by Almara Abgarian | Jul 26, 2017 | Business, News, Real Estate
Keep your eyes to the sky this afternoon and you may catch a glimpse of a shining beam moving high atop the property structure for 287 East Houston Street on the Lower East Side. This builders’ rite, known as a top off, is the celebration of the final beam being...
by Eva Troester | Jul 7, 2017 | Dining, News
It’s Friday and that means it’s time to pop open a bottle of wine and enjoy a glass or two. Invivo Wines, a popular New Zealand wine brand, is now available in the US and is a great pick for tonight — and any other night. As the brainchild of Tim...
by Mike Hammer | Jul 3, 2017 | Culture, Entertainment, News
For decades, the iconic faces of Broadway were brought to life through the iconic animated caricatures unmistakably drawn by Al Hirschfeld. Hirschfeld, the subject of the award-winning documentary, “The Line King,” created portraits of many of the most famous New York...
by Almara Abgarian | Jun 26, 2017 | Living, News
Grace Hightower De Niro, philanthropist and founder of Coffee of Grace, delivered a speech on global citizenship during the Léman Manhattan Preparatory School graduation at Broad Street Ballroom earlier this month. Hightower De Niro started Coffee of Grace in 2012 and...
by Mike Hammer | Jun 13, 2017 | News
Renowned New York developer and philanthropist Elie Hirschfeld has been honored with an appointment to the Israel Bonds National Campaign Council. “I am pleased to be part of Israel Bonds and its important work,” said the principal owner of Hirschfeld Properties....
by Grace Capobianco | Jun 13, 2017 | Culture, Education
This feature originally appeared in the Spring 2011 issue of Downtown magazine. Perhaps the great cities of the future are currently just a clearing on the tip of an island in a huge bay; that was what Verrazano glimpsed in 1524, and Henry Hudson confirmed in his...