Posted by Leonard Steinberg of URBAN COMPASS on October 22nd, 2014 Jennifer Lopez, the fly-girl turned super-star from the Bronx is moving Downtown according to the New York Post: she is supposedly in contract to buy the penthouse above Chelsea Clinton at The Whitman, a newly renovated condominium facing Madison Square Park. The massive penthouse… [Read More]
WATER MAIN BURSTS AT MADISON SQUARE PARK: GLOBAL WARMING?
Posted by Leonard Steinberg on February 1st, 2013 A Water main has burst at the intersection of Fifth Avenue and Broadway in front of EATALY and Madison Square Park. There is no N, R, or Q subway service at this time between Whitehall Street station and 57th Street station, at Seventh Avenue. The 36 inch… [Read More]
SILICON VALLEY’S DAYS NUMBERED? TECH IS COMING TO NEW YORK!
Posted by Leonard Steinberg on July 19, 2011 In another strong attempt to spur business growth in the New York area, forward thinking (not-focused-on-re-election) Mayor Michael Bloomberg announced details today of a request for “universities near and far” to submit proposals to build or expand a science and engineering campus in the city—a project he… [Read More]
TOY BUILDING SELLS – WITKOFF IS THE WINNING BIDDER
Posted by Leonard Steinberg on June 30th, 2011 The Witkoff Group won in the bidding for the Toy Building, the Madison Square Park landmark once slated to be condominiums by developer Yitzhak Tessler. Supposedly the bidding was fierce with competitive bidders S.L. Green and Macklowe losing out on the purchase of this magnificent structure that… [Read More]
EATALY: MANHATTANS NEW FOOD COURT
Yesterday I visited EATALY for the first time, the new food emporium of Mario Batali…..what an experience! The line at the front door was the reminiscent of Studio 54: who would be chic enough to get past that velvet rope from a line stretched around onto 5th Avenue? I had to negotiate hard, explaining a… [Read More]