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What pandemic? Brookfield Place thriving downtown with new long-term lease deals
The complex’s four 1989s-vintage office towers and a more recent addition are all but full, while its gleaming shopping and dining portion is thriving with new leases and dramatically increased foot...
Bringing the Hamptons to NYC: Montauk 'oasis' opens in Manhattan
Jitney be damned — a new venue is promising to bring Montauk to Manhattan so city residents can skip the schlep.
NYC's iconic towers are reopening with new luxe perks
A new horizon: From Rockefeller Center to the WTC, the iconic buildings that give the NYC skyline its sex appeal are welcoming back visitors with massive renos.
NYC real estate Gold Brick Awards for the decade
Here are my Golden Brick Awards to celebrate the best and worst of the decade’s developments, developers and politicians. New Yorkers’ sense of history and spirit of adventure is exemplified...
Amazon opens first cashier-less 'Go' store in New York
Amazon a year ago launched its high-tech Go convenience store, where shoppers can pull items off the shelf and walk out. Now it’s adding a decidedly low-tech feature: accepting cash....
Saks Fifth Avenue closing women's store in downtown Manhattan
Saks Fifth Avenue’s women’s store in lower Manhattan will shutter on Jan. 5 just two years after opening its doors, the company said. The swanky department store chain recently posted...
Former World Financial Center lobby to get redesign
The former World Financial Center’s public areas little resemble their old, stodgy selves since the complex’s transformation into Brookfield Place — and now, one of the few remaining vestiges of...
Artists use canned tuna to make incredible sculptures
What can you do with a sea of sardines, tons of tuna and a hill of beans? A lot! Using cans of all those and more, the canny engineers behind...
This art show was made just for your furry friend
There’s a new downtown art show that lets visitors touch, lick and even pee on the work. That is, if you’re a pooch. “Every dog is allowed to be a...
Sant Ambroeus to open massive Brookfield location next year
In a year when many restaurant industry “experts” claim that New York City’s become too expensive to open new places, it’s remarkable indeed how large new restaurants just keep opening...
This is America's first art show just for dogs
The art world has really gone to the dogs. An event billing itself as "America's first art show for dogs" will be unleashed in New York this summer, "curated" by...
Fashion editors go wild for Bonner Bolton's cowboy hat
The pro bull rider, model and “Dancing With the Stars” hoofer was the center of attention at a dinner for Saks Fifth Avenue’s new Brookfield Place men’s store.