Tag Archives: New York

New York is the worlds most dynamic city. But especially in recent years New York’s hotel and food scene evolving so fast, it’s hard to keep up . The newest restaurants and hotels opened their doors and also have online menus to help their customers make a better choice… I …

In 1968, Donald Judd purchased 101 Spring Street, a 5-story cast-iron building designed by Nicholas Whyte and constructed in 1870. As one of the founding sites in the program of Historic Artists’ Homes and Studios for the National Trust for Historic Preservation, 101 Spring Street is the only intact, single-use …

When you once arrive at the McKittrick Hotel at 530 W. 27th St., New York City, your  life would never be the same again. There never existed a McKittrick Hotel, except in Alfred Hitchcock’s Vertigo . The hotel had been created as a backdrop for this Punchdrunk production where audience …

Located in Midtown, just steps from Central Park, Hudson is  stylish, and utterly cool. Hudson’s main entrance features a classic Philippe Starck play on proportions—a small door leads into a neutral, low-slung foyer that functions brilliantly as a decompression chamber, transferring guests from the buzz of New York to the …

P.S.1 was founded in 1971 by Alanna Heiss as the Institute for Art and Urban Resources Inc., an organization devoted to organizing exhibitions in underutilized and abandoned spaces across New York City. In 1976, P.S.1 opened its first major exhibition in its permanent location in Long Island City, Queens, with …

High Line is the new public park of Manhattan, opened in June 2009 to the public. It runs from Gansevoort Street in the Meatpacking District to 34th Street, between 10th & 11th Avenues. Section 1 of the High Line runs from Gansevoort Street to 20th Street.  The High Line was …

Located in the space formerly occupied by La Côte Basque, Benoit echoes Alain Ducasse’s original Benoit in Paris. Benoit offers classic French bistro cuisine. The early-20th-century décor of Benoit in Paris was recreated within the four walls of Benoit in New York.  Everything from the tiling to the wood paneling, …

The High Line is the new renovation project in Manhattan, of the old railway turned a public park, which runs from Gansevoort Street in the Meatpacking District to 34th Street, between 10th & 11th Avenues. The New York Standard Hotel is the 18 story building over the High Line. Andre Balazs’s latest …

Founded in 1929 as an educational institution, The Museum of Modern Art is dedicated to being the foremost museum of modern art in the world.  Museum’s departments are devoted  to Architecture and Design, Film and Video, and Photography, in addition to Painting and Sculpture, Drawings, and Prints and Illustrated Books. …

Since its opening in 2004 Freeman’s became the low-profile gourmet place of Manhattan. At the end of an unused Lower East Side alley you will discover in a rugged clandestine, colonial American tavern décor, the early American menu: simple, rustic, inspired by old world traditions.. Chef Michael Citarella’s menu features …