BEIJING—I’m standing on the third floor of a multi-story shopping center not far from Tiananmen Square known as the Silk Market. It’s sort of like a horizontal version of Canal Street, although this hardly does it justice: There are literally hundreds of stalls spread out over six stories, selling everything from real Chinese silks to Read More
The invasion of Asian mega-restaurants, with their Raiders of the Lost Ark décor and fusion cuisine, has not abated. Hot on the heels of Buddakan, Megu, Morimoto and Matsuri (to name a few) comes Japonais, a Chicago import that has opened in a former bank just north of Union Square. The restaurant, which opened in Read More
It’s been three years since Nell Freudenberger quieted most of her critics with a sharp collection of short stories, Lucky Girls. And yes, it speaks to the unique pettiness of the literary world that she already had critics, despite the fact that her publishing history consisted of one short story in The New Yorker’s 2001 Read More
Two days after giving up on five floors it had hoped to lease at 7 World Trade Center, the Beijing-based Vantone real estate firm was on the hunt today for another location for its China Center, a mini-office center and gathering place for Chinese firms looking to break into the U.S. market. “They were Read More
Ever since my son was old enough to bang on a glass with a pair of chopsticks, I’ve been going for dim sum in Chinatown, a few blocks away from where I live. Now, still close to home 17 years later, eating oysters deep-fried in fortune-cookie-shaped wontons and fabulous green dumplings stuffed with mushrooms and Read More
Ever since my son was old enough to bang on a glass with a pair of chopsticks, I’ve been going for dim sum in Chinatown, a few blocks away from where I live. Now, still close to home 17 years later, eating oysters deep-fried in fortune-cookie-shaped wontons and fabulous green dumplings stuffed with mushrooms and Read More
The director of the proposed China Center at 7 World Trade Center says Beijing Vantone never agreed to Larry Silverstein’s deadlines. Full statement, put out by the Partnership for New York City, which helped bring the deal together in the first place, after the jump.
-Matthew Schuerman
Statement by Beijing Vantone Read More
Beijing Vantone was one of those almost-tenants at 7 World Trade Center that were supposed to make people feel good about the future of downtown. Its executives were publicly feted in January when they signed a letter of intent to lease the five top floors.
Well, what good is a tenant if it Read More
My father had a very good war—he spent 1942-46 on carriers in the South Pacific, making him part of the first generation of American men at war to have to deal with suicide bombers—so I took it that he knew whereof he spoke when, in answer to my question as to what he considered the Read More
My father had a very good war—he spent 1942-46 on carriers in the South Pacific, making him part of the first generation of American men at war to have to deal with suicide bombers—so I took it that he knew whereof he spoke when, in answer to my question as to what he considered the Read More
