Posted by Leonard Steinberg on August 13th, 2013 Great news for West Chelsea and New York: Super-cool big-box retailer TARGET is coming to 25th Street between 10th and 11th Avenues. A new concept store will be housed next to super-cool car manufacter TESLA. I guess that makes West Chelsea even more cool than a few… [Read More]
HOW DOES NEW YORK RATE BUSINESS-WISE?
Posted by Leonard Steinberg on July 10th, 2013 The WALL STREET JOURNAL just posted its rankings for the top states for doing business in the USA, and New York did not fare that well, mostly because of the exorbitant costs for doing business here and….our workforce. New York was ranked # 35 out of the… [Read More]
URBANIZATION: BIG CITIES CONTINUE TO GROW BUT HOW LIVABLE ARE THEY?
Posted by Leonard Steinberg on June 17th, 2013 The UN projected that half of the world’s population would live in urban areas at the end of 2008. By 2050 it is predicted that 64.1% and 85.9% of the developing and developed world respectively will be urbanized. What does that say about cities like New York, Los Angeles,… [Read More]
BLOOMBERG'S STORM PROTECTION PLAN
Posted on June 12th, 2013 New York Mayor Bloomberg called for a $20 billion system of flood walls, levees and other measures to protect vulnerable regions from storms and the effects of climate change. A 400-page report outlines 250 concrete recommendations for how to confront the risks we face, and build a stronger, more resilient city. As… [Read More]
BUSHWICK WAS HOT THIS WEEKEND: AP CAFE OPENS ON TROUTMAN
Posted on June 2nd, 2013 Bushwick, the uber-cool artists neighborhood a few stops past Williamsburg on the ‘L’ train, sweltered in the heat this weekend with an Artist’s open studio event. Hundreds of artists opened their studio doors to visitors……and while it was hot outside, it was even hotter inside. There certainly was some wonderful… [Read More]
NEW YORK: ARE PARKING TICKETS DISGUISED TAXATION?
Posted on May 27th, 2013 Have you noticed how inefficient the systems of New York are in the area of deliveries? A good chunk of traffic congestion can be attributed to delivery trucks double parking and blocking the flow of traffic: why does the City not enforce delivery parking bays within certain hours so that trucks… [Read More]
HEALTH CARE ROBBERY – THE MASS FRAUD/CORRUPTION THATS SIMILAR TO OUR REAL ESTATE TAX PROBLEM?
Posted by Leonard Steinberg on May 8th, 2013 I have repeatedly griped about the huge (un-constitutional)disparity in the way real estate taxes are assessed in New York: the range is often so large between very simlar properties that it would be laughable if it were not that sad. The system is driven politically, and this… [Read More]
JEAN GEORGE’S PERRY STREET RESTAURANT RE-OPENS POST SANDY
Posted by Leonard Steinberg on February 19th, 2013 PERRY STREET, the ultra-cool, chic + sleek, Thomas Juul Hansen-designed West Village Jean Georges restaurant, re-opened tonight after undergoing extensive renovations and repairs as a result of SANDY, the hurricane that caused flooding in lower Manhattan in late 2012. The place looked exceptional and the food was… [Read More]
CAN UNREGULATED GROWTH KILL?
Posted by Leonard Steinberg on January 4th, 2013 While we tend to complain about the quality of air in New York, many things are being done that are truly effective in reducing harmful emissions. Aside from the electric hybrid busses, converting building boilers away from that black smoke belching oil, hybrid government vehicles, etc some… [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]