Half a century ago in Hollywood, men conveyed power simply: typically with a black suit, ideally tailored by Jack Taylor, whose shop—snuggled up to Spago on Cañon Drive in Beverly Hills—remains a white-carpeted testament to a time when the loaded word “metrosexual” wasn’t necessary to describe a gentleman who knew a thing or two about Read More
Half a century ago in Hollywood, men conveyed power simply: typically with a black suit, ideally tailored by Jack Taylor, whose shop—snuggled up to Spago on Cañon Drive in Beverly Hills—remains a white-carpeted testament to a time when the loaded word “metrosexual” wasn’t necessary to describe a gentleman who knew a thing or two about Read More
Landmark Townhouse Faces Better Future
Although the city appears gridlocked with agencies, boards and civic groups committed to preserving historically noteworthy buildings-to freeze New York in a time other than the present, some might say-a building or two manages to slip through the cracks. Apparently, one is at 245 East 17th Street, on Stuyvesant Read More
“A hotel is a talk-show with beds.” No, this isn’t the title of the latest enigmatic artwork from Barbara Kruger or Jenny Holzer. It is, in fact, a truism from the mind of that gorgeously showbizzy, entrepreneurial powerhouse, the unstoppable Merv Griffin. I know what you’re thinking: “The nerve of Merv! Who is he to Read More
