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...fling at me. I can cope with any workload. I can deal with lack of sleep. I can multitask like you've no idea. But two weeks ago, I actually had a panic attack." She leans forward on a sofa in Mendes' production office in Manhattan's shabby-glam Meatpacking District and smiles. "My first one. I didn't know what it was! It was a little like when your water [breaks], and you think, Did I just pee a bit, or is this it? I called my sister and said, 'I can't breathe, and I feel like...
...then, I embraced the obsession.As one of the countless Harvard undergraduates living in New York last summer, I leapt at the chance to leave my Midwestern roots and live in the country’s most populous city. But beyond the world-famous museums, endless crowds, and innumerable clubs, Manhattan became my cupcake haven. When friends came to visit, I unknowingly turned our tour of the city into a cupcake walking tour. Interested in eating brunch near the Upper West Side? I would transform this into a tasting tour of the petite cupcakes of Magnolia Bakery at Columbus and 69th...
...process of scooping out food and putting it on a plate is just the antithesis of dining,” said Ritchell R. van Dams ’11, a guest at the launch and bimonthly patron of Manhattan dining establishments...
When most people hear the term "green building," they probably imagine something like Bank of America's (BoA) soon-to-be-completed Midtown Manhattan headquarters. The skyscraper will have floor-to-ceiling insulating glass walls, automatic light dimming, water recycling, air filtration and on-site power generation. Those green features have helped make the BoA Tower the first skyscraper to win a Platinum Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) rating, the highest possible such award. They also helped ensure that the tower won't be cheap - the project is estimated to cost about $1 billion. (Read "Building Materials: Cementing...
...Picture this: a Federalist fortress in the Financial District of Manhattan, whose members represented 52 national and state banks, as well as the U.S. Treasury itself. Not the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, not the Federal Reserve System, not any central bank—this node of finance was the New York Clearinghouse. Established in 1853, the Clearinghouse pooled reserves so that member banks could clear debits and credits daily. It also functioned as a private central bank, which took care of its own in the many banking panics of the late 19th century—especially...