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Arthur Carter Remembers Peter Kaplan
Peter Kaplan Peter Kaplan came to me in what had to be late 1993, and as we sat and discussed things, I said to him out of nowhere, “Do you know Charlie and Pauline Kaplan?” He was astonished. He...
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Out With the Old: This Production of Der Rosenkavalier Has Run Its Course
Martina Serafin and Alice Coote in 'Der Rosenkavalier.' Rudolf Bing, general manager of the Met from 1950 to 1972, once observed that his opera house was “similar to a museum. My function is to...
View ArticleHow to Get to a Human When Calling Customer Service This Holiday Season
It’s almost impossible to make it through the holidays without having to solicit the help of a customer service rep. What if Bubbie brakes her new iPhone trying to take a selfie? What if Uncle Steven...
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Real Estate Shaken, Not Stirred
Noah Freedman, the co-founder of BOND, is going to make real estate so much fun. Noah Freedman is going to make real estate fun. The Co-founder of BOND New York is transforming the boring text of lease...
View ArticleWilliamsburg’s Bedford Avenue Might Get an Apple Store
As jackhammers pound away at the future Whole Foods on Bedford Avenue, word is spreading that Apple is eying a building (once reportedly scoped out by J. Crew) just across Williamsburg’s main drag for...
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Make Your Holidays Pop
Romain Pianet knows his bubbly. Christmas trees shed pine needles. Ornaments get broken. Carolers turn out to be tone deaf. But champagne never burst your holiday bubble — at least if you choose the...
View ArticleMichael Bloomberg Burnishes His Legacy at the Barclays Center
Replete with a chorus, a celebrity senator and an adoring, well-heeled audience, Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s final speech to the Partnership for New York City this morning was a celebration of his...
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Taps at Butterfield House: Orthodontist Braces for Goodbye to $3 M. Village...
Buyer Nathaniel Asker (Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz) If one had to make a list of industries that have benefited from Tribeca's metamorphoses from dilapidated artist's encampment to prohibitive...
View ArticleJumaane Williams Only Speaker Candidate to Knock Bill Bratton
The candidates vying for City Council speaker mostly hailed Mayor-elect Bill de Blasio’s choice of Bill Bratton to lead the police department, though one was willing to openly criticize the pick. In a...
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Urban Market(ing): South Williamsburg Gets a Grocery Store
Savvy marketing Because not everyone in South Williamsburg wants to do all their food shopping at Marlow & Daughters—after all, how much pastured pork and lamb and loaves of sprouted spelt can a...
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To Do Saturday: An Evening of Original Works
Jim Gaffigan. Comedy fans, you don’t want to miss Moonwork, which is far more than just a stand-up show. You’ll get to hear high-quality humor from the likes of Ophira Eisenberg, author of Screw...
View ArticleIn Sharpton’s House, Bratton Vows to ‘Practice What Mandela Preached’
Incoming Police Commissioner Bill Bratton this morning tried to turn the page on soured relations between police and many minority communities, promising “freedom and equality for all” in his first...
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New-York Historical Society’s Annual History Makers Gala
On December 2, The New-York Historical Society’s held it's annual History Makers Gala. Over 500 patrons of NYHS assembled at the lavish Pierre Hotel for this year's gala and raised a hefty $3.1...
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To Do Sunday: A Night of Beatles Trivia
John Lennon. (Photo by Evening Standard/Getty Images) Here’s to taking a sad event and making things, if not better, at least celebratory, as Time Out New York Senior Editor and “Beatles superfan” Amy...
View ArticleDe Blasio Taking Slow and Steady Approach to Schools Chancellor Pick
Bill de Blasio will be unveiling “important” new appointments in the near future, but don’t expect his schools chancellor pick to be among them. Asked today about his decision-making process for the...
View ArticleDe Blasio Feeling ‘Pull of Brooklyn’ in Still-Unanswered Gracie Question
To move or not to move? That, for Mayor-elect Bill de Blasio, is still the question. Read More
View ArticleJoshua Bell Private Holiday Performance and Live Broadcast
On November 26, Joshua Bell hosted a Private Holiday Performance and Live Broadcast. Julianna Margulies and Christine Baranski apparently got holed up on The Good Wife set, but nonetheless, Heather...
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With Registration Deadline Approaching, Thousands of City Homeowners Stand to...
Residents in the forgotten borough didn't forget to register for STAR. (robertpaulyoung/flickr) Even if Dolly Lenz doesn't believe that de Blasio will "kill the goose who laid the golden egg," there...
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Time to Party
Brooke Geahan isn’t the only one with parties to go to! Men want to shine at their holiday parties, too. Here is the Observer style guide to the watches you’ll want to wear this holiday season. Charity...
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New Cold-Proof Cockroaches Chill in New York for Christmas
Cold-resistant cockroaches thrive in New York City's chilly weather. (University of Florida) Did you honestly think that subzero temperatures would protect you from summer's blood-sucking bugs? Well,...
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