FifthAvenue posts
by Saul Hansell (RSS feed) (9 months ago)
Apr 27th, 2011 at 10:30AM:
Pick the odd one out: 5th Ave. Apple Store, Statue of Liberty, Rockefeller Center, Grand Central, Empire State Building.
If you picked the Apple store on 5th Ave. -- you were wrong. Of those landmarks, the Statue of Liberty is the one that does not belong in the five most photographed New York locations. As insane as it may sound, the gorgeous Apple Store is indeed, the fifth most ...
by Tom Johansmeyer (RSS feed) (1 year ago)
Mar 12th, 2010 at 8:00AM: Yes, I know. Every time I write something for the smokers out there, the comments always fill up with an argument over smoking itself. For now, I'm just going to assume that there are some people out there who happen to smoke and travel. I have this sneaking suspicion that I'm not the only one. So, for those of you who enjoy a puff on the road, here are five places where you can smoke in ...
by Tom Johansmeyer (RSS feed) (2 years ago)
Nov 19th, 2009 at 1:00PM: It took $100 million in renovations, but The Pierre is now open ... an occasion celebrated almost immediately with a AAA rating of Five Diamonds. The Pierre is now among only 113 hotels in North America and the Caribbean. Set just up from the corner of Central Park South and Fifth Ave and with amazing views of the park, The Pierre is inches from any luxury offering you could possibly want.
Heiko ...
by Tom Johansmeyer (RSS feed) (2 years ago)
Oct 20th, 2009 at 12:30PM: Manhattan has a lot of great parks – but a handful tends to hog all the attention. Central Park is what it is; there's just now way to compare it to anything else. Bryant Park has live performances and exhibitions (not to mention a starring role in Fashion Week) and is only a block from Times Square. And, there are others that would come to mind before you work your way down the list to one ...
by Iva Skoch (RSS feed) (4 years ago)
Oct 8th, 2007 at 2:00PM: Thanks to the crumbling dollar, the US is losing yet another transatlantic battle of the richest. According to The Guardian, it is no longer home to the world's most expensive shopping street. New York's Fifth Avenue was replaced by London's Old Bond Street, where annual rents per square foot are $1,400.
Bad news for the competitive New Yorkers. Good news for shopaholic Londoners, already booking ...