“A lot of interesting things happening in the city involve how people get around,” said Stefanos Chen, a Metro reporter and lifelong bus aficionado.
Category: Manhattan (NYC)
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Christie’s to Auction 3 of Agnes Gund’s Art Jewels
The New York Times – Business:A Rothko, a Twombly and a Surrealist box with a Medici princess by Joseph Cornell are estimated to sell for $145 million.
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Saks Fifth Avenue Bankruptcy Revives Debate Over the Future of Department Stores
Saks Fifth Avenue’s bankruptcy filing has revived debates about how these once celebrated shopping emporiums can regain their luster.
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He Banned the Yahoos and Kept the Social X-Rays Fed
At Mortimer’s, Glenn Bernbaum reigned over social New York for decades. A new book evokes an era of pouf skirts, society walkers and ladies who lunched.
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As Office Rents Rise, Doctors Get Creative
Physicians with independent practices are having to cobble together unconventional office arrangements at a time of rising costs and consolidation in the medical field.
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Walter Steding, Otherworldly One-Man Band and Portraitist, Is Dead at 75
A self-taught musician, he wore flashing goggles while playing the violin. But his real skill was as a painter, and his portraits offered an eerie commentary on the times.
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Where’s the Gym? Oh, Through That Tube Over There
A new kind of tap-in, tap-out system at gyms has some New Yorkers flustered.
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How Ralph Fitzgerald Became the Tailor to Movie Stars, Financial Executives and Marc Jacobs.
At just 32, Ralph Fitzgerald, a raffish Brit with the look of a Guy Ritchie character, has become the tailor to movie stars, financial executives and Marc Jacobs.
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How Skating at Rockefeller Center Became New York’s Most Iconic Christmas Tradition
For 90 years, nothing has marked the holiday season in the city quite like taking a spin (or a tumble) on the rink.