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COVID emptied storefronts and sunk foot traffic so much that the retail character of the Crossroads of the World shifted yet again.
Chef José Andrés and his team were debating the dining room’s gold facade. Was it too shiny? Would the travertine limestone be preserved? It was June 2015, a year before the chef was to open his fine-dining restaurant in the new Trump International Hotel. Plans were being finalized. Tentatively called Topo Atrio, the restaurant would
The Beaux-Arts interior of the Palace Theater is a protected landmark, so developers had to devise a plan to raise it three stories in their effort to add more retail space.
It’s a masterful feat of engineering, and will unlock 15,000 square feet of ground-floor retail.
An iconic Times Square building is largely empty. One Times Square was once the home of The New York Times, and today is the site of the annual New Year’s Eve ball drop. But while that iconic sphere and LED billboards keep the exterior lit throughout the year, the building’s 22 floors are dark. A three-story Walgreens on the ground floor is the only tenant, and the brand recently signed a lease at the Bow-Tie building two blocks away, making its future occupancy plans uncertain. The property is one of the most valuable advertising locations in the world. The facade alone generates an esti...