NY Observer > Bryant Park http://www.observer.com/taxonomy/term/27997/feed Articles from Observer.com en Those Reports About Fashion Week In Port Authority? Uh-Uh http://www.observer.com/2008/fashion-week-draft

On Wednesday, we wrote about a Real Estate Weekly report about how plans to relocate Fashion Week to the Port Authority were on hold because of issues over whether the bus terminal could accommodate additional traffic.

According to the New York City Economic Development Corporation, the Port Authority is one of many possible locations under consideration, but a deal to move the bi-weekly fashion shows to the grungy midtown bus terminal is nowhere near being finalized.

"Fashion Week is a vital asset to New York City and we are working expeditiously with IMG and the fashion industry to find a suitable new home,” said Patrick Murphy, the head of fashion/retail industry growth initiatives at the NYEDC. “The reports of an imminent or scuttled deal to move to the Port Authority Bus Terminal were erroneous.”  read more »

]]> http://www.observer.com/2008/fashion-week-draft#comments Real Estate Bryant Park Economic Development Corporation Fashion Week IMG Port Authority Fri, 28 Mar 2008 16:43:18 -0400 Lysandra Ohrstrom 67106 at http://www.observer.com Fashion Week in Bryant Park May Go Out of Style http://www.observer.com/2008/fashion-week-bryant-park-may-go-out-style

The Bryant Park Corporation wants the current Fashion Week to be one of the last in the midtown plaza. It’s been working with city officials to scout potential new spaces for next year’s Fashion Weeks, said Daniel Biederman, president of the Bryant Park Corporation.

The problem?  read more »

]]> http://www.observer.com/2008/fashion-week-bryant-park-may-go-out-style#comments Real Estate Bryant Park Fashion Week Tue, 05 Feb 2008 17:05:22 -0500 Lysandra Ohrstrom 64623 at http://www.observer.com Last Chance to See Giant Bryant Park Snow Globe http://www.observer.com/2007/lysandra-snow-globe-bryant-park

Tomorrow is the last chance to view what could possibly be the creepiest advertising campaign to hit Manhattan in recent memory, the world's largest snowglobe in Bryant Park.

Live actors dressed in ice-hockey, ski, and snow-boarding gear have been holed up in the two-story tall vinyl dome that's 20 feet in diameter since Friday to promote tourism in Ontario.  read more »

]]> http://www.observer.com/2007/lysandra-snow-globe-bryant-park#comments Real Estate Bryant Park Ontario tourism Mon, 17 Dec 2007 13:00:45 -0500 Lysandra Ohrstrom 62094 at http://www.observer.com Developers Say They Can’t Build Green http://www.observer.com/node/37090 Despite the hype about green roofs; despite the rampant branding of luxury residences with names lik  read more »]]> http://www.observer.com/node/37090#comments Real Estate Battery Park Bryant Park Consolidated Edison Inc. Douglas Durst Sun, 08 Apr 2007 20:00:00 -0400 Matthew Schuerman 37090 at http://www.observer.com The Afternoon Wrap: Thursday http://www.observer.com/node/35865
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  • Insufferably awful novelist Jonathan Safran Foer and beautifully brilliant novelist Nicole Krauss ("Is she really going out with him?/Is she really gonna take him home tonight?") have apparently bought a $6.7 million Brooklyn brownstone that should give them and their two future children a floor each.
    • [Gawker]
  • Eater declares a deathwatch for the Russian Tea Room. (Didn't it just reopen?): "Our best guess is that the venue will morph into a very casual dining room and bar downstairs and a private events space upstairs. If that doesn't work, the building will become solely an events space."
    • [Eater]
  • Jonathan "Matrix" Miller sees gloomy times ahead for the national housing market and the U.S. economy based on info that's emerged so far this March. But all's not bad for Mr. Miller: "On the bright side, March Madness is nearly here and my son's basketball team won our town's 3rd grade basketball championship." (Note: The Real Estate assumes UNC will go all the way. Go Heels!)
    • [Matrix]
  • The upcoming Brooklyn Fashion Week(end) will feature 19 designers, nine tents and 40 models. We predict the event in Dumbo will be infinitely hipper than the Manhattan one in Bryant Park. That's how Brooklyn rolls.
    • [DumboNYC] - Tom Acitelli]]> http://www.observer.com/node/35865#comments Real Estate Brooklyn Bryant Park Jonathan Safran Foer Nicole Krauss Thu, 15 Mar 2007 13:42:31 -0400 Observer Staff 35865 at http://www.observer.com Quietly, Midtown Asserts Its Dominance http://www.observer.com/node/36895 Downtown Manhattan grabbed headlines throughout the end of February, as Governors Spitzer and Corzin  read more »]]> http://www.observer.com/node/36895#comments Real Estate Bryant Park Madison Manhattan Simon Wasserberger Sun, 11 Mar 2007 20:00:00 -0400 Tom Acitelli 36895 at http://www.observer.com The Afternoon Wrap: Wednesday http://www.observer.com/node/35749
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    • Marvel at the above top-secret image of future Cooper Square Hotel! When that glittery monolith goes up on Bowery, the East Village will have officially lost its last shred of punkish sleaze. (Now the area is sleazy in the shiny-condo way.) [Curbed]
    • Is Bryant Park a pretty place for an ice-skating date, or a festering wound of corporate sin? Critics think rich donors influence who can access NYC park facilities, and that the commercial development of parks has made them into "fiefs where political gatherings are discouraged." [L.A. Times, via ArchNewsNow]
    • Metropolis' love affair with Yale man Robert A.M. Stern didn't end with Wednesday's Valentine. The mag interviews him this week, on the occasion of his new book--which is apparently "bigger than the Manhattan Yellow Pages." [Mtrpls]
      • - Max Abelson]]> http://www.observer.com/node/35749#comments Real Estate Bryant Park Cooper Square Hotel Los Angeles Times New York City Thu, 15 Feb 2007 13:06:19 -0500 Observer Staff 35749 at http://www.observer.com The Round-Up: Tuesday http://www.observer.com/node/35693
      • '06 record year for Brooklyn home-building permits.
        • [NY Post]
      • Take a tour of almost-done 1 Bryant Park.
        • [NY Post]
      • Newmark Knight Frank retail bigs jump ship.
        • [NY Post]
      • Pomeranc bringing Smyth hotel to Financial District.
        • [NY Post]
      • Blackstone raises its bid for Equity Office.
        • [NY Times]
      • Recent deaths highlight city elevator safety.
        • [NY Times]
      • Ex-member uses Council envelopes for real-estate biz.
        • [Daily News]
      • Park Slope stores crack down on strollers.
        • [NY Sun]

        Did we miss any New York City real estate news this morning? Please send along tips and links.

        ]]> http://www.observer.com/node/35693#comments Real Estate Bryant Park Knight Frank LLP New York City The New York Times Company Tue, 06 Feb 2007 03:48:11 -0500 Observer Staff 35693 at http://www.observer.com Fashion Boutique Closes on 1 Bryant Park Lease http://www.observer.com/node/35639 Women's fashion boutique Elie Tahari has officially signed a 29,674-square-foot lease for the 50th floor at Doug Durst's One Bryant Park, a deal The Observer first reported earlier this month.

        In related news, The Real Deal reports in its current issue that Elie Tahari is also busy buying the entire east end of Long Island.

        Making in-roads in the Hamptons and now with Durst? Some grand plan at work here? - John Koblin]]>         http://www.observer.com/node/35639#comments Real Estate Bryant Park Doug Durst Elie Tahari Wed, 24 Jan 2007 05:45:00 -0500 Observer Staff 35639 at http://www.observer.com         1 Bryant Park Nears Full; Lever House at $150 a Foot http://www.observer.com/node/36561 The budding 54-story 1 Bryant Park is still a year from opening, but recent negotiations have moved  read more »]]> http://www.observer.com/node/36561#comments Real Estate Bryant Park Elie Tahari Richard Farley Unilever NV Sun, 14 Jan 2007 19:00:00 -0500 John Koblin 36561 at http://www.observer.com