall (in addition to a virtual one on July 6). She has pressed the Health Department over building testing compliance. https://www.ourtownny.com/voices/two-more-buildings-on-ues-are-quietly-being-offered-for-sale-JD6005083 hourly Our Town - Eastsider en 2026-07-09T18:46:31-04:00 Two More Buildings on UES are Quietly Being Offered for Sale https://www.ourtownny.com/binrepository/341-343-east-65th-street_4-10893584_20260709184620.jpg The two adjoining houses at 341-343 East 65th Street are said to seeking a new owner and Cushman & Wakefiled are handling the sale. https://www.ourtownny.com/news/blocked-streets-evacuations-after-steel-beams-buckle-at-midtown-tower-HH6009485 hourly Our Town - Eastsider en 2026-07-10T14:41:23-04:00 Blocked Streets, Evacuations After Steel Beams Buckle at Midtown Tower https://www.ourtownny.com/binrepository/shot-of-buckled-beam_4-10911586_20260710114756.jpg Workers installed temporary support beams inside the construction project where steel beams buckled and floors sagged on July 7. By July 10, temporary beams on floors nine through the roof of the 37-story building. https://www.ourtownny.com/binrepository/structural-beams-buckle-at-under-reno_4-10898709_20260707220117.webp FDNY members wait outside the building at 235 E. 42nd St. on July 7 after construction workers spotted buckling steel beams and sagging floors that triggered a mass evacuation of nine midtown buildings. https://www.ourtownny.com/binrepository/img-2006_4-10898712_20260707220119.jpg A resident of the frozen zone in a dispute with an NYPD officer after being told he cannot return home. Nine buildings in the area were forced to evacuate over fears of a potential building collapse. https://www.ourtownny.com/binrepository/workers-inside-235_4-10912361_20260710143322.jpg Workers can be seen inside the tower at 235 E. 42nd St. as they work to shore up the building after steel beams buckled on July 7. https://www.ourtownny.com/binrepository/inflateable-rate-at-235_4-10912364_20260710143322.jpg Union members bring out an inflatable rat on July 8 to protest non-union contractors working at 235 E. 42nd St. which where a building under renovation was damaged when steel beams buckled and floors sagged. https://www.ourtownny.com/binrepository/woman-pulls-suitcase-on-e-43-st-ap_4-10912367_20260710143323.jpg A woman who was forced to evacuate pulls a suit case near the site of a damaged building at 235 E. 42nd St. on July 7 https://www.ourtownny.com/binrepository/cross-town-bus-turned-away_4-10901586_20260708182700.jpg Cross town buses were still being turned as the street in front of the damaged building at 235 E. 42nd St. remained closed to traffic on July 8, a day after steel beams buckled causing several floors to collapse. https://www.ourtownny.com/binrepository/carpenters-union-truck_4-10901589_20260708182702.jpg The Carpenters Union stationed a truck with the sign “Shame on Metro Loft” at Second Ave. and E. 43rd St. on July 8 to call attention to the developer who is converting an office tower to residential housing with a largely non-union workforce. https://www.ourtownny.com/binrepository/mayor-mamdani_4-10899758_20260708112743.jpg Mayor Zohran Mamdani addresses the press at the scene of the former Pfizer HQ where there was a partial collapse of several floors in the 37-story building that is being converted to residential housing. https://www.ourtownny.com/binrepository/img-1989_4-10898715_20260707220123.jpg Press gathers on Third Avenue while building workers take questions. https://www.ourtownny.com/binrepository/traffic-allowed_4-10909012_20260709172810.jpg By Thursday, July 9, traffic was being allowed to pass in front of the stricken building (right) on East 42nd Street but traffic was still blocked on East 43rd Street, on the side of building closest to the buckled steel beams. https://www.ourtownny.com/binrepository/laborers-intenational-union_4-10909011_20260709172811.jpg Anthony Williamson (left), business agent and executive board member of the Laborers’ Intenational Union, blasted developer Metro Loft for using non-unionized contractors on the site of the damaged 235 E. 42nd St. building. https://www.ourtownny.com/news/yale-student-accused-of-sexually-abusing-mom-of-4-on-r-train-NA6020186 hourly Our Town - Eastsider en 2026-07-10T14:55:31-04:00 Yale Student Accused of Sexually Abusing Mom of 4 on R Train https://www.ourtownny.com/binrepository/yale-student-ari-shtein-webp-10911727-10911727_4-10911727_20260710143617.webp Ari Shtein, who is accused of sexually abusing a 30-year-old woman on the R train, fled the scene on June 28 but surrendered to cops on the morning of July 8. https://www.ourtownny.com/news/cms-mamdani-respond-to-city-immigrant-enclaves-map-controversy-NA6020294 hourly Our Town - Eastsider en 2026-07-10T15:52:46-04:00 CMs, Mamdani Respond to City Immigrant Enclaves Map Controversy https://www.ourtownny.com/binrepository/screenshot-2026-07-10-at-3-23-49-pm_4-10912357_20260710152440.png Mayor Zohran Mamdani responded to criticism over the exclusion of Little Italy on a NYC Immigrant Enclaves Map, promoted by NYC Tourism. https://www.ourtownny.com/voices/is-criticism-of-trump-over-riding-plans-for-penn-station-AB6021442 hourly Our Town - Eastsider en 2026-07-11T06:48:06-04:00 Is Criticism of Trump Over Riding Plans for Penn Station? https://www.ourtownny.com/binrepository/new-penn-station-rendering_4-10912598_20260711064641.jpg The artist rendering of the winning proposal by the Penn Transformation Partners still has Pennsylvania Station emblazoned across the entrance, but is said to have a Donald Trump presidential seal on a plaque by the American flags.