Is there any hope for New York theater anymore? Spider-Man can’t keep his balance, and now the Village, and the city, has lost one of its oldest Off-Broadway theaters.
The Times reports that the Cherry Lane Theater, founded in 1924, is closing for good. Once home to Odets, O’Neill, Beckett and Shepard, it Read More
The paparazzi had its cameras squarely trained on Robert De Niro today, as the Landmarks Preservation Commission unanimously approved his penthouse atop the Greenwich Hotel. But he was not the only star to appear at 1 Centre Street today–not even the most famous one, at least not to the architecture geeks–as the commission also Read More
The Observer has already sung the praises of the Brutalist architect Paul Rudolph, and the Landmarks Preservation Commission is poised to follow suit, turning perhaps his greatest project into an official city landmark tomorrow.
Until Rudolph moved in in 1961, 23 Beekman Place on the Upper East Side was simply another stately townhouse. Built Read More
