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How Susan Chin Makes New York Look Like New York

These days, Susan Chin is moving at breakneck speed. “I can barely fit this in,” she lamented when The Observer rang her in early October, just days before she took her post as the executive director at the Design Trust for Public Space, a forward-thinking nonprofit that links private development projects with community needs.

The “this” she is referring to wasn’t even an interview; it was the call to try to organize a time for the interview. Read More

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Ian Schrager Goes Public

Ian Schrager’s Brooklyn-bred rasp comes at you like spitfire. Ideas—plucked from the worlds of art, food and commerce—tumble forth from all directions. It’s easy to imagine swarms of exclamation points floating in the air above his head.

In minutes, the millionaire hotelier has skipped from the wonders of Trader Joe’s to the charms of Apple, from how bottle service killed New York nightlife to how, and why, Williamsburg is the city’s new Soho. Read More