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Developer Would Cut Historic Victoria Theater In Half

Longtime Victoria manager Harold Sharp
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Longtime Victoria manager Harold Sharp

AM New York today examines the controversy surrounding Harlem's shuttered Victoria Theater:

Local developer Steve Williams of Danforth Development Partners, LLC, wants to transform the 1917 burlesque theater into a 30-story condo/hotel, cutting up the ornate 2, 400-seat theater into two mini-theaters while preserving the facade and parts of the lobby.

Neighborhood activists argue that the Thomas Lamb-designer theater shoud be restored to its original grandeur.  read more »

A High Rollers’ Meat Market Only Does It Medium Well

A downtown version of the Four Seasons: Tom Colicchio
James Hamilton
A downtown version of the Four Seasons: Tom Colicchio

How do you like your steak? Corn-fed or grass-fed? Grilled or roasted? Aged 28, 42 or 56 days?  read more »

Mirror, Mirror on the Wall: Who's the Most Predictable of All

I regret to say that there are a number of problems with Richard Greenberg's The Violet Hour , and o  read more »

Jean-Claude Baker … La Vie, l'Amour , Etc

Jean-Claude Baker bawled like a baby when he first laid eyes on the 6-by-10-foot canvas that he comm  read more »