Kennedy to Enter Rehab

Via AP:

WASHINGTON (AP) _ Rep. Patrick Kennedy said Friday he was entering treatment for addiction to prescription pain medication, a decision made after a highly publicized car crash near the Capitol that the congressman said he cannot recall. Kennedy, D-R.I., said he would seek immediate treatment at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn.

For Ground Zero: A 16-Acre Memorial

The Lower Manhattan Development Corporation has chosen six teams of architects and planners to create redevelopment plans for the World Trade Center site. The most appropriate plan, however, is not on the drawing board.

That would be a 16-acre memorial devoted not to commerce, but to reflection and memory.

Downtown New York does not Read More

Restaurant Giant Drew Nieporent Lived to Eat, Now He Eats to Live

On the last Thursday of August, restaurateur Drew Nieporent sat at a lone table outside TriBakery, one of 16 restaurants–including Montrachet, Tribeca Grill and Nobu–that his Myriad Restaurant Group owns or co-owns. The wind off the Hudson was promising fall, and beneath a three-tiered, white-frosted wedding cake that loomed in the store’s window, Mr. Nieporent Read More