As oil prices have surged, Middle East investors have poured money into U.S. real estate assets. The building is believed to have sold for $800 million.

The concert is a rain or shine event and starts at 7:30 PM.

Tickets for the show are $43.50 for General Admission Lawn Standing, $80.75 for Loge seats, $80.75 for Orchestra seats, ans $80.75 for Terrace seats. No video is allowed.

Tickets are available at all Ticketmaster outlets.

New York officials confirmed the free concert and dubbed it a prelude to to the July 15, 2008 All-Star baseball game. The All star game will highlight the final season at the Yankee stadium, the Yank’s home field since 1923.

Tickets for the free show will be distributed at Yankee Stadium, but some will also be given out at Shea, Keyspan Park in Brooklyn, and Richmond County Bank Ballpark on Staten Island starting on Wednesday.

Please visit the MLB for more information.

The quarterly supplement “At Home with Metro” covers real estate, lifestyle, and design in New York.

Every member of the Real Estate Board of New York received a copy of the first issue, as did 12,000 broker’s offices. The magazine was also inserted into Metro New York editions at select locations.

“At Home with Metro offers you a glimpse of the city’s real estate market, and provides readers the tools they will need when buying and renting a new home,” Steven Spinonla, president of the Real Estate Board of New York, said in a statement. “

The magazine is free.

The Taste of Times Square will feature three stages with “local entertainment.” Tickets redeemable for “tastes” and beverages go on sale at 3 PM at the main ticket booth on 46th and Broadway.

The food and music festival will feature eats from chain restaurants like Applebee’s and Hard Rock Cafe as well as other great eateries such as Joe Allen Pizza, Bond 45, Brooklyn Diner, City Lobster and Crab Company and many more.

For more information on this street feast, please visit Times Square NYC.

Then you don’t want to miss Eddie Vedder and the boys of Pearl Jam when they play a charity show on July 1, 2008. The show will benefit the Robin Hood Foundation which helps to fight poverty in New York.

Tickets for the show went on sale yesterday and cost $100.00 for a minimum donation, giving people access to up to 6 tickets starting at $250.00.

For more information, please visit Robin Hood Org.

James Taylor is a Grammy-award winning artist who has sold millions of records worldwide through his illustrious career. He’s famous for such hits as “You’ve Got a Friend”, and many, many more.

Prices for the concert are as follows:

Lawn General Standing Admission: $20
Terrace: $60.75
Loge and Orchestra: $70.75.

For more information, or to order: Ticketmaster.

The Brooklyn Bridge first opened for travel on May 24th, 1883.

Brooklyn’s official historian, Ron Schweiger, says we can’t underestimate the bridge.

“It’s an icon for not only New York, but for America,” said Schweiger.

In the mood to walk across the bridge now? You can, via this YouTube video.

Today you can see the unveiling of the Telectroscope if you hurry down to the Brooklyn Bridge.

Fleet Week runs through May 28, 2008. Visitors can enjoy public tours of participating ships at the New York Cruise terminals. There will be a number of displays and demonstrations throughout the week as well as parades and other events.

Featured ships include a Coast Guard Cutter, USS Kearsarge, USS Nitze (DDG 94), USS Leyte Gulf (CG 55), USS The Sullivans (DDG 68), USS Monterey (CG 61) and three Canadian ships.

For more information please visit Fleet Week.

The bands join a diverse line-up including Ecstatic Sunshine, No Surrender, Shilpa Ray (ex- Beat the Devil), Burkina Electric, So Percussion, Selan and Blitz the Ambassador, and all will perform at the free event on a 100% solar-powered stage.

Located at Solar One’s East River-side venue in Stuyvesant Cove Park, the festival will run June 26-29 and attempts to “provide a new venue for creative artistic collaborations, while engaging young New Yorkers in an advocacy campaign to bring about stronger policies in support of clean, renewable solar power in New York State.”

Quite the lineup, indeed. For more information: CitySol.