A proposed design for Coney Island
Rendering: Courtesy of the Municipal Arts Society
- The Brooklyn Academy of Music plans to expand with new buildings that include theater, cinema, and exhibition space. [BizBash]
- As the deadline for a formal contract between the M.T.A. and Related Companies for the Hudson Yards project approaches, could financing troubles delay development? [NYO]
- It's not all bad news for the hospitality industry: Hotelier Sam Chang has secured the loan for his 170-room hotel in Union Square. [The RealDeal]
- The Department of City Planning approved the rezoning of Coney Island, which paves the way for the construction of performance venues and 800 hotel rooms. [Brooklyn Eagle]
- A new cocktail lounge is planned for Midtown, and tax hikes could cause problems for the hotel project opposite Carnegie Hall. [NYP]
- Struggling to survive in the recession, high-end restaurants have dropped their prices. [WSJ]
- Mansion, one of the biggest club spaces in New York, ran into some financial troubles and will reopen next Friday as M2, with music acts organized by the Ministry of Sound. [NYP]
- With a record number of participating restaurants, NYC & Company may extend Restaurant Week to February. [Crain's]
- Restaurant critic Ryan Sutton delivers a harsh review of the Rainbow Room's food, saying that the Ciprianis "should be banished" and "should apologize for desecrating one of Manhattan’s great sky-high vistas with sky-high prices for airline food." [Bloomberg]
- Daniel, the Upper East Side flagship of chef Daniel Boulud, maintains its four-star status and Frank Bruni proclaims that the restaurant "remains one of New York’s most sumptuous dining experiences." [NYT]
- For Steve Cuozzo, Jeffrey Chodorow's chophouse Center Cut doesn't cut the mustard. [NYP]
- Danyelle Freeman isn't impressed by Macao Trading Company, chef (and Chanterelle owner) David Waltuck's new spot, where the dishes are "an uneasy negotiation" between Chinese and Portuguese cuisines. [NYDN]
- According to Jay Cheshes, Midtown East's Inside Park at St. Bart's is "one struggling spot that actually deserves our dining dollars." [TONY]
