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Lowline Lab Opens Experimental Subterranean Park in the Lower East Side

Nov 4, 2015  |   Contributor: Marissa Stempien

A New York City warehouse seems like an unlikely place for a park, but that’s just what you’ll find at Lowline Lab. The building is a prototype for a proposed project that will turn one of the Lower East Side’s abandoned trolley stations into NYC’s first subterranean park.

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Barneys New York Now Offering Same-Day Delivery For All Our Shopping Needs

Nov 2, 2015  |   Contributor: Nicolle Monico

For many of us, online shopping isn’t our go-to choice for retail therapy—mostly because when we buy something, we want to be able to wear it immediately. While one-day shipping (and Amazon Prime) exist, but the former comes at a much higher cost than simply driving to the department store. Now more and more stores are offering same-day delivery to their guests, including Barneys New York, which just announced this new service in October.

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Refinery Hotel in the Heart of the Fashion District Gets NYC Vacationing Right

Oct 19, 2015  |   Contributor: Victor and Mary

Centered blocks from the bustling Bryant Park, Refinery Hotel offers a calming respite from the energetic pulse of New York City’s fashion district. Stylish but never snobby, lobby doormen dress in work coveralls, evoking traits from the neo-gothic building’s industrial past. The property was once the Colony Arcade building constructed in 1912 and home to milliners and hat factories.

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$38M 520 Park Avenue is All Set to Become Tallest Tower in the Upper East Side

Oct 7, 2015  |   Contributor: Mila Pantovich

New York definitely isn’t hurting for luxury real estate, and it seems like each newcomer is even more stunning than those that came before. Case in point, the soon-to-be-built 520 Park Avenue. Set to become Manhattan’s most exclusive high-rise, the building’s full-floor residences will boast an average price of $38 million and are being designed by Robert A.M. Stern Architects (RAMSA). Furthermore, once it’s finished, the 800-foot 520 Park Avenue will be the tallest in the Upper East Side.

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Michelin Guide Awards 10 New York Restaurants With Their First Star

Oct 1, 2015  |   Contributor: Mila Pantovich

Michelin announced its 2016 ratings for New York restaurants yesterday, bringing the total up to 76 honored establishments. Though the three-star list has been left untouched and The Modern was the only newcomer to the two-star list, a whopping 10 restaurants have been awarded their very first star.

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JFK's TWA Flight Center to Become Airport's First Hotel After $265M Renovation

Oct 1, 2015  |   Contributor: Mila Pantovich

Designed by architect Eero Saarinen, the TWA Flight Center was the central terminal at JFK Airport for years. With its dramatic shape suggestive of a bird, the building marked a pretty big shift in corporate construction, leading other airports to put a little more effort into their designs.

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The Peninsula Brings Together Global Vineyards for 3-Month Wine Tasting Event

Sep 28, 2015  |   Contributor: Marissa Stempien

This autumn, The Peninsula New York will be holding a Wine Dinner Series at the hotel’s Clement restaurant. The event will take place over three evenings in October, November and December and will highlight the talents of winemakers from the US and Europe.

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Love Modernist Architecture? Meet the Transparent Taghkanic House

Sep 10, 2015  |   Contributor: Mila Pantovich

The Taghkanic House looks like a modern art museum set in the middle of rolling hills that could easily be the setting of a Jane Austen novel. The $5.9 million contemporary estate is actually in New York’s Hudson Valley and sits on 115 acres to ensure some serious peace and quiet.

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Cristiano Ronaldo Buys Christian Grey’s $18.5M Bachelor Pad in Trump Tower

Sep 1, 2015  |   Contributor: Mila Pantovich

It looks like Christian Grey’s apartment is officially off the market and we aren’t surprised at all to find out that soccer star Cristiano Ronaldo was the one who snatched it. According to the Daily Mail, the 2,509-square-foot loft that reportedly inspired Fifty Shades of Grey can be found in New York’s Trump Tower and apparently cost the 30-year-old athlete $18.5 million. Considering Forbes lists him as the 10th richest celebrity in the world and the highest-paid football player (that’s soccer to us yanks), the price tag seems like chump change. 

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Play Like the Pros With Private Lessons in Eventi's "You’ve Been Served" U.S. Open Package

Aug 25, 2015  |   Contributor: Marissa Stempien

Fans of the U.S. Open have a great selection of places to stay when the championships hit New York at the end of the month, but a good hotel just won’t cut it. Not when so many properties are offering packages exclusively for the event.

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The Sexy, Red-Lit Sushi Roxx Opens at The Tuscany Hotel as NYC's Newest Dinner Theater

Aug 7, 2015  |   Contributor: Kimberly Fisher

New York City has a brand new dinner show in town. Located inside The Tuscany Hotel, SUSHI ROXX is set to provide a new take on the classic dinner theater experience. Diners are welcomed by the intimate bar area, complete with teak tables, rich chocolate bar stools and hand-blocked wallpaper donning beautiful dragons. 

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The Ritz-Carlton New York Makes for the Perfect Home Base to Explore Central Park

Aug 4, 2015  |   Contributor: Katherine Bond

Few places are as classic as New York City. A picnic on a summer's day in Central Park, a crisp Manhattan poured by the legendary Norman Bukofzer, or a stroll through MoMA's latest exhibitions are all timeless Big Apple experiences. 

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30 Park Place at the Four Seasons New York Downtown is 65 Percent Sold

Jul 30, 2015  |   Contributor: Mila Pantovich

Not even on the market for a year yet, New York's Four Seasons Private Residences at 30 Park Place is now officially 65 percent sold. With developer Larry Silverstein and architect Robert A.M. Stern working together on the luxury homes, this 926-foot building is not only the very first downtown location for Four Seasons, it is also the tallest residential structure in the Tribeca area. 

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Sofitel NYC Mixes Classic Parisian Décor With a 1940’s Manhattan Art-Deco Vibe

Jul 27, 2015  |   Contributor: Steve Mirsky

Have you ever noticed that New York City hotels are often buried in a  jumble of surrounding architecture, obfuscated by a frenzy street activity? Without signage, you'd walk right past many of their entrances without noticing. Sofitel NYC is an exception to this scenario, rising 30 stories above 44th and 45th streets and sheathed in a contemporary pattern of limestone and glass among midtown Manhattan's concrete canyons.

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The Sexiest Show in NYC Gets a Hot New Dinner Menu

Jul 8, 2015  |   Contributor: Kimberly Fisher

The highly-touted Queen of the Night show in the Diamond Horseshoe at the Paramount Hotel has just revamped its dinner menu. Known for its sexy theatrics, the magical dinner theater experience is a must for anyone living in or traveling to New York City.

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