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Tuesday, December 31, 2013

Manhattan Condo Sales Hit Record

The sale price of Manhattan condominiums set a record in 2013, fueled by trophy properties that helped push prices higher than even the last real-estate boom, city records show.

http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052702304591604579290851951644932

Monday, December 30, 2013

Book Review: 'Heir to the Empire City'

HEIR TO THE EMPIRE CITY: NEW YORK AND THE MAKING OF THEODORE ROOSEVELT By Edward Kohn Basic Books, $26.99, 272 pages Theodore Roosevelt has come down in history as the "cowboy president," a man whose persona was shaped by the period he spent in the Dakota badlands as a young man, riding, hunting, even owning two sizable ranches.

http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2013/dec/30/book-review-heir-to-the-empire-city/

Editorial: A good thing for Niagara Falls community

... Hotel in New York has Angelo Galasso, Assouline books, Douglas Hannant, The Eloise shop and tea parties, Gramercy Park Flower Shop, The Leather Spa, Town and Country Living, and a gourmet food hall among other retail attractions. Hamister envisions ...

http://www.wnypapers.com/news/article/current/2013/12/30/114109/editorial-a-good-thing-for-niagara-falls-community

Friday, December 27, 2013

From left: The pool at River House, rendering of 606 West 57th and 12 East 69th Street

... Walker Tower's penthouse in Chelsea is in contract for more than $50 million, the penthouse at 18 Gramercy in Gramercy Park currently holds the record for the highest price ever paid for a Manhattan apartment south of 59th Street. Houston Rockets ...

http://therealdeal.com/blog/2013/12/27/shattered-records-of-2013/

Tuesday, December 24, 2013

To get things right, Trump raffle is a quick fix

... Art Basel in Miami, Lohan was back partying for the holidays. A spy tells us she threw a private dinner at a Gramercy Park brownstone and felt festive enough to invite some strangers via text. "Come by Apt 1," read one text that Confidenti@l saw. ...

http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/gossip/confidential/trump-raffle-quick-fix-article-1.1557033

Wednesday, December 18, 2013

I'm Ryan Holiday, and This Is How I Work

In the past week, Ryan Holiday read seven books, flew from Austin to Atlanta to Miami to Atlanta to LA to Maui, and juggled two demanding jobs: director of marketing at the controversial clothing retailer American Apparel, and partner at creative marketing company StoryArk.

http://lifehacker.com/im-ryan-holiday-and-this-is-how-i-work-1485776137

Saturday, December 14, 2013

Roger Rosenblatt takes a walking tour of his past

The newest book by Roger Rosenblatt recalls the author's walks in New York City as a child and reveals his manner of walking and thinking in the world throughout a lifetime.

http://www.miamiherald.com/2013/12/08/3801736/roger-rosenblatt-takes-a-walking.html

Wednesday, December 11, 2013

Scent of a Hotel - part 2.

... was also commissioned by the legendary hotelier, Ian Schrager, to develop a unique scent for New York located Gramercy Park Hotel. Rare Scents and Quality Ecological Products "At J Brand, smell, the most evocative of the senses, is a vital part of ...

http://www.4hoteliers.com/features/article/8058?awsb_c=rss&awsb_k=xfeed

Monday, December 9, 2013

TEDx Conference to Showcase 'Gowanus-Inspired' Ideas

... and Sheryl Sandberg. New York has seen a several TEDx conferences based in specific neighborhoods, including Gramercy Park and the Financial District. In Harlem, TEDx conference organizers were criticized as being "elitist" for charging $100 per ...

http://www.dnainfo.com/new-york/20131209/gowanus/tedx-conference-showcase-gowanus-inspired-ideas

Sunday, December 8, 2013

Roger Rosenblatt takes a walking tour of his past

The newest book by Roger Rosenblatt recalls the author's walks in New York City as a child and reveals his manner of walking and thinking in the world throughout a lifetime.

http://www.miamiherald.com/2013/12/08/3801736/roger-rosenblatt-takes-a-walking.html

Thursday, December 5, 2013

The Boy Detective

... Walker in the City," the book is a meandering ramble through Rosenblatt's past and the streets of New York's Gramercy Park neighborhood. Some readers will find that delightful. Those who prefer to walk with a destination firmly in mind are likely to ...

http://www.csmonitor.com/Books/Book-Reviews/2013/1205/The-Boy-Detective

Monday, December 2, 2013

End of a lovely ride?

... our use of cookies. Review our cookies information for more details THE pitted stretch of road just north of Gramercy Park between Lexington and Fifth Avenues was recently repaved. Roads are a quintessential public good, and though New York City's ...

http://www.economist.com/blogs/democracyinamerica/2013/12/cycling-new-york?fsrc=rss

Thursday, November 28, 2013

Sheila Mara, Daughter of Wellington Mara, Arrested for DWI After Colliding with Taxi: Report

... Wellington Mara , was arrested for arson in New York City after allegedly setting motorcycles on fire in the Gramercy Park neighborhood . Meanwhile, Jack Mara , nephew of Giants co-owner John Mara , was accused of a vicious New Year's Eve assault in ...

http://www.sportsmedia101.com/newyorkgiants/2013/11/28/sheila-mara-daughter-of-wellington-mara-arrested-for-dwi-after-colliding-with-taxi-report/

Wednesday, November 27, 2013

Scent of A Hotel Part 2

... was also commissioned by the legendary hotelier, Ian Schrager, to develop a unique scent for New York located Gramercy Park Hotel. The more chic and tony the hotel, the more exclusive is the smell it will choose to adopt as its own. While Vanilla, ...

http://ehotelier.com/hospitality-news/item.php?id=26615_0_11_0_C&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+ehotelier+%28eHotelier+Global+Hospitality+News%29

Madeline And The Family Business

... store, that Barbara also owns. She has filled its capacious downstairs with many of the contents of the Gramercy Park apartment where her father was living when he died 51 years ago. The arrangement gives the impression that Ludwig Bemelmans has ...

http://www.forbes.com/sites/deborahljacobs/2013/11/27/madeline-and-the-family-business-2/

Tuesday, November 26, 2013

Mashable founder Pete Cashmore and 304 Park Avenue South

... an insider familiar with the search process told The Real Deal . Mashable would likely look to remain in the Gramercy Park neighborhood, or move to the nearby Flatiron District, the source added. Representatives for Mashable and SL Green couldn't ...

http://therealdeal.com/blog/2013/11/26/mashable-eyeing-new-nyc-headquarters/

Tuesday, November 19, 2013

The Players to Celebrate 125th Anniversary with NYE Gala

One Hundred and Twenty-Five years ago this New Year's Eve, America's most celebrated actor, Edwin Booth gave the Deed of 16 Gramercy Park South to The Players .

http://www.broadwayworld.com/off-broadway/article/The-Players-to-Celebrate-125th-Anniversary-with-NYE-Gala-20131119

Monday, November 18, 2013

Black And Latino State Reps Want To Pass Dream Act, Universal Pre-K And Marijuana Decriminalization

Some of the city's top black and Latino representatives in Albany unveiled their legislative priorities at a conference in Gramercy Park on Monday.They also took some shots at fellow Democrats.

http://www.ny1.com/content/news/198945/black-and-latino-state-reps-want-to-pass-dream-act--universal-pre-k-and-marijuana-decriminalization

David Rockwell

... Film Center at Lincoln Center and an Italian eatery for restaurateur Danny Meyer called Maialino at the Gramercy Park Hotel . He's even working on two restaurant projects in Toronto's Maple Leaf Square, as well as a major multi-use complex across ...

http://nuvomagazine.com/magazine/winter-2009/david-rockwell

Wednesday, November 13, 2013

New York: Forget The Cooking: 5 Hotels For Thanksgiving in NYC

... for lunch and dinner are $49 per adult and $22 per child (12 and under), and room rates start at $399. 3. Gramercy Park Hotel Perhaps with turkey comas in mind, the Gramercy Park is offering a 'Thanksgiving on the Park' package, which offers dinner ...

http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2013/11/10/144851/50/hotels/Forget_The_Cooking%3A_5_Hotels_For_Thanksgiving_in_NYC_

Sunday, November 10, 2013

Mac's Layup Drill: New York Knicks are quite long on shortcomings

... could it? As for New York football Giants heir Stephen Mara, and the case of the roaring motorcycles near Gramercy Park interrupting his sleep? That the lone super star remaining in what was once a galaxy of them was too expensive for a franchise ...

http://www.silive.com/sports/advance/gordon/index.ssf/2013/11/macs_layup_drill_new_york_knic.html

Wednesday, November 6, 2013

Stephen Mara, Grandson of Late Giants Owner Wellington Mara, Arrested for Arson in NYC

... Mara , was arrested on Tuesday morning in New York City for allegedly setting motorcycles on fire in the Gramercy Park neighborhood, as Kirstan Conley of the New York Post reported . The 26-year-old Mara was charged with arson and is currently being ...

http://www.sportsmedia101.com/newyorkgiants/2013/11/06/stephen-mara-grandson-of-late-giants-owner-wellington-mara-arrested-for-arson-in-nyc/

Tuesday, November 5, 2013

'Boy Detective' Walks Down Memory Lane, But Doesn't Get Anywhere

... Here is New York and Alfred Kazin's A Walker in the City, Rosenblatt roams the Manhattan streets around the Gramercy Park neighborhood in which he grew up, evoking memories while remarking on all the changes. On a cold "glass punch bowl of a night" ...

http://www.npr.org/2013/11/05/241659304/boy-detective-walks-down-memory-lane-but-doesnt-get-anywhere?ft=1&f=1032

Monday, November 4, 2013

This Week's Hot ReadsBy Damaris Colhoun

This week: a book about men in all sorts of ways, a writer's 1940s New York, a rain drenched Irish tale of murder and pursuit, and a novel filled with trash.

http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2013/11/04/this-week-s-hot-reads-november-4-2013.html

Sunday, November 3, 2013

Plan holiday in the Big Apple

... Hotel in Tribeca. a- New York luxury hotels: New York Palace, Waldorf Astoria, Plaza Hotel, Essex House, Gramercy Park Hotel, St. Regis and Mandarin Oriental. a- For more information on Christmas and New Year's Eve vacation packages contact New York ...

http://lubbockonline.com/travel/2013-11-03/plan-holiday-big-apple

Banksy's Nazi-Doctored Painting Raises $615,000 Online

... HIV/AIDS, said it received the painting around 11 a.m. Tuesday, when a woman walked into its thrift shop near Gramercy Park to drop off what was then an anonymous donation. "She said the painting is worth a lot of money and that someone will contact ...

http://mobile.bloomberg.com/news/2013-10-30/banksy-donates-nazi-doctored-landscape-to-help-aids-group.html?

Banksy Nazi picture auctioned for N.Y. charity

... of us and to our clients," she said. The gift was dropped off anonymously at the Housing Works store in chic Gramercy Park where two months earlier a customer had bought the original canvas for $50. To the landscape of a lake, snow-capped mountains ...

http://www.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2013/11/01/entertainment-news/banksy-nazi-picture-auctioned-for-n-y-charity/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+japantimes+%28The+Japan+Times%3A+All+Stories%29

Thursday, October 31, 2013

Banksy Nazi picture to raise hundreds of thousands of dollars for HIV patients and the homeless

... of us and to our clients," she said. The gift was dropped off anonymously at the Housing Works store in chic Gramercy Park where two months earlier a customer had bought the original canvas for $50. To the landscape of a lake, snow-capped mountains ...

http://artdaily.com/news/65938/Banksy-Nazi-picture-to-raise-hundreds-of-thousands-of-dollars-for-HIV-patients-and-the-homeless

Banksy adds Nazi to New York charity shop oil painting, and gives it back

An oil painting that was altered by British artist Banksy then donated to a New York charity shop looks set to raise thousands of dollars for HIV patients and the homeless.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-10-31/banksy-nazi-painting-auctioned-for-new-york-charity/5059502

Wednesday, October 30, 2013

"Risky Listing" throws retail leasing into reality TV: VIDEO

The latest realty television show to delve into the high-dollar, drama-rich world of New York City real estate will examine an after-hours niche of the industry: sales and leasing of the Big Apple's trendiest nightlife spots.

http://therealdeal.com/blog/2013/10/30/risky-listings-throws-retail-leasing-into-reality-tv-video/

Banksy Nazi picture auctioned off for...

... of us and to our clients," she said. The gift was dropped off anonymously at the Housing Works store in chic Gramercy Park where two months earlier a customer had bought the original canvas for $50. To the landscape of a lake, snow-capped mountains ...

http://lifestyle.xin.msn.com/en/beauty-fashion/banksy-nazi-picture-auctioned-off-for-new-york-charity-1

Bidding on Banksy's Nazi-Doctored Painting Tops $220,000 for AIDS Charity

... this afternoon. Yesterday morning around 11 a.m. a woman walked into a Housing Works thrift shop near Gramercy Park to drop off an anonymous donation. "She said the painting is worth a lot of money and that someone will contact us about it," said ...

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-10-30/banksy-donates-nazi-doctored-landscape-to-help-aids-group.html

Friday, October 25, 2013

Lower Manhattan Condo Seeks a Record $56.5 Million

A penthouse atop the Ritz-Carlton in lower Manhattan 's Battery Park City is listed for sale at $56.5 million, the highest-ever asking price for a downtown home.

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-10-25/lower-manhattan-condo-seeks-a-record-56-5-million.html

N.Y. luxury home listings go through the roof

A penthouse atop the Ritz-Carlton in lower Manhattan's Battery Park City is listed for sale at $56.5 million, the highest-ever asking price for a downtown home.

http://finance-commerce.com/2013/10/n-y-luxury-home-listings-go-through-the-roof/

PFI (Plant Fantasies Inc.) Completes Landscape Design/Build Project...

PFI Completes Landscape Design/Build Project for Super-luxe, High Profile Whitman, Madison Square Park's Latest Condo Conversion PFI has completed a major landscape design/build project for ultra-luxe condo conversion, The Whitman, minutes from the Flatiron district and Gramercy Park.

http://www.prweb.com/releases/2013/10/prweb11263301.htm

Tuesday, October 22, 2013

NYCHA Residents Make Up Less Than 0.5 Percent of Citi Bike Riders

... members. The zip code with the second most members was 10003, which includes parts of Greenwich Village, Gramercy Park and East Village. Only one zip code from an outer borough - 11201, which covers parts of DUMBO , Cobble Hill, Brooklyn Heights, ...

http://www.dnainfo.com/new-york/20131022/lower-east-side/nycha-residents-make-up-less-than-05-percent-of-citi-bike-riders

Thursday, October 17, 2013

Paul Pierce star nets $35K per month NYC apartment

FRANKLIN SPEAKING: Nets small forward Paul Pierce is renting a four-bedroom unit at Franklin Tower that was asking $35K a month.

http://nypost.com/2013/10/16/paul-pierce-star-nets-35k-per-month-nyc-apartment/

Wednesday, October 16, 2013

Le Meridien Chicago - Oakbrook Center names GM

... Hotel Management School. His stint in New York included roles with several luxury hotels there, including the Gramercy Park Hotel, the Peninsula and St. Regis. In 2009, Fricker joined the opening team of the Mandarin Oriental in Las Vegas, which ...

http://www.chicagochronicle.com/index.php/sid/217781133/scat/c8ac3000ee01c7aa

Le Meridien Chicago - Oakbrook Center names GM

... Hotel Management School. His stint in New York included roles with several luxury hotels there, including the Gramercy Park Hotel, the Peninsula and St. Regis. In 2009, Fricker joined the opening team of the Mandarin Oriental in Las Vegas, which ...

http://www.bizjournals.com/chicago/news/2013/10/16/le-meridien-chicago---oakbrook-center.html?ana=RSS&s=article_search&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+vertical_12+%28Travel+Industry+News%29

Monday, October 14, 2013

Human by Human, a Following Grows

Brandon Stanton, a 29-year-old self-taught photographer who runs the immensely popular street photography blog Humans of New York, has been taking photographs of strangers approximately six-and-a-half days a week for the last three years, publishing nearly 6,000 photos.

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702304106704579135783423807744.html?mod=topix

Tuesday, October 8, 2013

What's Your Workout: Jo Jo Hermann of Widespread Panic Keeps in Step

Dow Jones Reprints: This copy is for your personal, non-commercial use only. To order presentation-ready copies for distribution to your colleagues, clients or customers, use the Order Reprints tool at the bottom of any article or visit www.djreprints.com Jo Jo Hermann of the band Widespread Panic is one of those musicians who would rather exercise ... (more)

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702304171804579121420225114870.html

Monday, October 7, 2013

Thursday, October 3, 2013

Toll Brothers City Living Tops out Its 160 East 22nd Luxury Condominium

160 East 22nd is Now 70 Percent Sold. Toll Brothers City Living , the urban development division of Toll Brothers, Inc., recently topped off its luxury, eco-friendly condominium building at 160 East 22nd Street in the Gramercy neighborhood of Manhattan, New York, just one block from Gramercy Park.

http://www.prweb.com/releases/2013/10/prweb11191596.htm

Wednesday, October 2, 2013

Project Shaw Moves to Symphony Space; Richard Easton, Michael Cumpsty ...

Following eight sold-out years of readings at The Players Club in Gramercy Park, Gingold Theatrical Group's PROJECT SHAW, under the leadership of Artistic Director, David Staller , is proud to announce that its new home for Shaw and his contemporaries will now be at Symphony Space 's Leonard Nimoy Thalia Theatre .

http://www.broadwayworld.com/article/PROJECT-SHAW-Moves-to-Symphony-Space-Richard-Easton-Michael-Cumpsty-and-Alison-Fraser-to-Star-in-DON-JUAN-IN-HELL-20131002

Tuesday, October 1, 2013

Walker Tower's fa ade revealed: PHOTOS

Walker Tower's faA ade has been restored to feature a mix of restored brick, new bronze stainless steel panels, newly formed aluminum panels and new oversized windows.

http://therealdeal.com/blog/2013/10/01/walker-towers-facade-revealed-photos/

Monday, September 30, 2013

ITVFest down in the valley

... small budget, which was a theme of the festival. She said being an actress with a musician husband living in Gramercy Park in New York City had provided her with enough material to begin writing a script. "I had people asking me where to get real ...

http://www.reformer.com/localnews/ci_24202973/itvfest-down-valley?source=rss

Thursday, September 26, 2013

Jesus Christ's Superstar

... Hillsong NYC draws 6,000 people to its services every Sunday and has just added two more at a chapel in the Gramercy Park neighborhood. "I see our church taking ground in a major way," Lentz says. "In five years, I want a giant version of what it is ...

http://www.details.com/culture-trends/critical-eye/201310/pastor-carl-lentz-hillsong-church-nyc-pentecostals

National Arts Club President Resigns After Less Than Five Months

The National Arts Club' s new president resigned after less than five months at the helm of the 115-year-old Gramercy Park institution that's been mired in controversy, DNAinfo New York has learned.

http://www.dnainfo.com/new-york/20130925/gramercy/national-arts-club-president-resigns-after-less-than-five-months

Wednesday, September 25, 2013

TOWN Expands into the Meatpacking District and Relocates Its West...

On the heels of launching its much anticipated Gramercy Park offices, TOWN Residential continues its trend of announcing and executing its unprecedented expansion and takeover of Downtown in twos by moving into the heart of the world renowned Meatpacking District.

http://www.businesswire.com/news/topix/20130925006089/en

Tuesday, September 17, 2013

The real Sleepy Hollow didn't have a Starbucks

An 1864 wood engraving of 'The Legend of Sleepy Hollow' for Harper's Magazine The new Fox television show Sleepy Hollow debuted last night.

http://theboweryboys.blogspot.com/2013/09/the-real-sleepy-hollow-didnt-have.html

Monday, September 16, 2013

Rockets owner reportedly paying $185K a month for N.Y. condo

According to the Wall Street Journal, Houston Rockets owner Les Alexander just dropped an $8.4 million down payment on a $42 million penthouse in New York's posh Gramercy Park neighborhood.

http://www.chron.com/homes/article/Rockets-owner-reportedly-paying-185K-a-month-for-4818235.php

Saturday, September 14, 2013

Houston Rockets owner closes deal on lavish $42 million New York condo

... himself. The Wall Street Journal reports that Alexander has purchased a penthouse on the top two floors of 18 Gramercy Park for $42 million. It is the highest price ever paid for a residence in downtown Manhattan, the newspaper reports, citing city ...

http://houston.culturemap.com/news/realestate/09-14-13-houston-rockets-owner-closes-deal-on-42-million-new-york-condo/

Thursday, September 12, 2013

Elections 2013: Of the people, by the people, for the people

This election season is shaping up as a season of sour dissatisfaction. Only "the three percent" love Bloomberg's idea of NYC as "the Luxury City," but the rest of us worry that flushing out the elitist mentality will flush out a lot of the good policies too.

http://www.nycreligion.info/?p=10433

Wednesday, September 11, 2013

Marriott May Sell Certain Properties

... And the feeling is mutual for Schrager - known for his "buzzy" works like the Royalton and the redesigned Gramercy Park Hotel. He says partnering with the more conservative brand was a pure business decision. "We never looked down on [the Marriott ...

http://www.foxbusiness.com/business-leaders/2013/09/11/marriott-ceo-on-reports-sale-to-abu-dhabi/

Monday, September 9, 2013

Why This New York Mayoral Election Is Unlike Any in Decades

... currency in Queens and Staten Island. De Blasio is surging now, yet when we spoke with him in mid-August at a Gramercy Park coffee shop, his entourage totaled one guy, and no polls had him in the lead. (Anthony Weiner had imploded by then, but the ...

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3064559/posts

Why This New York Mayoral Election Is Unlike Any in Decades

... currency in Queens and Staten Island. De Blasio is surging now, yet when we spoke with him in mid-August at a Gramercy Park coffee shop, his entourage totaled one guy, and no polls had him in the lead. (Anthony Weiner had imploded by then, but the ...

http://www.nationaljournal.com/magazine/why-this-new-york-mayoral-election-is-unlike-any-in-decades-20130905

Thursday, September 5, 2013

Neil Barsky: Reporter, hedge fund manager, movie director

... Neither interest has waned. While at the Journal he played poker at the Players, a club in a townhouse on Gramercy Park founded by Mark Twain, Gen. William Tecumseh Sherman, and the actor Edwin Booth (brother to John Wilkes). Barsky's friend, the ...

http://finance.fortune.cnn.com/2013/09/05/neil-barsky-koch/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+fortunetermsheet+%28Fortune+Finance%3A+Term+Sheet%29

Wednesday, September 4, 2013

Joie Fall 2013 Campaign Features Julia Restoin Roitfeld, Poppy Delevingne and Anouck Lepere

... and Anouck Lepere are the faces of the Joie Fall 2013 campaign. The campaign was shot at an apartment in Gramercy Park in New York by Alasdair McLellan. You can watch the video of the shoot here and find behind-the-scenes photos here . Julia also ...

http://www.shoppingblog.com/joie-fall-2013-campaign-features-julia-restoin-roitfeld-poppy-90420134?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+shoppingblogdotcom+%28Shopping+Blog%29

New York: The Paramount Hotel Has Moved On Up, With a New Management Company

... already owns an impressive bunch of hotels including the W South Beach, the upcoming W Tel Aviv and the Gramercy Park Hotel, another one of Ian Schrager's projects (that he's since left.) But there's more in store for the Paramount Hotel. Rosen ...

http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2013/9/4/105322/1789/hotels/The_Paramount_Hotel_Has_Moved_On_Up%2C_With_a_New_Management_Company

Monday, September 2, 2013

Pioneer of Saugerties, NYC farm markets hailed

Barry Benepe, co-founder of the Saugerties Farmers Market, grew up a latchkey kid in an exclusive Gramercy Park apartment in Manhattan.

http://www.recordonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20130902/NEWS/309020325

Wednesday, August 28, 2013

Monday, August 26, 2013

TOWN Residential Announces the Grand Opening of Its Ninth Location a "...

... architect Stanford White. It is, fittingly for TOWN, home to the oldest cooperative building in the City, 34 Gramercy Park East, and the nearby charming residential enclave on East 19th Street known as Block Beautiful." 33 Irving Place, designed by ...

http://www.businesswire.com/news/topix/20130826006028/en

TOWN Residential Announces the Grand Opening of Its Ninth Location...

... architect Stanford White. It is, fittingly for TOWN, home to the oldest cooperative building in the City, 34 Gramercy Park East, and the nearby charming residential enclave on East 19th Street known as Block Beautiful." 33 Irving Place, designed by ...

http://www.businesswire.com/portal/site/topix/index.jsp?ndmViewId=news_view&newsId=20130826006028&newsLang=en&ndmConfigId=1000639&vnsId=41

Private Jets For Pets? Call The Vet, Grab Your Sick Animal And Go

Once again, a business venture between New York City/Hamptons house-call veterinarian, Dr. Cindy Bressler, and me was featured in a variety of on-line news channels.

http://www.examiner.com/article/private-jets-for-pets-call-the-vet-grab-your-sick-animal-and-go

Friday, August 23, 2013

The Things We Share

There's this guy I know in Manhattan. Call him Jim. Jim Watson. We're friends, I guess.

http://www.commonwealmagazine.org/things-we-share

Thursday, August 22, 2013

Rendering of 18 Gramercy Park

... and surprising real estate statistics. Zillow's stock dipped immediately following StreetEasy purchase, 18 Gramercy Park has the most expensive listings in the neighborhood and tenants sue "worst landlord in New York." $7 million Sale price of ...

http://therealdeal.com/blog/2013/08/22/numbers-to-know-zillows-stock-drops-post-streeteasy-buy-18-gramercy-park-blows-away-neighborhood-and-more/

Tuesday, August 20, 2013

David Rockwell

... Film Center at Lincoln Center and an Italian eatery for restaurateur Danny Meyer called Maialino at the Gramercy Park Hotel . He's even working on two restaurant projects in Toronto's Maple Leaf Square, as well as a major multi-use complex across ...

http://nuvomagazine.com/magazine/winter-2009/david-rockwell

Friday, August 16, 2013

A Romantic Elopement at New York City's Gramercy Park Hotel

... wed with the same enviable spontaneity, taking just 10 weeks to plan their August elopement at the iconic Gramercy Park Hotel . "The hotel is in our neighborhood, and has always been one of our favorite, local spots. It has a look and feel that we ...

http://www.brides.com/blogs/aisle-say/2013/08/new-york-city-elopement-session.html

Wednesday, August 14, 2013

Is Bill de Blasio the Real Deal for New York City?

Elmo was strolling around. So was Cookie Monster, each posing for pics. It was another day in tourist-packed Times Square with its mind-numbing array of family-friendly draws.

http://www.theatlanticwire.com/politics/2013/08/bill-de-blasio-real-deal-new-york-city/68317/

Is Bill de Blasio the Real Deal?

Elmo was strolling around. So was Cookie Monster, each posing for pics. It was another day in tourist-packed Times Square with its mind-numbing array of family friendly draws.

http://www.nationaljournal.com/politics/is-bill-de-blasio-the-real-deal-20130814

Monday, August 12, 2013

Morning Media Mix

... has edited two issues of an international fashion magazine, is about to be a senior at Yale, has a key to Gramercy Park and a nicer apartment than you. ( New York magazine ) The Daily Mail "plagiarized" an article from Cracked.com about the five ...

http://observer.com/2013/08/morning-media-mix-54/

Sunday, August 11, 2013

Saturday, August 10, 2013

The Quiet(er) Success of Narciso Rodriguez

... and even a little bit shy. In June, he married Thomas Tolan, who works in advertising, on the roof of the Gramercy Park Hotel, and he's just returned from his honeymoon in French Polynesia. He is tan, and still dreamy-eyed. His wedding ring is ...

http://nymag.com/thecut/2013/08/quieter-success-of-narciso-rodriguez.html

Friday, August 9, 2013

Call the vet, reserve a jet, grab your sick pet and go

The Binghamton Mets were able to hold onto a 1-0 lead to earn a series win against the Altoona Curve in the final game of their four-game series on Darin Gorski pitched 7 2/3 scoreless innings as the B-Mets defeated the Altoona Curve, 1-0, at NYSEG Stadium to win the fourth and final game of Binghamton Mets playoff tickets will go on sale at 9 a.m.

http://www.pressconnects.com/viewart/20130809/LIFE/308090055/Call-vet-reserve-jet-grab-your-sick-pet-go

CloudBeat 2013: Engine Yard CEO to speak about the "PaaS" revolution

... Yard can run on Amazon, Terremark, Rackspace, and Azure.) Canvas used Engine Yard to build a website for the Gramercy Park Hotel and the content management system and API for an iPhone and Android app for Grand Central Terminal. Other Canvas clients ...

http://venturebeat.com/2013/08/08/cloudbeat-2013-engine-yard-ceo/

Call the vet, reserve a jet, grab sick pet and go

"The Real Housewives of New York City" actress Jill Zarin aboard a private jet with her Chihuahua, Ginger, on their way to Los Angeles.

http://seattletimes.com/html/travel/2021561145_jetsetvetxml.html?syndication=rss

Call the vet, reserve a jet, grab sick pet and go

This undated photo released courtesy Jill Zarin shows "The Real Housewives of New York City" actress Jill Zarin, aboard a private jet with her Chihuahua, Ginger in New York on their way to Los Angeles.

http://www.seattlepi.com/news/article/Call-the-vet-reserve-a-jet-grab-sick-pet-and-go-4715247.php

Day to night: Stephen Wilkes photographs capture iconic cities by...

... a fresh new look in just one picture. The mesmerising image show the beautiful transition from day to night Gramercy Park in New York was snapped by photographer Stephen Wilkes who spends up to 15 hours to create just one composite image Santa ...

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2386197/Day-night--Stephen-Wilkes--photographs-capture-iconic-cities-day-night-just-picture.html?ITO=1490&ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490

Call the vet, reserve a jet, grab sick pet and go

This undated photo released courtesy Jill Zarin shows "The Real Housewives of New York City" actress Jill Zarin, aboard a private jet with her Chihuahua, Ginger in New York on their way to Los Angeles.

http://www.sacbee.com/2013/08/07/5629739/call-the-vet-reserve-a-jet-grab.html#mi_rss=Latest%20News

Call the vet, reserve a jet, grab sick pet and go

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http://www.710knus.com/news/article.aspx?id=5479423

Tuesday, August 6, 2013

Where Chelsea Clinton could run for office

In this image released by NBC in 2011, host Brian Williams, left, interviews Chelsea Clinton, daughter of former president Bill Clinton, on "Rock Center with Brian Williams."

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-fix/wp/2013/08/06/where-chelsea-clinton-could-run-for-office/?tid=pm_politics_pop

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In this image released by NBC in 2011, host Brian Williams, left, interviews Chelsea Clinton, daughter of former president Bill Clinton, on "Rock Center with Brian Williams."

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-fix/wp/2013/08/06/where-chelsea-clinton-could-run-for-office/

Monday, August 5, 2013

Developers Create 'Limited-Edition' Residences In Luxury Housing's Latest Trend

... , the New York brothers behind the famed billionaire-centric building 15 Central Park West. Newly opened 18 Gramercy Park has 16 residences: 14 full-floor condos, a grand maisonette and a duplex penthouse. The full-floor apartments have four ...

http://www.forbes.com/sites/morganbrennan/2013/08/05/developers-create-limited-edition-residences-in-luxury-housings-latest-trend/

Sunday, August 4, 2013

The pitfalls of puff-piece journalism

... life. "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. The first thing Weiner said when I sat down ...

http://hawaiitribune-herald.com/sections/commentary/their-views/pitfalls-puff-piece-journalism.html

Tuesday, July 30, 2013

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

Sunday, July 28, 2013

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

Saturday, July 27, 2013

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

Friday, July 26, 2013

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

Wednesday, July 24, 2013

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

Thursday, July 18, 2013

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

Sunday, July 14, 2013

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

Friday, July 12, 2013

Wednesday, July 10, 2013

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

Tuesday, July 9, 2013

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

Thursday, June 27, 2013

Global Update: Who's Where and Doing What - May 2013.

... Loews Corporate Office. McPartlin is the former General Manager of the W New York, the W Hollywood and the Gramercy Park Hotel. Susan Mason has been promoted to Vice President, Franchise Operations, Radisson, for the Carlson Rezidor Hotel Group in ...

http://www.4hoteliers.com/features/article/7744?awsb_c=rss&awsb_k=xfeed

Disgraced Ex-President Starts to Move Out of National Arts Club

... began their forced eviction. James, who was at the club's helm for 25 years, fought to keep his digs at 15 Gramercy Park South, but a warrant will force him, along with his brother, John James, and their friend, Steven Leitner, from their apartments ...

http://www.dnainfo.com/new-york/20130627/gramercy/disgraced-ex--president-starts-move-out-of-national-arts-club

Wednesday, June 26, 2013

Blockbusters: 56 Leonard Penthouse In Contract for New Downtown Record

In a whirlwind couple of months, Tribeca's Jenga tower, 56 Leonard , has come back to market -after years in unarrested development purgatory- sold a bunch of units , raised its prices...and now, not all that unexpectedly, set a record for a condo sale below Midtown.

http://ny.curbed.com/archives/2013/06/26/56_leonard_penthouse_in_contract_for_new_downtown_record.php

Tuesday, June 18, 2013

Silverstone inks $18M deal for Gramercy rental

... Company President Martin Nussbaum declined to comment, saying only that it was the property's "true" Gramercy Park location that attracted the company to the deal. "With the Zeckendorf luxury condominium conversion across the street setting records ...

http://therealdeal.com/blog/2013/06/18/silverstone-inks-18m-deal-for-prospective-gramercy-condo-conversion/

'Boardwalk Empire' Cast Spotted Filming Season 4 In New York City [PICS]

The production company's Locations Department sent this letter , distributed on the Gramercy Park Block Association's Facebook page , to local residents saying crew would be filming interior scenes on June 17. Actors sporting backpacks and Prohibition era suits walked in the mid-80s New York heat.

http://www.businessinsider.com/boardwalk-empire-filming-new-york-city-2013-6?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+businessinsider+%28Business+Insider%29

Wednesday, June 12, 2013

Dr. Hector Castro Charged By DEA Over Oxycodone: 'Manhattan Doctor' Or Mexican Doctor?

Dr. Hector Castro, a Latino health care advocate, head of the Itzamna Medical Center in Manhattan, was charged by the DEA in March with running a $10 million dollar Oxycodone ring with some people in Pennsylvania.

http://www.vdare.com/posts/dr-hector-castro-charged-by-dea-over-oxycodone-manhattan-doctor-or-mexican-doctor

Monday, June 10, 2013

Sneak Peeks: Take a Look at NYC's New Fatburger, Opening Tomorrow

... in Murray Hill. This is the LA-based burger joint's first location in NYC in some time- there was one near Gramercy Park through the 90s , but that was under a different ownership group. It's got burgers grilled to order with a whole host of ...

http://ny.eater.com/archives/2013/06/a_sneak_peek_at_the_new_fatburger_opening_tomorrow.php

Friday, June 7, 2013

City Room: Big Ticket | Park Perks for $15.27 Million

... In a repeat of last week's performance, the exacting renovation and restoration at the historic 18 Gramercy Park South by Zeckendorf Development and Robert A. M. Stern recorded its second closing - No. 5, another floor-through condominium, which ...

http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/06/07/big-ticket-park-perks-for-15-27-million/?partner=rss&emc=rss

Thursday, June 6, 2013

Bechtel, Sodexo, and Sony among Presenters at BTS East Coast Client Conference

... two-day East Coast Client Conference, "Designed Experiences that Accelerate Strategy Execution," today at the Gramercy Park Hotel in New York, NY. The conference will feature strategy implementation expert speakers from BTS clients including ...

http://www.businesswire.com/news/topix/20130606005368/en

Bechtel, Sodexo, and Sony among Presenters at BTS East Coast Client Conference

... two-day East Coast Client Conference, "Designed Experiences that Accelerate Strategy Execution," today at the Gramercy Park Hotel in New York, NY. The conference will feature strategy implementation expert speakers from BTS clients including ...

http://eon.businesswire.com/news/eon/20130606005369/en/Bechtel-Sodexo-Sony-Presenters-BTS-East-Coast

Manhattan's Zeckendorfs Embrace Global Buyers With New UN Condos

The United Nations Secretariat building is visible from every floor of 50 UN Plaza, Arthur and William Lie Zeckendorf 's latest Manhattan luxury-condominium project.

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-06-06/nyc-s-zeckendorfs-embrace-global-buyers-with-un-condos.html

Wednesday, June 5, 2013

Meet the hippest guys in hospo

... vests and tuxedos designed by Zac Posen. As part of a revamp last year, the owners at New York's Gramercy Park Hotel Rose Bar turned to under-the-radar French designer Sophie Theallet to create waitress uniforms - sexy cocktail bias-cut wrap dresses ...

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/food-wine/news/article.cfm?c_id=206&objectid=10888328&ref=rss

Monday, June 3, 2013

By Roland deMilleret

HVS Global Hospitality Services, in cooperation with New York University's Preston Robert Tisch Center for Hospitality, Tourism, and Sports Management, is pleased to present the 16th annual Manhattan Hotel Market Overview.

http://www.hospitalitynet.org/columnist/148002292/roland-demilleret.html

2013 Manhattan Hotel Market Overview | By Roland deMilleret

HVS Global Hospitality Services, in cooperation with New York University's Preston Robert Tisch Center for Hospitality, Tourism, and Sports Management, is pleased to present the 16th annual Manhattan Hotel Market Overview.

http://www.hospitalitynet.org/news/154000320/4060927.html

Friday, May 31, 2013

Gramercy Park sidewalk cafe zoning controversy

But the owner of Friend of a Farmer in Gramercy Park is worried he'll be forced to shut down his sidewalk cafe thanks to a letter he got from the Department of Consumer Affairs that says the zoning does not permit sidewalk cafes.

http://www.myfoxny.com/story/22463901/gramercy-park-sidewalk-cafe-zoning-controversy

Thursday, May 30, 2013

World's Best Cities for the Most Delicious Street Food

Pampering your taste buds while standing in the middle of vehicular and pedestrian hustle and bustle is a spiritual experience of another kind.

http://www.buzzle.com/articles/worlds-best-cities-for-the-most-delicious-street-food.html

Wednesday, May 29, 2013

Real Estate Mogul Building Big Reputation for Partying

... latest endeavor. He already owns a celebrity-packed clubhouse restaurant in Midtown, a fashionable hotel in Gramercy Park and a glassy resort in South Beach that rages during Art Basel Miami Beach. Unknown to most of his birthday guests, his most ...

http://www.newstalkradiowhio.com/ap/ap/entertainment/real-estate-mogul-building-big-reputation-for-part/nX6PS/

Friday, May 24, 2013

Toll Brothers City Living's DUMBO Condominium, 205 Water, to Be...

... and Brooklyn, including: 160 East 22nd, a modern condominium residence of just 81 homes in the heart of the Gramercy Park neighborhood of Manhattan. 160 East 22nd is currently open for sale. 400 Park Avenue South, a 40-story building located at the ...

http://www.prweb.com/releases/2013/5/prweb10764345.htm

Thursday, May 23, 2013

Beyonce's concert at the Barclays Center in August is rumored to...

... ork. She performed for the first time since hip surgery. She sang a duet with jazz singer Brian Newman at the Gramercy Park Hotel's Rose Bar. They performed "Someone to Watch Over Me."

http://thecelebritycafe.com/feature/2013/05/beyonce-s-concert-barclays-center-august-rumored-include-special-guests-lady-gaga-ja

Wednesday, May 22, 2013

Weiner asks New Yorkers for a 'second chance' with mayoral bid

... Borough President. Mr. Weiner did not speak publicly on Wednesday. Reporters camped out at the apartment near Gramercy Park that he shares with his wife and young son for so long that one of his campaign aides brought them pizza (but provided no ...

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/world/weiner-asks-new-yorkers-for-a-second-chance-with-mayoral-bid/article12055796/?cmpid=rss1&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+TheGlobeAndMail-International+%28The+Globe+and+Mail+-+World+News%29

Gaga to 'join Beyonce' on stage

... too be joining the Grown Woman singer on stage. Gaga recently made an unannounced, low-key appearance at the Gramercy Park Hotel's Rose Bar in her native New York to sing with jazz musician Brian Newman.

http://metro.co.uk/2013/05/22/lady-gaga-planning-her-big-return-to-the-stage-with-beyonce-at-her-homecoming-gig-in-brooklyn-3805176/

Beyonce Recruits Lady Gaga, Jay-Z And Kanye West For All-star Homecoming Gig

... aining dates on her Born This Way Ball trek. The star recently made an unannounced, low-key appearance at the Gramercy Park Hotel's Rose Bar in her native New York to sing with jazz musician Brian Newman.

http://www.wenn.com/all-news/beyonce-recruits-lady-gaga-jay-z-and-kanye-west-for-all-star-homecoming-gig/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+wenn%2FdGjW+%28W.E.N.N%29

Tuesday, May 21, 2013

Aldon-James,-15-Gramercy-Park-S

A city housing court judge ruled last week in favor of the National Arts Club in its move to evict former president O. Aldon James, his twin brother John James and former club member Steven Leitner from their apartments at the storied organization's 15 Gramercy Park South headquarters.

http://therealdeal.com/blog/2013/05/21/housing-court-rules-to-evict-national-arts-club-prez-from-gramercy-park-digs/

Saturday, May 18, 2013

Expat lives: France to the US

... home to John F Kennedy and John Steinbeck and today best known for its namesake park. Tree-lined and bucolic, Gramercy Park is favoured for its elegant brownstones and grand apartment buildings - the most coveted directly facing the park itself. ...

http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/2c6ba34c-b895-11e2-869f-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fhouse-home%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct

Friday, May 17, 2013

Gaga is back on high-heeled feet

... first public appearance since her operation, when she joined jazz trumpeter Brian Newman live on stage at the Gramercy Park Hotel. Brian tweeted after the show: "Thanks to the 1&only @ladygaga for coming out to @GPHhotel tonight an singing a song!!"

http://www.knutsfordguardian.co.uk/uk_national_entertainment/10426839.Gaga_is_back_on_high_heeled_feet/

Thursday, May 16, 2013

How Gentrification is Effecting One Block in Bedford-Stuyvesant

W hen Graham and Blu decided last summer to leave London for good and make their way together in New York, their first order of business was to find a place to live-not some transitional shoebox, but a long-term address for themselves and Blu's 12-year-old daughter, and for their children yet to come.

http://nymag.com/nymetro/realestate/neighborhoods/features/11775/?

Wednesday, May 15, 2013

Tribeca Pentimento

St. John's Park was considered, from the 1820s-1840s, an "Eden," as one newspaper described it.

http://manhattanusersguide.com/article/tribeca-pentimento

Lady Gaga Makes Her Triumphant Return to the Stage At a Bar in New York

... but she's getting right back on the performing horse. Mother Monster took the stage at Rose Bar at the Gramercy Park Hotel in her native New York City on Thursday (May 9), during which Gaga performed a duet of 'Someone to Watch Over Me' with jazz ...

http://lite987.com/lady-gaga-new-york-bar/

Tuesday, May 14, 2013

Dahling! FiDi Cipriani is celeb-friendly again

... Manhattan properties as the Seagram Building and Lever House, art-gallery mecca 980 Madison Ave. and the Gramercy Park and Paramount hotels. But not all its holdings are in the same glamorous league. Among them is 757 Third Ave., the 1962-vintage, ...

http://www.nypost.com/p/news/business/realestate/commercial/dahling_fidi_cipriani_is_celeb_friendly_1M5aaTptAkAOq3fnG6qs4K?

Monday, May 13, 2013

lady gaga comeback appearance

... in New York at a small jazz event. Gaga surprised the crowd at singer BRIAN NEWMAN 's gig at the Rose Bar in Gramercy Park Hotel by joining him on stage for a rendition of Someone To Watch Over Me. Her surprise gig may be a sign she plans to go ...

http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/showbiz/bizarre/4926668/lady-gaga-comeback-appearance.html

Diner's Journal Blog: Dining Calendar

Restaurants and seafood businesses are participating in what they are calling sustainable seafood week, with menu specials and demonstrations.

http://dinersjournal.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/05/13/dining-calendar-17/?partner=rss&emc=rss

Gaga gets back on stage

... Brian Newman during his gig in New York last Thursday. Gaga is said to have wowed a small crowd at the Gramercy Park Hotel when she joined the musician for a surprise rendition of Someone to Watch over Me. 'Thanks to the 1&only @ladygaga for coming ...

http://metro.co.uk/2013/05/13/lady-gaga-performs-for-the-first-time-since-her-hip-surgery-at-impromptu-jazz-gig-3757623/

Meet Eyal Ofer, the stealth investor behind some of Manhattana s priciest projects

... large portion of the equity. More recent projects include the conversion of a Salvation Army residence at 18 Gramercy Park into high-priced condos and 50 United Nations Plaza with the Zeckendorfs, and a partnership with the Rudin family on the St. ...

http://therealdeal.com/blog/2013/05/13/meet-eyal-ofer-the-stealth-investor-behind-some-of-manhattans-priciest-projects/

Sunday, May 12, 2013

Global Update: Who's Where and Doing What - April 2013.

... Resort Manager for the PGA National Resort and Spa . Jakob Hansen has taken over as General Manager at the Gramercy Park Hotel replacing Elizabeth Mao . Hansen was most recently overseeing the Crosby Street Hotel . He is the former General Manager ...

http://www.4hoteliers.com/features/article/7640?awsb_c=rss&awsb_k=xfeed

05/12/13 Comprehensive Real-Time News Feed for Gramercy Park (New York, NY)

  • GFHC: From the Extended Family Tree - " For the Love of America, and France 2013-05-10, 01:31 pm
    Before our regularly scheduled programming, a distant cousin inadvertently helped me break through a brick wall this week.
  • Case of hard 'labor' 2013-05-07, 02:44 am
    ... was mostly a small group of high-school students who showed up outside the former congressman's residence in Gramercy Park to take issue with Weiner's proposal to speed up suspension hearings to get unruly kids out of the classroom. But political ...
  • City Room: Protesters Target Weiner on School Discipline Stance 2013-05-06, 06:06 pm
    Anthony D. Weiner has not yet entered the New York City mayor's race, and may never become a candidate.
  • Noise & the hood: City ZIP guide to fave tunes 2013-05-06, 04:59 am
    A neighborhood-by-neighborhood analysis of online listening habits shows that each Big Apple neighborhood grooves out to tunes that are strikingly different from even its closest neighbors, according to data from online radio provider Pandora compiled exclusively for The Post.
  • Reason behind Naomi Campbell and Vladimir Doronin's break revealed 2013-05-03, 10:20 am
    ... artying in New York," the source said. The spy added that Doronin was recently spotted at the Rose Bar at the Gramercy Park Hotel, flirting with a blonde.
  • EXCLUSIVE: Naomi Campbell's Russian billionaire lover falls in with... 2013-05-02, 02:22 pm
    ... birthday in November. It was reported yesterday that Vlad was recently seen at the Rose Bar at the trendy Gramercy Park Hotel in the company of a beautiful blonde. An onlooker said: 'Vlad has always been quite serious and a hard-working ...
  • Vlad has always been quite serious and a hard-working businessman,... 2013-05-02, 02:01 pm
    ... Face proving to be a huge hit in the US. Meanwhile, Vladimir was seen most recently at the Rose Bar at the Gramercy Park Hotel in the company of a beautiful blonde. Despite their separation, the supermodel is expected to invite Vladimir, 50, to her ...
  • Naomi Campbell and Vladimir Doronin 'split' 2013-05-02, 05:12 am
    ... has been partying in New York. It is also claimed that Doronin was recently seen at the Rose Bar at the Gramercy Park Hotel, with a blonde. Another source said that the couple have a complex relationship, and sometimes break up and make up. The ...
  • Supermodel Naomi Campbell 'splits from her Russian billionaire boyfriend Vladimir Doronin' 2013-05-01, 02:05 pm
    The couple are said to be "on a break" after Doronin was spotted at the Rose Bar at the Gramercy Park Hotel with a blonde Doronin did not accompany Campbell to a number of Oscar parties in Hollywood in February and they were last seen together on the beach in Miami in March.
  • Naomi Campbell and Russian billionaire boyfriend 'split' 2013-05-01, 11:37 am
    ... Big Apple after it was alleged he was spotted flirting with a blonde recently at the Rose Bar at New York's Gramercy Park Hotel. 'Naomi and Vlad have a complex relationship, and sometimes break up and make up,' another pal told the New York Post. ...
  • Naomi Campbell and Vladislav Doronin on a 'break'? 2013-05-01, 06:21 am
    ... last few weeks, Vladimir has been spotted out with Naomi and was seen most recently at the Rose Bar at the Gramercy Park Hotel in the company of a beautiful blonde and the pair were last seen together on Miami Beach in in March. In claims made to ...
  • Naomi Campbell and Vladimir Doronin are 'on a break' 2013-05-01, 06:08 am
    ... her 43rd birthday party on May 22 in Ibiza Meanwhile, Vladimir was seen most recently at the Rose Bar at the Gramercy Park Hotel in the company of a beautiful blonde. Despite their separation, the supermodel is expected to invite Vladimir, 50, to ...
  • Literary lion Sir Salman Rushdie is romancing millionairess fashion... 2013-04-29, 12:52 pm
    ... ended their relationship in December that year. Their time together came to an end at a lavish party in the Gramercy Park Hotel in Manhattan, New York, at which Mr Rushdie was also present. Split: Michelle Barish, left, had only been broken up from ...
  • the City 2013-04-26, 06:14 pm
    ... Quintet at the Village Vanguard. Chico is writing prayers ...particularly values those of Samuel Johnson. Gramercy Park is a private garden accessible only by keys held by occupants of the surrounding buildings and open to the public on Christmas ...
  • Manhattan Cosmetic and Implant Dentist Dr. Joseph Manfredi Looks to... 2013-04-23, 04:00 am
    ... Studio: Artista Dental Studio was established in 2009 by Dr. Joseph Manfredi and Dr. Peter Rubinstein near Gramercy Park in Manhattan. With more than 40 years of combined experience, the doctors take a comprehensive approach to dentistry and offer ...
  • New women's clothing shop Gramercy features N.Y. fashions 2013-04-16, 02:18 am
    In the Money Talks blog, The World-Herald shares the latest in Nebraska business and development, with behind-the-scenes notes from our Money team.
  • New women's clothing shop Gramercy features N.Y. fashions 2013-04-16, 02:00 am
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  • Al Sharpton's National Action Network Names Aldon James 'Man of Vision' 2013-04-15, 08:43 am
    ... Freeman said. In January 2001, a group of children, parents and teachers filed a lawsuit against the Gramercy Park Trust for allegedly barring students from Washington Irving HS from having a lesson inside the gated park, even though they were ...
  • Radio Derb Is On The Air: 'Weiner's Second Coming' And Other Double-Entendres 2013-04-13, 05:49 pm
    ... couple have an apartment on Park Avenue South and according to the New York Times breakfast regularly at the Gramercy Park Hotel, which - trust me - is not a soup kitchen. American politics nowadays is a road to stupendous wealth. Electrician? ...
  • NY Times' Long, Sympathetic Profile of Disgraced Anthony Weiner Having Intended Effect 2013-04-11, 06:53 pm
    ... of public trust again. 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. The first thing Weiner said ...