High Line Park
Photo: Alison Whittington for BizBash
- The Municipal Arts Society of New York selected the Standard New York hotel and Times Square's TKTS Booth as this year's recipients of the MASterwork Awards. [NYT}
- Should the Bloomberg administration's proposed cuts in capital spending be approved, the Coney Island and Willets Point redevelopment projects will be given priority over others such as Governors Island and the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center. [NYO]
- High Line Park opened to the public on Tuesday and will be available for events in the future. [BizBash]
- Already reviews are in, with The New York Times architecture critic Nicolai Ouroussoff "overjoyed" by the park's "sense of calm," deeming it "one of the most thoughtful, sensitively designed public spaces built in New York in years." [NYT]
- Meanwhile, according to The New York Daily News, residents in other boroughs are upset over the attention the park is receiving from Parks Department patrol officers and rangers. [NYDN]
- James S. Russell is taken by the architecture of High Line Park, applauding the redevelopment team for having "changed much about the railroad to accommodate people, yet dodged every pitfall." [Bloomberg]
- Steve Cuozzo likes the design too, calling it "enchanting, and more than worthy of expectations," where even "if you're tired of High Line hype, you're in for a surprise." [NYP]
- Dumbo performance space St. Ann's Warehouse must find a new home, as its current one will soon house apartments and a school. [NYT]
- In honor of its 50th anniversary, the Four Seasons Restaurant hosted an 800-person party on Thursday and will soon undergo renovation. [Bloomberg]
- According to Page Six, Jennifer LeRoy's proposal for Tavern on the Green includes a more environmentally-friendly design. [NYP]
- Hospitality Holdings, the group that operates the Campbell Apartment, Madison & Vine, and the World Bar inside the Trump World Tower, will open a bar inside the Empire State Building to be called the Empire Room. [NYP]
- Frank Bruni visits Peter Hoffman's Savoy, a SoHo stalwart for nearly two decades, and is pleased to find that it "remains an attention-worthy restaurant" with "one of the most inviting bars in the city." [NYT]
- For Govind Armstrong's Table 8, Adam Platt has one star and describes it as "an out-of-towner’s restaurant, designed by out-of-towners to give their out-of-town guests (including those from Long Island and New Jersey) the illusion that they’re actually dining in New York." [NYMag]
- Danyelle Freeman has a similar take on the Cooper Square Hotel's in-house restaurant, claiming "portions are really small at Table 8 and, too often, so are the flavors." [NYDN]
- Ryan Sutton finds that Table 8 is "fashionably uncomfortable," Terrance Brennan's Bar Artisanal in TriBeCa is "a cavernous, noisy space," and DBGB has "lots of sausages." [Bloomberg]
- In reviewing Daniel Boulud's new downtown eatery, Steve Cuozzo explores the surrounding area, finding that "despite being cheaper than some of its neighbors, DBGB is the Bowery's new Big Enchilada." [NYP]
- Time Out New York reviews Harbour, which it calls a "SoHo sleeper" that offers "food so often thrilling it’s easy to forgive the hermetic dining room’s many physical flaws." [TONY]
