Overlooking Columbus

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The Time Warner Center overlooking Columbus overlooking the traffic circling around Central Park. Headquarters of Time Warner and the studios of CNN. A world of its own with luxury condos, a five-star hotel, a concert hall, a shopping mall, a fitness center, I don’t know how many restaurants and a Whole Foods supermarket.

Some residents don’t ever have to leave the premises, I would imagine.

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Columbus Circle in Blue

October 4th, 2016

Another end, another new beginning

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Until then, a few snapshots from the legendary, ultra chic Waldorf Astoria that closed on 28th February for renovation. Its new owners, a Chinese insurance company, intend to convert most of its rooms to luxury condominiums. While the exterior is entirely landmarked, this is not the case with some interior parts. Hopefully, all public spaces and their exquisite ArtDeco elements including the hotel’s extensive archive of photographs, menus and other historical paraphernalia will be preserved.

Waldorf Astoria
Park Avenue

June 5th, 2014

A spot of very instagramable art

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Courtesy of Marlborough Gallery, with the kitchen of Nobu Fifty Seven providing a fittingly urban backdrop.

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JACQUES LIPCHITZ, Mother and Child, 1949, Bronze
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MANOLO VALDÉS, Dama a Caballo B1, 2012, Bronze
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MANOLO VALDÉS, Reina Mariana, 2005, Bronze
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MAGDALENA ABAKANOWICZ, Walking Figures, 2009, Bronze
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TOM OTTERNESS, Cone Fixing Cylinder (large), 2014, Bronze

40W 57th Street

October 1st, 2016