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SFGATE
4 months ago
San Francisco

San Francisco skyscrapers transformed with lasers and video projections

Let's Glow SF is a yearly winter tradition in San Francisco that features video and laser projections on buildings in the Financial District.
The Pacific Coast Stock Exchange Building is the standout location for Let's Glow SF, with video artists creating projection-mapped films specifically for its unique architecture.
This year's event featured new additions, including a light show with high-powered lasers at One Bush Plaza and the work of French artist Yann Nguema at the Ferry Building. [ more ]
San Francisco Chronicle
1 year ago
San Francisco

San Francisco office vacancies could mean a $200 million hit to city's budget

The hollowed-out offices of downtown San Francisco 's skyscrapers might cost the city as much as almost $200 million in annual lost property taxes in the coming years, according to a new estimate.A model released by the Controller's Office Wednesday projects three different scenarios for how badly the city's property tax revenue could be hammered by the high vacancy rates plaguing the formerly bustling towers of the Financial District and elsewhere in the city.
San Francisco Chronicle
1 year ago
San Francisco

Take it from me, San Francisco is always reinventing itself

I did something highly unusual last week: I went into the office.I'd been working at home like most everyone I know, but I had an errand I had to run at The Chronicle.
Medium
2 years ago
San Francisco

5 New Bars (and Bar Menus) to Drink (and Eat) Right Now in San Francisco

Exotic tastes and flavors, all within this beloved 49-square-mile city
San Francisco's a global metropolis that now also boasts over 1,200 parklets through the City's Shared Spaces Program.
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Dining
www.nytimes.com
10 months ago
Dining

Casa Lever, in the Lever House on Park Avenue, Gets a Refresh

The eye-catching collection of Andy Warhol portraits are gone.The walls of Casa Lever, the elegant Milanese-style Italian restaurant that just reopened after months of renovation in the landmark Lever House on Park Avenue, will now display two colorful Damien Hirst paintings, Summer of Love and Love and Hate.
www.nytimes.com
10 months ago
Dining

How a Maitre d' at Balthazar Spends His Sundays

Zouheir Louhaichy, the head maitre d' at Balthazar, the perennially popular SoHo brasserie, doesn't give just any customer his cell number.Those who have it, though, are not shy about reaching out on Sundays, his day off.I'll get texts from regulars who are either desperate to get in on short notice or need help with future requests, he said.
www.nytimes.com
1 year ago
Dining

New York City's Top 7 Dishes of 2022

Here, in no special order, is a year's worth of memorable dishes I ate around New York.All come from places that did not make my list of 10 favorite restaurants: Image Cacio e pepe does not belong everywhere, but it belongs in the rice balls at Cafe Spaghetti.Credit...Adam Friedlander for The New York Times The world does not need cacio e pepe bagels or cacio e pepe breakfast cereal, but it probably does need the cacio e pepe arancini  dry and craggy outside, hot and gooey within  that Sal Lamboglia makes in his little red-sauce joint by the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway.
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Eater NY
10 months ago
NYC food

Nicholas Gray, Founder of NYC Hot Dog Institution Gray's Papaya, Dies at 86

1. Nicholas Gray, the founder of Grays Papaya, passed away at the age of 86.
2. Gray opened the first Grays Papaya location in 1972 on the Upper West Side, quickly becoming a New York City staple.
3. Gray's legacy lives on in the form
Streetsblog New York City
1 year ago
Education

Despite 'Total Buy-In' From Parents and Pols, Adams Administration Sits on School's Open Street Request

Parents at the Lower Manhattan Community Middle School did everything right.
Nytimes
1 year ago
Dining

La Marchande, With Modernized French Fare, Opens in the Financial District

Upscale Italian from a longtime head captain, Spanish-influenced small plates in the East Village and more restaurant news.
Boston Condos For Sale Ford Realty
11 months ago
Boston real estate

20 Rowes Wharf Luxury Condos Boston Condos For Sale Ford Realty

View Back Bay condos for sale at the prestigious 20 Rowes Wharf condo building.© 2023 MLS Property Information Network, Inc. (MLSPIN).All rights reserved.The property listing data and information, or the Images, set forth herein were provided to MLS Property Information Network, Inc. from third-party sources, including sellers, lessors, landlords, and public records, and were compiled by MLS Property Information Network, Inc.
Boston Condos For Sale Ford Realty
1 year ago
Boston real estate

Some facts about Boston high rise condos Boston Condos For Sale Ford Realty

Some facts about Boston high rise condos
What is classified as a Boston high rise condo building?
The Boston High Rise is a 617-foot (188 m) tall skyscraper in Boston, Massachusetts.
www.nytimes.com
11 months ago
New York City

Shermane Billingsley, Guardian of the Stork Club's Legacy, Dies at 78

Shermane Billingsley was barely 2 years old when the Broadway gossip columnist Dorothy Kilgallen revealed that Shermane was bedridden with a fever of 104.Less than a year later, Walter Winchell reported that Shermane had vamped to an inquiring columnist, I will break your heart someday with my big blue eyes!
www.nytimes.com
1 year ago
New York City

Homes for Sale in Brooklyn and Manhattan

Click on the slide show to see this week's featured properties: In the Financial District: a one-bedroom, one-bath, 1,160-square-foot corner apartment with a foyer that descends down steps into a combined living and dining room, a galley kitchen with a dishwasher and cabinet-faced appliances, a washer and dryer, and a 700-square-foot wraparound terrace, on the top floor of a nine-story doorman building at William Street with a gym, library and hotel-style concierge.
Nytimes
1 year ago
New York City

Ghosts of New York's Glamorous Past Haunt an Empty Pub

A bar from the Stork Club, once a gathering spot for Grace Kelly, Ernest Hemingway, Elizabeth Taylor and Marilyn Monroe, collects dust in a downtown tavern that went out of business.
Nytimes
2 years ago
New York City

Unraveling a High-Rise Horror Story

A tip about elevator breakdowns at a high-rise residential building in Lower Manhattan proved to be more than just griping.
Eater SF
11 months ago
SF food

A Vibrant New Night Market Will Fill FiDi Streets With Food, Drinks, and Dancing Tonight

Although it's unclear when, exactly, spring started, the Friday weather seems to be cooperating for the first night of the Bhangra and Beats Night Market set for today, Friday, May 12 in downtown San Francisco.The new event will have a mix of food and drink vendors, including San Francisco's New Delhi restaurant, Bissap Baobab, SF Chickenbox, and Al Pastor Papi, with bar 620 Jones serving cocktails and non-alcoholic options for the crowds.
Eater SF
1 year ago
SF food

Brunch, Lunch, and Dinner Deals Thunder Into the City for San Francisco Restaurant Week

In this economy, we could pretty much all use a break, so there's perhaps even more incentive to take advantage of the deals being offered during this spring's edition of San Francisco Restaurant Week.The event, put on as always by the city's restaurant industry lobbying group the Golden Gate Restaurant Association, will run from Friday, April 14 through Sunday, April 23 meaning 10 full days to take advantage of the discounted prix fixe menus offered by restaurants and bars across San Francisco.
Eater SF
1 year ago
SF food

That 85-Year-Old FiDi Bar Might Not Make a Comeback After All

It feels like only yesterday that Harrington's Bar & Grill neighbor Ed Kim told fellow San Franciscans he was seeking to reopen the 85-year-old bar.But, the owners of the bar - Ken and Michael Harrington, who are descendants of the original owners - told the San Francisco Business Timesthere are actually no plans to revive the business.
Funcheap
1 year ago
SF food

Let's Glow SF: USA's Largest Holiday Light Arts Fest (Dec. 2-11)

Let's Glow SF returns to Downtown San Francisco for the second year in a row.
www.nytimes.com
11 months ago
World politics

Hong Kong Wants More Tourists, but Mostly Good Quality' Ones, Please

One by one the tour buses descended on the blue collar neighborhood in Hong Kong known as To Kwa Wan literally translated as Potato Bay unloading throngs of travelers from mainland China outside large restaurants where a quick lunch awaited them inside.Outfitted in white, red and orange ball caps to denote which tour they belonged to, the visitors crowded the sidewalks, smoked cigarettes under a No Smoking sign and bumped into the glass storefront of a real estate office where Nicky Lam, a property agent, was rolling her eyes.
Nytimes
1 year ago
World politics

In Melbourne, a Sky-High Drama Takes Hold

Peregrine falcons nesting in the city's financial district offer riveting theater every day with their daily life, including sex, death and high-speed chases.
www.nytimes.com
11 months ago
Dining

The Restaurant Recipes We Just Have to Have

We've all heard it before: Why go to a restaurant to eat something you can make at home?But sometimes you order something so incredible, so unforgettable, that you immediately want the recipe to make whenever you feel like it.Here at The Times, we've been collecting restaurant recipes which can be found on New York Times Cooking for decades, from high-end French restaurants to neighborhood spots.
www.nytimes.com
11 months ago
New York City

4 Parking Garages Ordered Evacuated After Deadly Collapse in Manhattan

In the wake of a deadly collapse of a parking garage in Lower Manhattan last week, New York City officials found structural problems at four other garages so dangerous they ordered the buildings at least partially vacated.At those four garages two in Manhattan and two in Brooklyn the city's Buildings Department found that the structures had deteriorated to the point where they were now posing an immediate threat to public safety, said Andrew Rudansky, a spokesman for the department.
Nytimes
2 years ago
New York City

New York Lets 'Fearless Girl' Hold Her Ground, for Now

Officials voted to extend the sculpture's permit but is requiring stakeholders to return in six months with plans for a permanent location.
Nytimes
2 years ago
New York City

Elevator Woes: Down in the Dumps on the 59th Floor

Several years ago, the editor of Elevator World magazine told me that elevators had made the modern vertical city possible.
Eater SF
11 months ago
SF food

Power Outage Caused by Underground Fire Continues to Impact Restaurants and Businesses in the Financial District

Parts of the Financial District, North Beach, and Pier 29 continue to be affected by a power outage that has troubled the neighborhood since Wednesday, April 26.A fire in an underground electrical vault at 640 Clay Street was reported at 8:42 p.m. Wednesday, with flames seen shooting out of a nearby manhole, according to ABC7.
www.nytimes.com
1 year ago
Dining

The Atoboy Team Returns With Seoul Salon, in Koreatown

This New York interpretation of a Korean sooljib, a spot for drinking, is from Ellia and Junghyun JP Park, the wife-and-husband team who own Atomix, Atoboy and Naro with their partner Hand Hospitality.At the entrance, a cocktail bar, run by Jiyoon Baek, features drinks that lean on traditional Korean spirits.
www.nytimes.com
1 year ago
NYC real estate

$2.8 Million Homes in California

Open Homes Photography for Sotheby's International Realty Open Homes Photography for Sotheby's International Realty Open Homes Photography for Sotheby's International Realty Open Homes Photography for Sotheby's International Realty Open Homes Photography for Sotheby's International Realty Open Homes Photography for Sotheby's International Realty Open Homes Photography for Sotheby's International Realty Open Homes Photography for Sotheby's International Realty Open Homes Photography for Sotheby's International Realty Joseph Eichler's single-family homes are in high demand in California, but the prolific midcentury developer's apartment towers including this one, built in 1964 are lesser known.
Eater LA
1 year ago
LA food

Another Powerhouse LA Chain Jumps to a Coastal Orange County Space

More news for Orange County this week, as the quickly-growing Canadian chain Joey is set to debut at Newport Beach's Fashion Island in just a few days' time.The restaurant first came to prominence in Woodland Hills and Downtown Los Angeles back in the summer of 2019, almost immediately becoming a millions-a-year staple for the Financial District set and tourists looking to enjoy a bit of everything from the wide-ranging menu.
Washington Post
1 year ago
Business

Analysis | Singapore Moves on From Gay Sex Ban, Just Not Very Far

In its 57 years as a republic, Singapore has strived to be at or near the top of the global class.
Nytimes
1 year ago
New York City

Shelter in Chinatown Is Canceled After Community Protests

New York City has canceled one of three homeless shelters it planned to open in Chinatown, amid fierce resistance from Chinatown residents who fear that more homeless shelters will mean a further increase in anti-Asian hate crimes, many of which have been linked to homeless people.
Business Insider
11 months ago
Productivity

I found it stressful to work from home as a Gen Z account exec. Here's why I'll choose to work in the office every time - even if it costs more to do so.

Devin Walsh spends up to 40 minutes commuting to work at least four days each week.Walsh says she enjoys being around her teammates and feels more productive in an office.She's also been able to receive multiple promotions and raises in less than two years.This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Devin Walsh, a 23-year-old senior account executive from New York City.
Dezeen
1 year ago
Design

One Wall Street skyscraper completes conversion from offices to apartments

Work to convert an art deco skyscraper from offices to residential use has completed, becoming the largest building in New York City to undergo this type of adaptive reuse.A total of 566 homes now occupy One Wall Street, designed by Ralph Walker and completed in 1931, in Lower Manhattan's Financial District.
therealdeal.com
1 year ago
LA real estate

Grubb Properties Eyes 70 Apartments in East Hollywood

Grubb Properties CEO Clay Grubb and 1353 North Western Avenue, Los Angeles (Clay Grubb, Urban Architecture Lab) Grubb Properties seeks to build a 70-unit, mixed-used apartment complex in East Hollywood.The North Carolina-based developer has filed plans to build the seven-story building on a vacant lot at 1353 North Western Avenue, Urbanize Los Angeles reported.
therealdeal.com
1 year ago
LA real estate

Hudson Pacific Sees Fewer New Leases in Q3

Hudson Pacific Properties' Victor Coleman (Hudson Pacific Properties, Getty) Hudson Pacific Properties feels the impacts of a slow office market.It's a time of pause, slowness and maybe even reversing path and giving up space, particularly for technology tenants, the company's President Mark Lammas said during an earnings call on Thursday.
The Real Deal New York
1 year ago
LA real estate

Capital Grille Signs With Tishman Speyer, Irvine at MetLife

Tishman Speyer and Irvine Company are heating things up at 200 Park Avenue with a major restaurant lease.
Streetsblog San Francisco
1 year ago
SF politics

Today's Headlines

Major Changes for Muni 29 Sunset (SFExaminer)
BART's Homeless Crisis (SFStandard)
Funds to Study Removing 980 (CBSLocal)
High Speed Rail Meets U.S. Transportation Needs (GovTech)
More on Andrew Fremier's Appointment at MTC (MarinIJ)
How Many Office Workers Were Lost in Downtown S.F.? (SFChron)
Oakland Joins S.F. in Putting up Barriers to Stop Sex Workers (CBSLocal)
Oakland Sideshows Continue (SFChron)
Office Buildings that Could Become Housing (SFChron)
Questions on Ending Remote Public Comment in San Francisco (48Hills)
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Streetsblog San Francisco
1 year ago
SF politics

Eyes on the Street: Battery's Unprotected "Protected" Bike Lane

Financial district safety washing gets a layer of plastic



The bike lane is closed so that SFMTA can add bendy straws.Photos: Streetsblog/Rudick
Note: GJEL Accident Attorneys regularly sponsors coverage on Streetsblog San Francisco and Streetsblog California.Unless noted in the story, GJEL Accident Attorneys is not consulted for the content or editorial direction of the sponsored content.
Secret London
1 year ago
London

Bank Station Has A Brand New Entrance On Cannon Street

Bank Station has been receiving something of a gradual glowup recently, and a new entrance on Cannon Street, plus two new lifts, are the latest strings to its bow.It follows on from the arrival of new moving walkways to speed up that switch between the Central and Northern line, as well as a set of new interchanges that make access to the DLR much faster at Bank Station.
www.standard.co.uk
1 year ago
London

Seven-year, 700m transformation of Bank station opens

T he 700m, seven-year transformation of Bank station was completed on Monday amid hopes it will encourage more commuters back to the Square Mile.But there were teething problems ahead of the grand unveiling by Mayor Sadiq Khan with rush-hour trains on the Northern line briefly unable to stop at the station due to power supply problems.
The Art Newspaper - International art news and events
1 year ago
London

Museum of London to close ahead of relocation to Smithfield Market

In a shadowy niche of the Museum of London lies one of its greatest treasures: the Head of Mithras, discovered only a few streets away in 1954.Mithras was a god associated with the sun and the ritual slaying of a bull: his cult may have originated in modern-day Iran but, by the third century AD, a temple had been founded in his honour at the opposite end of the Roman Empire: a rainy outpost beside the Thames, in what would one day become the financial district of the city of London.
www.cbc.ca
1 year ago
Toronto

There's a 68-tonne 'Celtic Tiger' under Toronto. But don't worry, it's boring a tunnel for Hydro One | CBC News

There's a "Celtic Tiger" that weighs 68 tonnes that'll be chewing up the earth underneath Toronto for about a year.But don't worry.This isn't a horror movie we're talking about.Hydro One lowered the massive Celtic Tiger Tunnel Boring Machine into the ground on Monday to build a tunnel that will house new transmission cables under the city core.
www.cbc.ca
1 year ago
Toronto

Only 'big chains' can afford Roncesvalles now, she says, as 30% rent hike closes her eatery | CBC News

High commercial rents are forcing independent businesses off Toronto's Roncesvalles Avenue, a process that locals say will make the quirky commercial strip look just like any other street in the city..After eight years on Roncesvalles, the popular Lambretta Pizzeria is the latest business to close down because its owner says she can't afford a 30 per cent rent increase.
www.cbc.ca
1 year ago
Toronto

Ontario Securities Commission chair resigns 7 months into her term | CBC News

Without saying why, Heather Zordel has resigned as chair of the Ontario Securities Commission just seven months into her posting.The Financial District is shown with the CN Tower in the background in Toronto on Friday, Aug. 5, 2022.(Nathan Denette/The Canadian Press) The chair of the Ontario Securities Commission (OSC) has stepped down less than a year after taking the job.
www.cbc.ca
1 year ago
Toronto

Not paying your TTC fare? Expect to get ticketed again this fall after pandemic pause | CBC News

The TTC says it will resume ticketing and fining passengers who don't pay their fares this fall after a hiatus due to the pandemic and a review of enforcement protocols in response to accusations of racism.
Boston.com
1 year ago
Boston

'A once-in-a-lifetime experience': Boston gathers for a royal visit

Local "I think William and Kate are great role models for young people like me to try and change the world."Hundreds of Bostonians braved the rain to welcome Prince William and Princess Catherine at City Hall Plaza Tuesday evening.The welcome event, which included speeches from Governor-elect Maura Healey, Mayor Michelle Wu, and Prince William himself, drew both curious passersby and royal devotees.
Boston.com
1 year ago
Boston

At bars and restaurants, Thursday is the new Friday

The Boston Globe The pandemic-altered rhythms of work and life mean the once-unremarkable day that predated the weekend is busier than ever.On an October Thursday in Brighton, a dozen chatty patrons sipped Japanese liquor at The Koji Club.Bartenders described the sake - brews with names like Forgotten Fortune or Dragon God - as "ricey and rusty," and a couple complained about their bosses over a plate of curry empanadas.
www.theguardian.com
1 year ago
UK politics

Hunt's budget is a big bang for the City, a damp squib for the country

Thursday's budget proved to be a red letter day for the City of London.In the moments after Jeremy Hunt delivered his perfumed message to the Square Mile, shares in all the big players, from HSBC to Legal & General, climbed back to where they had been before September's disastrous mini-budget.Bankers, fearing the worst for their bonuses in the days before the fifth financial statement of the year, could look forward to filling their savings accounts once again.
Eater NY
1 year ago
NYC food

Greenwich Village Restaurant Accused of Discriminating Against Asian Customers in Viral TikTok Video

A TikTok video accusing Greenwich Village restaurant One If By Land, Two If By Sea of allegedly discriminating against Asian customers by giving them less desirable seats is going viral, the New York Post reports.User @Rokug4n posted the video on November 1, which to date has over 100,000 views, detailing their own recent experience at the restaurant, as well as screenshots of Yelp reviews from other Asian customers alleging similar discriminatory behavior, dating back months.
Eater NY
1 year ago
NYC food

The Best Dishes Eater Editors Ate This Week

We're back in office, sort of, meaning my search for lunch under $10 rages on.
Eater NY
1 year ago
NYC food

You Won't Have to Eat Your P.F. Chang's From a Plastic Takeout Container Much Longer

More details are out about New York City's first full-service P.F. Chang's.
Politics NY
1 year ago
Brooklyn

General Election 2022: Lunch time voters cast their ballots

A steady flow of lunch hour voters cast their ballots at the Lower Manhattan Community Middle School polling place at 81 New Street in the Financial District on Election Day, Tuesday, Nov. 8.Public ballot counters at the site  tallied 709 ballots across four scanning machines as of 1:22 p.m., and with anticipated high turnout in this election cycle this is a mere fraction of the number of ballots being cast today.
The Real Deal Los Angeles
1 year ago
LA real estate

Grubb Properties Plans Hollywood Residential Complex

Grubb Properties, a Charlotte, North Carolina-based developer, is planning yet another L.A. project.
Brooklyn Paper
1 year ago
Brooklyn

Junior's hits the streets for National Cheesecake Day * Brooklyn Paper

Boasting the world's most famous cheesecake, Junior's Restaurant and Bakery in Brooklyn has consistently served the community - and now, its taking its world-renowned desserts to the streets in celebration of National Cheesecake Day.
Nytimes
1 year ago
Dining

Finger Foods, an Investigation

Sorry in advance for the frequent use of the phrase "finger foods" in this newsletter.As a society, we have got to come up with something more appealing.Hand cuisine?Digit diet?
amNewYork
1 year ago
Coronavirus

Crunching the COVID-19 Numbers: Nearly 70 NYC areas had 100 or more new infections last week | amNewYork

Thousands of New Yorkers contracted COVID-19 last week as infection rates continue to tick upward in yet another reminder that the pandemic remains far from over.
amNewYork
2 years ago
Coronavirus

Crunching the COVID-19 Numbers: Infections still spiking in Manhattan as BA.2 subvariant accounts for 85% of all NYC cases | amNewYork

COVID-19 infections continue creeping up across the city as the BA.2 subvariant - thought to be more contagious than the Omicron variant - spreads around the Five Boroughs.
San Francisco Chronicle
1 year ago
From Twitter

Hushed Japanese jazz bars are booming in the Bay Area

The main thing you notice when sitting in Bar Shiru is that it's quiet.
It's not that the Oakland bar is silent - music is playing, people are talking and cocktails are shaking.
Chicago Tribune
1 year ago
Chicago

JW Marriott foreclosure auction could be a broader sign of distress for the downtown hospitality industry

Wells Fargo Bank took control of the 610-room JW Marriott Chicago hotel Friday morning with a winning bid of nearly $251 million during a foreclosure auction.
www.vice.com
1 year ago
Education

Teachers At Blue Man Group-Founded School Are on Strike

On the Clock is Motherboard's reporting on the organized labor movement, gig work, automation, and the future of work.
Funcheap
1 year ago
Writing

Jacques Villegle & Streets of Paris Opening Reception + Book Signing (SF)

The public is invited to a book signing celebration on Thursday, May 26 from 5:30-7:30PM for "JACQUES VILLEGLÉ AND THE STREETS OF PARIS" by BARNABY CONRAD III published by Modernism Inc. (San Francisco) and Inkshares (Oakland)
Boston.com
1 year ago
Boston food

Sweetgreen to open location on Beacon Hill

The fast-casual salad chain launches another Boston outpost on Cambridge Street.
Sweetgreen will open its 12th Boston location Tuesday.
amNewYork
1 year ago
Coronavirus

Crunching the COVID-19 Numbers: Queens sees surge in cases, but hospitalizations citywide remain low | amNewYork

COVID-19 cases are ticking upward across Queens while the numbers of infections in Manhattan appear to be dropping after climbing for many weeks.
Nytimes
2 years ago
NYC real estate

'High-Rise Hell': N.Y.C. Skyscraper's Elevator Breakdowns Strand Tenants

A luxury residential building in the financial district with more than 750 apartments has been experiencing lengthy elevator outages since the fall.
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