By Glenn O'Brien 4/23/01 12:00am

One on One With Rudy’s Art Squad

As most sentient New Yorkers know, Mayor Rudolph W. Giuliani has appointed a 23-member Cultural Affairs Advisory Commission, reviving a long dormant and presumed extinct institution that is now charged with providing oversight of the artworks displayed in publicly funded museums. Presumably “oversight,” in this case, doesn’t mean forgetfulness; it means finally determining community standards Read More

By Andrew Rice 3/13/00 12:00am

Goodbye, Garmentos: Rag Trade Surrenders to Dot-Com Riches

Decades ago, when the garment industry on the far West Side formed the spine of New York manufacturing, the squat, blocky building at 498 Seventh Avenue was the center of an economic universe.

Built by a consortium of 58 manufacturers around 1920, the Garment Center Capitol, as it was known, rose 24 stories, employed 22,000 Read More