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Dean & DeLuca is pulling a Starbucks. With an existing Dean & DeLuca Café at 9 Rockefeller Center, we got word last night that the 30-year-old specialty food retailer has opened a new location at the Tishman Speyer-owned One Rockefeller Center. But not to worry, the press release promises a “new café concept."

The new Rockefeller Center location is the first of three Dean & DeLuca cafes coming to Manhattan in the next few months; the others are planned for the new New York Times building at 620 Eighth Avenue and the  read more »

]]> http://www.observer.com/2007/d-d-sees-double#comments Real Estate Dean & DeLuca Retail Rockefeller Center Tue, 20 Nov 2007 17:54:31 -0500 Julia Heming 60758 at http://www.observer.com Smith & Wollensky Takes It in the Chops http://www.observer.com/2007/smith-wollensky-takes-it-chops How’s the shampoo?” asked Patrick, the chatty, bespectacled 54-year-old bartender at Wol  read more »]]> http://www.observer.com/2007/smith-wollensky-takes-it-chops#comments Real Estate Alan Stillman Manhattan Rockefeller Center Texas Sun, 15 Apr 2007 20:00:00 -0400 Chris Shott 37122 at http://www.observer.com Jersey's Loss Is New York's Gain--Sort of http://www.observer.com/node/35824 Hah! And you thought it was always New York City that lost out on the corporate-retention duel. This time around, MSNBC is moving 421 jobs from Secaucus, NJ, to Rockefeller Plaza, balking on a deal that was supposed to keep them in the Garden State for another five years.

New Jersey loses about $8 million in foregone sales taxes from the move, according to the watchdog group New Jersey Policy Perspective, and another $9.6 million in grants and equipment that the network won't give back, according to this article in the Asbury Park Press. Hey, 10 years is long enough, ain't it?

Now, NBC, capitalizing on the return move as well as on plans to expand staff by 1,600, wants more tax breaks from New York City, according to Good Jobs New York. - Matthew Schuerman]]> http://www.observer.com/node/35824#comments Real Estate MSNBC Interactive News LLC New York City Rockefeller Center Secaucus Wed, 07 Mar 2007 05:00:00 -0500 Observer Staff 35824 at http://www.observer.com Letters http://www.observer.com/node/37212 Bicker, Bicker   To the editor:    read more »]]> http://www.observer.com/node/37212#comments Al Gore Atlantic Yards Laurie Olin Rockefeller Center Sun, 04 Mar 2007 19:00:00 -0500 Observer Staff 37212 at http://www.observer.com Letters http://www.observer.com/node/36836 Bicker, Bicker   To the editor:    read more »]]> http://www.observer.com/node/36836#comments Al Gore Atlantic Yards Laurie Olin Rockefeller Center Sun, 04 Mar 2007 19:00:00 -0500 Observer Staff 36836 at http://www.observer.com The Afternoon Wrap: Wednesday http://www.observer.com/node/35609
  • So much for the good old days in Greenwich Village. Bob Dylan and his brother have bought a Scottish mansion [above] in the Cairngorms National Park. If they had decided to rent, the place would have cost 3,000 Pounds (roughly $5,900) a night. [BBC News, via Luxist]
  • The AIA Honor Awards have been announced, and four prizes have been handed out to local beauties: Top of the Rock at Rockefeller Center, the Modern, Bloomberg's HQ, and the New York Stock Exchange and Financial District's Streetscapes + Security. [Architectural Record News]
  • Clinton Hill's decrepit Broken Angel has gotten a lot of attention (it even has its own Wikipedia page). And now that it's being renovated into condos, there'll even be a "reno blog." [Brownstoner]
  • "Prime real estate and the city's seedy underbelly" go together like a horse and carriage, especially when "shady" landlords and prostitutes in patent leather are involved. [The Real Deal, via Gawker]
    • - Max Abelson]]> http://www.observer.com/node/35609#comments Real Estate Bob Dylan British Broadcasting Corporation NYSE Group Inc. Rockefeller Center Wed, 17 Jan 2007 11:50:03 -0500 Observer Staff 35609 at http://www.observer.com Can New Owners Make Rock Center Sexy Again? http://www.observer.com/node/36369 Rockefeller Center has long been a haven for staid bank branches, airline ticket offices and other d  read more »]]> http://www.observer.com/node/36369#comments Jerry Speyer Rockefeller Center The Walt Disney Company Tishman Speyer Properties LP Sun, 10 Dec 2006 19:00:00 -0500 Devin Leonard 36369 at http://www.observer.com Events for November 10, 2006 http://www.observer.com/node/30689 Rockefeller Center installs its Christmas tree tomorrow! And we're leading up to Veteran's Day..

    There will be an unveiling of tribute panels honoring Vietnam War heroes at Vietnam Veterans Plaza, otherwise known as 55 Water Street.

    A new WWII Veterans Memorial Plaza at Queens College will have its dedication ceremony in Flushing.

    France presents the Legion of Honor award to WWII veterans at the French Consulate General.

    Princeton University hosts a conference on "The Future Role of the United Nations in the Middle East" featuring U.N. Deputy Secretary General Mark Malloch Brown, former German foreign minister Joschka Fischer and U.N. ambassadors from Iraq, Iran, and Israel at the Princeton Club.

    Urban Tech unveils a reality-based AIDS/STD course for high school students at the Fredrick Douglas Academy.

    The Long Island Housing Partnership holds its 5th Annual Chairman's Symposium on inclusionary zoning at the Crest Hollow Country Club in Woodbury. Update: Lewis Lapham and Gary Younge discuss "Creating a Real Opposition Force in American Politics" at the New School. —Nicole Brydson]]>     http://www.observer.com/node/30689#comments Politics Queens College Rockefeller Center United Nations Vietnam Thu, 09 Nov 2006 13:00:00 -0500 Observer Staff 30689 at http://www.observer.com     Engagements on Ice!!!!! http://www.observer.com/node/32254 TEDDY: On October 9th, Conde Nast's Brides.com announced a partnership with The Rink at Rockefeller Center called "Engagements on Ice!!!" According to the press release, "a marriage proposal including private skate time at the historic landmark can be arranged for and with the consent of the groom. Proposals will be taped and posted on Brides.com , allowing couples to visually share their news with friends, family and other future brides and grooms. The gilded statue of Prometheus at the legendary ice rink offers the perfect backdrop to a creative way to pop the question." (Remember Prometheus? He was the titan who was chained to a mountain, and Zeus sent an eagle to devour his liver, which regenerated every night so that he could suffer the same torment every day. The perfect backdrop.)  read more »]]> http://www.observer.com/node/32254#comments Brides.com Conde Nast Publications Inc. Rockefeller Center Sun, 15 Oct 2006 16:09:27 -0400 Observer Staff 32254 at http://www.observer.com 7 World Trade Gets Science-y http://www.observer.com/node/35064


    Nice carpet
     This must be Larry Silverstein's lucky day.

    He's getting his very first tenant at 7 World Trade Center, and it's a smart little group: The New York Academy of Sciences.

    H3 Hardy Collaboration will be designing the 40th floor for the NYAS. Architect Hugh Hardy has designed the Rainbow Room up in Rockefeller Center--plus, you may remember, Windows on the World.

    The press release calls this "a major milestone in LoMa's revitalization."

    LoMa?

    More PR after the jump.  read more »

    - Max Abelson ]]>     http://www.observer.com/node/35064#comments Real Estate Hugh Hardy New York Academy of Sciences Rockefeller Center World Trade Center Thu, 17 Aug 2006 07:39:57 -0400 Observer Staff 35064 at http://www.observer.com