The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Annex announcement
Photo: Julienne Schaer/NYC & Company
- This November, Cleveland's Rock & Roll Hall of Fame and Museum will open an outpost in New York. [BizBash]
- The Museum of the City of New York, which broke ground on its expansion project in 2006, unveiled its new pavilion gallery on Wednesday. [BizBash]
- Webster Hall is renovating and will open a new performance space on the lower level in October. [Gothamist]
- The Rainbow Room still attracts a crowd, even if it isn't as famous as it once was. [NYT]
- Conference center and hotel group Dolce Hotels and Resorts unveiled its new logo and plan to upgrade its facilities. [BizBash]
- The New York Police Department's proposed security strategy for the future World Trade Center site could cause traffic problems and hinder access to certain buildings including the planned performing arts center. [NYT]
- Some Mets fans are keen to see the redevelopment of the area surrounding Citi Field, a proposal from Mayor Bloomberg that includes residential and commercial space. [NYT]
- But at a new conference on Wednesday, opponents to it actively protested. [NYT]
- The plan for an ice-skating rink beneath the Brooklyn Bridge is stalled. [NYP]
- Restaurateurs Danny Meyer and Keith McNally are "looking at Harlem." [NYMag]
- Early next year David Bouley will be opening a 10,000-square-foot casual restaurant in SoHo. [Crain's]
- New wine bar Clo will soon join the other restaurants at the Time Warner Center. [Zagat]
- The new stadiums for the Yankees and the Mets will celebrate their grand openings in April 2009. [AP]
- Adam Platt dishes out one-star reviews of Hundred Acres and Forge. [NYMag]
- The Brooklyn bar that the late Heath Ledger invested in will be called BrightSide and feature references to the actor. [Telegraph]
- Chelsea's Alberton Hotel will become a boutique property owned by Clarion Hotels. [Curbed]
- Las Vegas-based strip club Sapphire is planning to open an outpost in west Chelsea along with a hotel and a steak house. [Metro]
- Meanwhile Ace Hotel, a Midtown property expected to open next year, will have a very residential feel to it. [Hotel Chatter]
- Spotlight Live is being sued by the family of a man who was killed at the club back in January. [NYS]
- Gael Greene has the news that Jean-Georges Vongerichten is opening a pizzeria with Sullivan Street Bakery’s Jim Leahey. [Insatiable Critic]
- Danyelle Freeman digs the homey vibe of James, the restaurant in Prospect Heights run by the owners of catering company Williamson Calvert. [NYDN]
- Like the critics last week, Frank Bruni has good things to say about Matsugen and gives the noodle-focused restaurant three stars. [NYT]
