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   Articles
February 10, 2012
Building the (New) New York
The Bob and Jane way.

By: Alexandra Lange

We are a city of 8 million people, give or take a few hundred thousand. But we are building a city for 9 million. Literally. Right now. That will be New York City’s total population just a couple of decades hence, and politicians, bureaucrats, developers, architects, and engineers are, as you read these words, figuring out how to fit another millio... Read More...
September 15, 2010
Louise Nevelson's Sculptures
Return to Plaza That Bears Her Name

By: Julie Shapiro
DNAinfo Reporter/Producer

Louise Nevelson’s towering steel sculptures recently returned to the downtown plaza that bears her name.

The site-specific sculptures, called “Shadows and Flags,” were reinstalled exactly where Nevelson, a famed New York artist, placed them when the triangular plaza opened in 1977. The installation marks the final phase of a massive renovation o... Read More...
 
   Editor's Pick
February 10, 2012
With Box Office Strong,
‘Porgy and Bess’ to Extend Its Run

By: PATRICK HEALY

Sara Krulwich/The New York TimesAudra McDonald and Norm Lewis “The Gershwins’ Porgy and Bess” on Broadway. The producers of “The Gershwins’ Porgy and Bess” on Broadway informed group sales ticket agents on Thursday that the run of the musical, which had been scheduled to end July 8, would extend through Sept. 30, according to an e-mail from the pro... Read More...
February 09, 2012
Jaguar XKR-S Review...
the all-new 2012 Jaguar XKR-S is a startling automotive predator.

By: Michael Hill

Like a snarling beast charging towards its unsuspecting prey, the all-new 2012 Jaguar XKR-S is a startling automotive predator. Yes, you heard right: Jaguar. The brand that’s been more recently known for quiet refinement, sophistication and comfort has shredded its three-piece suit and gone feral.

If you craved speed in the not-so-distant-past, ... Read More...
February 09, 2012
New York Fashion Week
kicks off with concern over models' age, health

By: Susan Langenhennig
The Times-Picayune

The sight of a beautifully curvy Christie Brinkley in the Red Dress Collection Wednesday night was a great way to kick off Fashion Week in New York. Appearing in a fashion show promoting heart heath, the blond former super model was sexy hot in a strapless red dress.

The same can’t always be said for the scary skinny, teenage models who will be ... Read More...
 
   Exhibits
September 15, 2010
NYC exhibit captures photog's vision of the city

By: ULA ILNYTZKY
Associated Press Writer

NEW YORK — A new exhibition of photographs by Alfred Stieglitz offers a view of New York City at the turn of the 20th century through the eyes of one of the world's most celebrated photographers.

"Alfred Stieglitz New York" at the Seaport Museum New York features 39 vintage photographs, many shot from the windows of his midtown-Manhattan apartme... Read More...
 
   Gourmet
February 10, 2012
Grant Achatz ‘Aggressively Pursuing’
NYC Location for Second Aviary

By: Nelvazu
CITY212

Grant Achatz and Nick Kokonas are, at the moment, putting the finishing touches on the upcoming El Bulli menu at Next, but Achatz tells us that the year ahead means probable expansion for the duo's Chicago cocktail bar, Aviary: "Nick and I looked at 2012 and made a list of places where we’d want to open, including New York, Miami or South Beach, L.... Read More...
 
   Shopping
February 10, 2012
Soho Puts on Work Pants
Carhartt Work in Progress.

By: Lauren Murrow

Beloved by construction workers, billboard pasters, and snowplow drivers the world over, Michigan’s Carhartt makes clothes that can take a beating: sandstone jackets, tough twill pants, waterproof work boots. But recently, the 120-year-old brand has begun catering to a more, shall we say, effete audience, with its urbanite-targeting offshoot, Carha... Read More...
February 10, 2012
The Shoes Are Nice, Too
Eli Sudbrack turns his psychedelic sensibilities to a new retail project

By: Lauren Murrow

After earning notoriety as co-creator of Barneys' trippy Gaga’s Workshop over the holidays, the Brazilian-born, New York–based artist Eli Sudbrack turns his psychedelic sensibilities to a new retail project this week, producing animated video art and neon-tube-light installations for the first U.S. boutique of São Paulo–based shoe brand Melissa (10... Read More...