Chelsea Luxury Condos

Chelsea-Luxury-Condos photo by edenpictures The Chelsea Stratus at 101 West 24th Street in Chelsea Towering over a choice Chelsea location is the Chelsea Stratus, a 40-story Chelsea luxury condo building. Developed by LCOR, the real estate investment company that’s developed more than 20,000 multifamily residential projects throughout the U.S., invested $260 million to complete... Read More

Five Must-See Museums in Manhattan

Photography by ©Switchstyle New York City has some of the best museums in the world. From the well-known to some you may not know about, listed below are my picks for the Five Must-See Museums in Manhattan. The Metropolitan Museum of Art (MET) The MET began in 1870 and grew into its present glory and location ten years later in Central Park at 82nd Street and Fifth Avenue.... Read More

Harlem–A Revitalized Upper West Side Manhattan Neighborhood

Harlem is on Manhattan’s Upper West Side and was established in the mid 1600s by Dutch Governor Peter Stuyvesant. It was named after the Dutch City, Harlem and its borders are 110th Street to Harlem River, 5th Avenue to St. Nicholas Avenue, 96th Street to Harlem River and East River to 5th Avenue. Along with other urban spaces in New York City, the 20th century brought about... Read More

Lower East Side–Manhattan’s Lively Mixture of Nightlife, Shopping, Luxury Living and Casual Classic Walkups

Photoography Loop_oh New York’s famous garment industry began in the Lower East Side and the area is a large neighborhood that’s roughly bounded by Canal and Houston Streets and FDR Drive. This large space was once considered a predominately working-class neighborhood, but as many areas of Manhattan, it’s undergone enormous change since its beginnings. Once the largest... Read More

Hell’s Kitchen/Clinton–A Manhattan Midtown West Neighborhood Near the Big Apple’s Theater District

"West Side Story" / Photgraphy from The Annex Hell’s Kitchen is also known as Clinton, but most New Yorkers use the former when talking about this section of the city. The name relates to its past, as so many neighborhoods in Manhattan, it carries a bit of interesting flavor before its gentrification. Its rough boundaries are Eighth Avenue to the Hudson River and 59th... Read More

NEW YORK HAPPENINGS — THE 2011 TRIBECA FILM FESTIVAL

10th Annual Tribeca Film Festival / April 20 – May 1, 2011 The 10th Annual Tribeca Film festival, founded in 2001 by Robert DeNiro and others after the 9/11 attacks, begins Wednesday, April 20th and runs through Sunday, May 1st. Its mission is to promote filmmakers from all over the world and to designate New York City as a major filmmaking center. Known all over the world for... Read More

Manhattan’s Upper West Side – An Upscale Manhattan Neighborhood of Pre-War Architecture and Modern Convenience Between the Hudson River and Central Park West

The Upper West Side is ten blocks of primarily upscale residential buildings and some of New York’s most recognizable and world-renown venues. Its unofficial boundaries start at Columbus Circle on 59th Street and extend to 110th Street. Some New Yorkers extend those boundaries to 125th Street where the neighborhood of Morningside Heights contains famous New York City institutions,... Read More

The East Village – A New York City Lower East Side Neighborhood with a Vibrant and Creative Flavor

Photo by ©Artcphoto The East Village is quintessential and unconventional New York City at its best. This is one of the best people-watching places in the city-creative types, the famous and everyone in between (including plenty of pets) wander and walk the streets and parks. From Houston to 14th Street and the East River to Fourth Avenue, New York Magazine proclaimed the area... Read More

Happenings in New York City! – Mark your calendars for the Tenth Annual Architectural Digest’s Home Design Show

Mark your calendars for the Tenth Annual Architectural Digest’s Home Design Show coming this Thursday, March 17th. The first day of this four-day event is open to trade and preview ticket holders and it’s from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Friday through Saturday is open to the public and hours are 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Tickets are $25 and it’s being held at Pier 94 at 55th Street at West... Read More

Chelsea – A Blend of Manhattan Brownstones, Condos, and Co-ops with a Village Vibe

Photo by Ryan-Vaarsi Chelsea is on Manhattan’s West Side and its boundaries are from 14th to 29th Streets and from Broadway to the Hudson River. Chelsea is within walking distance to several other New York iconic spots-the Meatpacking and Flatiron Districts and Union Square. The late 1980s brought about a influx of artsy interest when the Dia Arts Foundation set up a facility... Read More