Archive for October, 2010
For Brooklyn Cuisine, Tourists Going the Distance
Posted on 15. Oct, 2010 by Kerri MacDonald.
In the spring of 2009, César Ramirez packed his things and crossed the river. That’s how the 2011 Michelin Guide for New York, which was released Oct. 7, describes the birth of Chef’s Table at Brooklyn Fare, the first Brooklyn restaurant to receive the guide’s coveted two-star rating. The honor makes the restaurant, where Ramirez […]
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No Holiday Cheer for Hunts Point Small Businesses
Posted on 15. Oct, 2010 by Emily Lavin.
Trinidad Morales stands behind the counter at Fabco Shoes, watching two customers browse the store. “Most of the people that come in here now, they come in and look, they don’t buy,” said Morales, who manages the store on Southern Boulevard in the Hunts Point neighborhood of the South Bronx. As the holiday shopping season […]
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Despite poor Bronx economy, some small businesses grew
Posted on 15. Oct, 2010 by Vishal Persaud.
The Bronx doesn’t have more small businesses, but it is improving the ones it already has. Morris Park, a mainly residential area of the borough remained fairly stable through the recession despite high unemployment and economic instability in other parts of the Bronx that continue to suffer. Some small business owners along Morris Park Avenue […]
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I Do, Just Not Right Now
Posted on 15. Oct, 2010 by Amy Yensi.
By Amy Yensi Some New Yorkers don’t want to hear wedding bells until the closing bell rings a better tune. Like in other parts of the country, the number of marriages in New York City has been declining for years. But wedding vendors in the Bronx say the economic woes of the last 2 years […]
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City Makes Data Available Little by Little
Posted on 15. Oct, 2010 by Amy Berryhill.
The city is launching the second year of the NYC BigApps competition with great fanfare, but it has yet to get the bulk of it’s own bureaucracy behind the open data effort. Deputy Mayor Robert Steel announced the launch of NYC BigApps 2.0 on October 12 at the NY Tech Meetup. The competition makes city […]
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Times Square evolves, changing dynamics for everyone
Posted on 15. Oct, 2010 by Colby Hamilton.
“I’ve been here for 11 years and if you told me you’d get a lease for $1400 a square foot I would have told you you were crazy,” said Ellen Goldstein, vice president of planning, policy and design for the Times Square Alliance. Sunglass maker Oakley’s inking of just such a deal in the bowtie […]
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Apps for the Big Apple
Posted on 14. Oct, 2010 by Sherry Mazzocchi.
Using an app is an emotional experience. It’s worthwhile to think of smartphones and other devices as having “senses” since they come equipped with speakers, microphones, GPS, cameras and accelerometers. That was the wisdom exposed at the MIT Enterprise Forum on the Future of Mobile Apps last month. The developers about to enter Mayor Bloomberg’s […]
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Staten Island’s Green Renovation
Posted on 03. Oct, 2010 by Katie Honan.
Staten Island may be most famous for the Fresh Kills Landfill, the huge garbage dump that one time took up a large portion of the island. Now it’s in the process of becoming the largest park in New York City—nearly three times the size of Central Park–and that’s just the first of the borough’s efforts […]
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Many Concerned About Coney Island’s Future
Posted on 02. Oct, 2010 by Anne Byrnes.
The verdict is in: New York’s first effort in years to revitalize Coney Island has paid off. Luna Park has already attracted more than 400,000 visitors during its first season, and the city has extended the amusement park’s stint to the end of this month. In all, the city says, more than 14 million people […]
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City’s New Green Building Codes Play Catch-Up
Posted on 02. Oct, 2010 by Colby Hamilton.
The New York City Council Wednesday passed five bills that help provide a “green” buildings code baseline for the way buildings are designed, built and maintained. The bills codify concern for the environment in New York City, mandate the automatic turn off of lighting in commercial spaces when not in use, and sets standards for […]
