Posted by Leonard Steinberg on June 22nd, 2013 The chic art gallery block on West 24th Street between 10th and 11th Avenues, home to Gagosian, is getting a swell new neighbor…….a facade rendering has now been revealed: Designed by Cary Tamarkin, the concrete and black steel windowed building is quite a looker and brackets the… [Read More]
LUKOIL SITE ON TENTH AVENUE SELLS
Posted by Leonard Steinberg on May 1st, 2013 The illustrious LUKOIL site at 239 Tenth Avenue at the corner of 24th Street in the heart of the West Chelsea Arts District has supposedly gone to contract after multiple bids…..and it appears the price was several million dollars over the asking of $ 18,95million. The site… [Read More]
NEW YORK HOLIDAY RETAIL FOOT TRAFFIC GROWS BY 4.7% IN 2011
Posted by Leonard Steinberg on January 16th, 2012 Holiday retail foot traffic in New York grew at an impressive rate of 4,7% in 2011 compared to the rest of the USA that saw foot traffic drop off by 3,1%. This is mostly attributed to strong tourist activity……regardless, this is very good news indeed and impacts… [Read More]
WEST CHELSEA’S FUTURE AS AN ARTS CENTER?
Posted by Leonard Steinberg on July 15, 2011 The question arose this week (and many times before) about the future of West Chelsea as an Arts Center: will West Chelsea go the way of Soho? Will Gagosian become the Gap? Will Prada replace Paula Cooper? Chanel replace Cheim & Reid? “The biggest difference between Soho’s… [Read More]