Kenmare Square: Local Politics


One Kenmare Square.

Buildings get reputations for the kinds of people that move in. There are model buildings, banker buildings, celebrity buildings. Recently, one building seems to have become the politics building.

In January, Deputy Mayor Ed Skyler–who handled press duties during Mr. Bloomberg’s first term–purchased a $925,000 one-bedroom over at André Balazs’ Read More

One City, Indivisible

Headquarters of Engine Co. 22 and Ladder Co. 5 at Houston Street and Sixth Avenue, Sept. 11, mid-morning: An hour has passed since a pair of hijacked jetliners rammed into the World Trade Center, and Mayor Rudolph Giuliani and his top aides are taking refuge in this firehouse. Thousands of frightened people are fleeing north Read More