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...Kinds of wine—CHEAP, DECENT, and GOOD—that are served at Schiller's at 131 Rivington Street, the inspiration for novelist Richard Price's Cafe Berkmann in his acclaimed 2008 novel Lush Life, which explores the conflicting identities of the neighborhood through the murder of a Lower East Side hipster by a street kid. The influx of well-off young people has been controversial. The Lower East Side Jewish Conservancy derisively calls the changes "hipification" and "Yupification...
...World's Fair of bargain grocery stores, places of worship, and trendy bars. Red brick housing projects hide not far away. Even while standing at the base of a solid and impressive historic landmark, the outsider cannot escape feeling the juxtapositions in his gut. Novelist Price enjoys visiting Schiller's in part for the decor, which was taken from old warehouses. One of his comments captures a modern Lower East Side sensibility: "It's all a stage set," he told the New York Times, "and now it's, like, venerable...
...Philip Morris. Altria, as Philip Morris is now called, donated $17,000 to Gillibrand's 2008 campaign. During the Clinton Administration, Gillibrand worked as a lawyer for the Department of Housing and Urban Development under Andrew Cuomo. She later returned to private practice, working for the law firm Boies, Schiller & Flexner...
...Schiller's job right now is to make it seem as if the old Apple magic is still alive and well. Never mind that besides the absence of Jobs, Apple was missing anything truly zowie to show off. The best Schiller could muster was "I can't tell you how much I appreciate you all showing up and bringing your energy and enthusiasm to this keynote." Zzzzzzzzzzzzz...
...outside the famously secretive Apple knows what, if any, succession plans Jobs has in mind. Observers speculate that Apple COO Tim Cook, design chief Jonathan Ive and dark horse Tony Fadell (who took the iPod idea to Jobs) are in the hunt--and, of course, Schiller, who, after enduring the horror of Macworld, might deserve...