Mayor to Kick Elected Butts on Smoking
Mayor Michael Bloomberg likes to advertise himself as a consensus-builder who prefers compromise to combat. But when it comes to his war against smoking, Mr. Bloomberg is about as flexible as an iron...
View ArticleThe Last Frontier?
Wake up and smell the meat carcasses! That's what some New Yorkers could be saying if developer Stephen Touhey, who has proposed a 32-story luxury building steps from the meatpackers at the Gansevoort...
View ArticleRabin v. Rodriguez
A war of words has erupted between two prominent nightclub owners over the city's smoking ban. "He's the biggest non-politician hypocrite in New York," Lotus co-owner David Rabin said of Jimmy...
View ArticleCommunity Boards
Boozy Beat: Are 'Noise Cops' Coming? One of the chief arguments posed by opponents of the smoking ban was that in solving one problem, the city would simply be creating another: noisy smokers out on...
View ArticleA Nightclub Queen Gets Ready to Sell Her Chilly Hotspot
On Friday, Dec. 1, Bungalow 8 proprietor Amy Sacco arrived at a dinner party celebrating the new film The Good German with her friend Sean Penn. Once there—the fête was held at the Plaza Athénée—Ms....
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In The Comfort Zone: Michael Ferraro Shakes Things Up at Delicatessen
“We want it to be about the food,” said Michael Ferraro, executive chef at Delicatessen, the trendy yet critically trashed restaurant at 54 Prince Street. “We want to turn this into a food restaurant,...
View ArticleJimmy Choos Covered In Meat Sludge: The Transformation of the Meatpacking...
"If you had said twenty years ago, 'you know the meatpacking district is going to be a cultural hub,'" Council Speaker Christine Quinn said in a short documentary on the neighborhood, "People would...
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