Writer of April NYT Weiner Puff Piece: 'Never Even Occurred to Me to Ask' If He Was Still Sexting

... and searching. One day in early February, I met Anthony Weiner and Huma Abedin for breakfast at the Gramercy Park Hotel, one of their regular joints, just a few blocks from their apartment on Park Avenue South. That means Van Meter, Lundgren, and ...

http://newsbusters.org/blogs/noel-sheppard/2013/07/30/nyt-writer-april-weiner-puff-piece-never-even-occurred-me-ask-if-he-w

Forty-One False Starts by Janet Malcolm - review

A couple of years ago, the New Yorker writer Janet Malcolm, who knows enough about journalism hardly ever to give interviews herself, spoke to Katie Roiphe for the Paris Review .

http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2013/jul/28/forty-one-false-janet-malcolm-review?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+theguardian%2Fmedia%2Frss+%28Media%29

1855 party way too hearty

In the mid-1800s, South Park was the city's ritziest enclave. That didn't stop an 1855 party from devolving into a riot.

http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/Portals-1855-South-Park-party-got-way-too-hearty-4690265.php

Kay is enjoying Yankees perch

Former MLB pitcher and 1986 World Series Champion Ron Darling, former MLB player and manager and six-time World Series Champion Willie Randolph, broadcaster and voice of the Yankees Michael Kay, participate in a discussion panel during the "Breakfast of Champions" at the Gramercy Park Hotel on Monday, July 15, 2013, in New York City.

http://www.timesunion.com/sports/article/Kay-is-enjoying-Yankees-perch-4688003.php

Coveted apartments at Apthorp to hit market on Friday

... Gramercy Park," Song says. Walker Tower, a new conversion in Chelsea is going for $3,456 per square foot; 18 Gramercy Park is listing for a sky-high $4,533 per square foot. Earlier this month, Area Property Partners proposed another change for the ...

http://www.nydailynews.com/life-style/real-estate/coveted-apartments-apthorp-hit-market-friday-article-1.1408293?localLinksEnabled=false

Lena Dunham tries on an array of hilarious wigs as she continues filming for Girls series three

... chips, washed down with a bit of beer, Lena was spotted shovelling salad into her mouth as she filmed near Gramercy Park in Manhattan. Smartening up: Lena has been spotted on set for series three of Girls where her character Hannah looks to be ...

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-2375831/Lena-Dunham-tries-array-hilarious-wigs-continues-filming-Girls-series-three.html?ITO=1490&ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490

When Leonard Garment Met Richard Nixon

The news of Leonard Garment's death the other day, at the age of eighty-nine, made me turn back to a conversation that we'd had on a winter day, nearly five years ago.

http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/newsdesk/2013/07/when-leonard-garment-met-richard-nixon.html

The riots of New York

... on July 14 and July 15, but a final confrontation between rioters and the military that occurred near Gramercy Park on July 16 left 12 people dead. The full death toll from the draft riots is not known. Sources suggest that more than 2,000 were ...

http://www.timesunion.com/opinion/article/The-riots-of-New-York-4664070.php

New York: HotelChatter Flashback: Remember When We Feared Ian Schrager Leaving GPH?

On this day way back in 2010, we read the news that hotelier Ian Schrager and his commercial landlords had defaulted on a $140 million loan for the Gramercy Park Hotel .

http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2013/7/12/111039/960/hotels/HotelChatter_Flashback%3A_Remember_When_We_Feared_Ian_Schrager_Leaving_GPH%3F_

Ex-head of National Arts Club settles with NY

... The club was founded in 1898 by an arts critic for The New York Times and has been in a mansion adjacent to Gramercy Park since 1906. Its mission is to promote public interest in the arts. Members have included Mark Twain, Theodore Roosevelt and ...

http://www.modbee.com/2013/07/10/2801229/settlement-reached-over-prestigious.html#storylink=rss

10 Things to Eat and Drink in Manhattan

... hands -- and made a damn good breakfast the next day. Pineapple & Ginger Margarita at the Jade Bar at the Gramercy Park Hotel No, there's no salt rim and yes, it's served in a martini glass. Get over yourself. You're not in Phoenix. And there's ...

http://blogs.phoenixnewtimes.com/bella/2013/07/manhattan_dining_momofuku_mission_chinese.php?print=true