New York Sites & Insights

06/03/2024

Amazing how the City decides that everyone needs a clean, safe restroom. The fact that they find taking 5 years to accomplish this effort is simply staggering incompetence by this administration. Check out their list of public restrooms showing hours of operation. The MTA uses tax dollars to install restrooms and then closes them to the public. https://www.google.com/maps/d/u/0/viewer?hl=en&mid=15bUbaKsobajdGL6HLmUpmBuZ_6ILtVQ&ll=40.78094899485981%2C-73.93236190463858&z=14

Mayor Eric Adams on Monday announced plans to build or renovate 82 restrooms over the next five years.

03/30/2024

Very surprised that I think Water For Elephants may be my new favorite Broadway production with an outstanding cast, wonderful storyline and incredible, breathtaking choreography! Really loved this show!!!👏

06/21/2023

Throughout the US there are July 4th parades and backyard barbecues, but in NYC the history of July 4th celebrations have been different.

01/20/2023

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11/01/2022

CEO Steven Roth cites "economic headwinds" for caution and maintains company's stock is "stupid, stupid cheap"

10/31/2022

Two shows worth seeing before they close!

09/08/2022

Face coverings will still be required in state-regulated health care facilities, Gov. Kathy Hochul said

09/08/2022

This one’s for New Yorkers, the Theater Development Fund’s executive director says

07/27/2022

Long dreamed about and in development for longer than the big league career of the man it honors, the Jackie Robinson Museum opened Tuesday in Manhattan with a gala ceremony attended by the widow of the barrier-breaking ballplayer and two of his children. Rachel Robinson, who turned 100 on July 19,....

04/12/2022

Save Music Street/North Chelsea Music Ensemble

03/15/2022

A wheel-friendly rink is opening in Midtown’s famous sunken plaza, part of a rebrand of the Art Deco complex to attract more New Yorkers.

03/04/2022

Today The Alliance joined Mayor Eric Adams, Health Commissioner Dave Chokshi, Lt. Governor Brian Benjamin, Councilmembers Julie Menin and Erik Bottcher and other city leaders to announce that effective Monday, 3/7 the city’s “Key to NYC” proof of vaccination requirement will be lifted. We will give a big 👍 to that! See details: https://bit.ly/35P5yZE

02/21/2022

A sneak peak of Planet Word Museum sponsored by The Guild of Professional Tour Guides of Washington DC and featuring Rebecca Roberts, Curator of Programming....

12/28/2021

The 2021 Building of the Year title belongs to Lantern House, the pair of bubbled towers on the High Line in NYC. This controversial Chelsea condo project edged out the competition with 618 votes, or 23.9 percent of the 2,587 votes cast.

Developed by Related and designed by Heatherwick Studio with SLC Architects, Lantern House contains a mix of 181 one- to four-bedroom units split between the two towers, one which rises 10 stories and the other, 22 stories.

Want to learn more about the history of the High Line and catch up on recent developments:
https://www.kittgarrett.com/highlinetohudsonyards

The votes are in. The 2021 Building of the Year title belongs to Lantern House, the pair of bubbled towers on the High Line. The Chelsea condo project edged out the competition with 618 votes, or 23.9 percent of the 2,587 votes cast. Developed by Related and designed by Heatherwick Studio with SLC A...

12/24/2021

Great news to know that the twin twisting towers known as XI will be finished by Witkoff and Access. Located in NYC along the High Line, between 10th and 11th Avenues, between 17th and 18th Street, neighbors will be thrilled to have the boarded up area surrounding the buildings finally removed and eliminate the scaffolding that has been obstructing views of NYC while strolling along the City's elevated park.
Witkoff and Access have taken over the foreclosed project and expect to resume construction on the project next year, and the companies said they will revitalize the development with substantial investments. It will feature 235 condos, 137 hotel rooms, a spa, a public plaza and 85,000 square feet of commercial space when it is completed, they said.
For the history of the neighborhood and how the High Line was converted from obsolete piece of infrastructure into a world class park, https://www.kittgarrett.com/highlinetohudsonyards.

The two firms secured financing to resume construction at the luxury condominium

12/18/2021

The decision by the management at Madison Square Garden to make masks optional at MSG, The Beacon Theater and Radio City Music Hall has led to putting profits before people's safety.
Follow the science. Get vaccinated, get your boosters, and wear your masks so we can shut this down before it shuts us down.

The Rockettes originally had shows scheduled through January 2022.

12/15/2021

Great time to visit NYC and take advantage of savings on over 100 participating hotels!

Planning your trip and want to know what to see, how much time to spend, click on www.kittgarrett.com for sustainable travel on-demand videos providing historical background about a site and a virtual tour. Each video presentation includes a pdf to download to your device and bring with you when you visit.

The first-ever NYC Hotel Week offers 22% off at some of the NYC's most celebrated hotels.

12/08/2021

Interesting article about NYC's High Line architecture! If you want to learn more about the history of the High Line,click https://www.kittgarrett.com/highlinetohudsonyards.

The black hole of starchitecture.

12/07/2021

Please support saving our Penn Station Area's heritage and share this post!

Untapped New York's Chief Experience Officer Justin Rivers makes a case for preserving Penn Station instead of demolishing it again.

12/06/2021

Holiday history in NYC's Madison Square Park!

Paul Cornoyer’s work has been featured in Ephemeral New York many times before; this Impressionist artist originally from St. Louis was captivated by the Gilded Age city’s energy and vi…

12/04/2021

Save our Cities from more glass towers which reflect light making the city hotter and ricocheting noise to make the city louder!

Congratulations to Ann McDermott for moderating this important session to protect the area around Penn Station from destroying historic buildings.

On Wednesday, December 1st at 7:00PM EST, the Empire Station Coalition, a group of 13 civic organizations opposed to the Governor’s proposed “clear cutting” of numerous blocks surrounding Penn Station to make way for the Empire Station Complex, followed their initial series of Zoom events with a fifth installment focused on the numerous buildings of historical and architectural significance that find themselves at great risk of demolition.

Coalition member organizations and guest speakers addressed the imminent destruction of the Hotel Pennsylvania and other noteworthy buildings as well as Governor Hochul and the Empire State Development Corporation’s continued support for the construction of an anti-urban, uber-dense Hudson Yards East -- the self-proclaimed “Vornado Campus” -- at Penn Station.

What you can do:
Please write to:
State Senator Brad Holyman: [email protected]
Governor Kathy Hochul: https://www.governor.ny.gov/content/governor-contact-form
Congressman Jerry Nadler: https://nadler.house.gov/forms/writeyourrep/default.aspx

Listen to the video--
Special guests:
Roberta Grandes Gratz
Peter Samton
Speakers included:
Lynn Ellsworth - Human Scale NYC
Brad Vogel - City Club of New York's Preservation Committee
Andrew Cronson - Save Chelsea
Lorna Nowve - Historic Districts Council
Cezar Nicolescu - ReThinkNYC
Sam Turvey - ReThinkNYC

Moderated by:
Ann McDermott - TakeBackNYC

We believe that the present Empire Station Complex proposal is an anti-urban juggernaut and would like to share with the public why we believe this to be true and also to hear your concerns and wishes for the site. Stay tuned for more events to come!
The Empire Station Coalition is comprised of: 29th Street Association, City Club of NY, CNU NYC, Council of Chelsea Block Associations, Environmental Simulation Center, Historic Districts Council, Human-Scale NYC, RethinkNYC, Limited Equity and Affordability at Penn South (LEAPS), Midtown South Community Council, Penn-Area Residents Committee, Save Chelsea, TakeBackNYC, and the Victorian Society of New York.

On Wednesday, December 1st at 7:00PM EST, the Empire Station Coalition, a group of 13 civic organizations opposed to the Governor’s proposed “clear cutting” ...