Word: manhattanization
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...first portion of the movie, which takes place in Manhattan, focuses on Truman and his high-society friends—Hope Davis (“The Matador”), Sigourney Weaver, and even Gwyneth Paltrow as a lounge singer. McGrath takes us deep within Capote’s upper-class social environment through his rendering of at-once exuberant and breathtaking scenery...
...there’s just some water in the front door,” Shemtov said. The New York resident heard about the incident when he stopped by his dorm before his Social Studies tutorial. His roommate informed him about a plane that had crashed into a building in Manhattan. “I rushed to look, and right there on the homepage of CNN was my apartment building,” Shemtov said. “I’ve never been in this sort of panic mode.” He began making frantic calls to locate...
...through the 1920s Picasso's work found its way fitfully into the U.S., through occasional, short-lived exhibitions or dim black-and-white reproductions. But when the Museum of Modern Art (MOMA) opened in Manhattan in 1929, it allowed for the first time the permanent display of a few real Picassos in the city where nearly all of the most alert American artists were gathered. That is what happened to The Studio, which Picasso completed in 1928. It was first seen briefly in the U.S. five years later. But by 1935 it had found its way into MOMA's permanent...
REMEMBER WHEN RAY Nagin, mayor of New Orleans, was blasted for calling Ground Zero in Manhattan a "hole in the ground"? Well, let's see how people react to this fine comparison in the Daily Pennsylvanian by Penn's new top facilities manager (formerly design director for the Ground Zero memorial): For Penn's new top Facilities official, rebuilding lower Manhattan after Sept. 11 has been good preparation for rebuilding University City...
...first match of the ECAC Division I Invitational—taking place at the USTA National Tennis Center from Friday, Sept. 29th through today—the Harvard men’s tennis team came out sluggishly and fell victim to a prepared and tough No. 11-ranked Manhattan squad. The 4-3 loss hinged on the singles play of the Crimson as it dropped three straight matches in spots two through four to lose the match. Senior Scott Denenberg and sophomore Michael Kalfayan earned wins of 6-2. 6-3 and 6-2, 6-7, 10-6, respectively...