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• 770 Fifth Avenue On Tomorrow...

  7:30 p.m. annual gala; Treasury Secretary Hank Paulson to deliver remarks on China and the global economy, sponsored by National Committee on U.S.-China Relations, at 770 Fifth Avenue.

  Published by The New York Observer on October 20, 2008.

• Fifth Avenue and 59th Street Who Needs Wall Street? Socialites Take Cover at Newly Renovated Hideaway Doubles

  Doubles, the exclusive private club in the basement of the Sherry-Netherland Hotel Fifth Avenue and 59th Street, reopened all spruced up on the evening of Wednesday, Sept. 17. The carpet was new, as were the wall coverings and the crocodile banquettes. Everything was in a rose salmon color. “You glow,” said Doubles chairwoman Wendy Carduner. “Everyone looks superb here. This is the most complementary color.”

  Published by The New York Observer on September 23, 2008.

• Midtown CITY'S SPECTACULAR NEW W. SIDE STORY

  "This is the extension of Midtown, the preeminent business district in the world," said Weisbrod.

  Published by New York Post on September 22, 2008.

• Upper East Side Elderly Deaf Woman Fights Off Mugger In NYC

  A deaf, 83-year old, Upper East Side grandmother fought back against a mugger in the hallway of her apartment building.

  Published by CBS News (Channel 2) on September 20, 2008.

• Midtown The City Visible: Little Sky Country

  In these fleeting moments, the clouds caught the shimmering light of day’s end and the streets began to glitter with street lights and neon signs. Framed by the canyons of Midtown, these ephemeral effects, highlighted by a black border on each print, take the shape of upside-down skyscrapers.

  Published by New York Times on September 19, 2008.

• Upper East Side The City Visible: Little Sky Country

  SINCE moving to New York from Los Angeles in 1990, the art photographer Randy West has walked to work, even when that meant traversing most of Manhattan from the Lower to the Upper East Side. In 2004, Mr. West began to put his walking and looking to good use. For two years, he photographed the westward vistas of Midtown at sunset.

  Published by New York Times on September 19, 2008.

• Midtown Big Broker John Powers: 'Will Be a While Before We See Hope'

  According to Mr. Powers, none of the 10 landlords that control 42 percent of the Midtown office market are overleveraged, which should have a stabilizing effect.

  Published by The New York Observer on September 19, 2008.

• The Plaza SUITS FLY AT THE PLAZA

  Cover your ears, Eloise. It's getting nasty at The Plaza.

  Published by New York Post on September 19, 2008.

• midtown Workers Dangle 70-Stories High After Scaffold Fall

  For nearly 30 breathtaking minutes, New Yorkers stared upward in disbelief as two men hung, trapped, on a scaffold that partially collapsed. The scare happened 70 stories above the ground in midtown.

  Published by CBS News (Channel 2) on September 18, 2008.

• midtown Rastafarian guards sue over dreads

  A federal lawsuit filed Wednesday claims the four officers, who patrol midtown streets for the Grand Central Partnership, are victims of religious discrimination.

  Published by New York Daily News on September 18, 2008.

• upper East Side State gives Con Ed a $9M slap

  The PSC cited a June 27, 2007, blackout that affected 137,000 upper East Side and west Bronx customers. A lightning strike near a Con Ed substation caused that power failure, which lasted less than an hour.

  Published by New York Daily News on September 18, 2008.

• Midtown KEEP IT UNDER YOUR HAT

  A nonprofit group that spruces up Midtown is violating the civil rights of four Rastafarian workers by ordering them to hide their dreadlocks under their uniform caps, the feds charged yesterday.

  Published by New York Post on September 18, 2008.

• The Oak Room New Tables, New Tastes This Autumn

  The Oak Room (Fifth Avenue at Central Park South, 212-759-3000) French-Basque chef Joël Antunes grew up in Africa and learned about Thai food in Bangkok, where he was chef at the Mandarin Oriental Hotel's French restaurant, shortly after Jean-Georges Vongerichten left that post.

  Published by New York Sun on September 17, 2008.

• Upper East Side UES Woman Fights Back, Detains Career Criminal

  The NYPD is grateful to an Upper East Side woman turned feisty crime fighter. She fought back and helped nab a career criminal.

  Published by CBS News (Channel 2) on September 17, 2008.

• Upper East Side UPPER E. SIDE GAL KICKS BURGLAR'S BUTT

  A feisty Upper East Side woman wrestled an ex-con to the ground after he slipped inside her apartment through a window, The Post has learned.

  Published by New York Post on September 17, 2008.

• Fifth Avenue and 59th Street, Manhattan Missing Teacher Is Found, Alive, Floating in New York Bay

  Ms. Upp was seen in early September checking her e-mail in the Apple store Fifth Avenue and 59th Street, Manhattan, the police said. When a classmate from Pace University approached her, she evaded him and disappeared again, the police said.

  Published by New York Times on September 17, 2008.

• Fifth Avenue and East 59th Street, Manhattan Ferry Workers Rescue Missing Teacher

  Ms. Upp was seen checking her e-mail in an Apple store Fifth Avenue and East 59th Street, Manhattan, the police said.

  Published by New York Times on September 16, 2008.

• the Plaza Lehman Biggies Bought Briskly During Boom—They Will Be Missed

  None of those deals looks more ironic in hindsight than the $25,063,711 and $2,351,537 spreads that Bear Stearns’ ex-CEO Jimmy Cayne bought in February at the Plaza.

  Published by The New York Observer on September 16, 2008.

• the Plaza Wohl Is Me! Larry and Denise, Parents of Kooky Arden, Have Separated

  “I would not say that he has a girlfriend, but he was there with a woman,” said another family friend, who recently ran into Mr. Wohl at a private party at the Plaza. When reached by the Transom, Mr. Wohl said, “We’re just separated right now,” adding that it is “a very personal matter.” (The Transom was unable to reach Denise Wohl for comment.)

  Published by The New York Observer on September 16, 2008.

• GM Building The End? Deal Close for Last Two Towers in Macklowe Saga; Could Fetch $2 B.

  If completed, the deal would nearly close the book on Macklowe Properties’ tumultuous dealings with the so-called Equity Office Portfolio, the seven-tower midtown portfolio that Mr. Macklowe bought in 2007 for $7 billion, putting down just $50 million and using his beloved GM Building as collateral (we all know what happened there).

  Published by The New York Observer on September 16, 2008.

• Fifth Ave. and E. 59th St. Hannah Upp jumped off of S.I. ferry

  Upp's disappearance prompted a citywide search, and the city teachers' union offered a $10,000 reward. She was seen a few days later checking her email at the Apple store Fifth Ave. and E. 59th St.

  Published by New York Daily News on September 16, 2008.

• Midtown Barclays reaches deal for Lehman Bros.

  As part of the deal, Barclays would get Lehman's Seventh Avenue office in Midtown Manhattan, with more than one million square feet of office space. Two data centers in New Jersey will also be part of the transaction.

  Published by ABC News (Channel 7) on September 16, 2008.

• midtown Missing Harlem teacher Hannah Upp rescued from NY Harbor

  More than a week after Upp vanished, she was spotted checking her e-mail twice at an Apple store in midtown Manhattan. She showered eight times at several city New York Sports Clubs, where she had a gym membership, police said.

  Published by amNY.com on September 16, 2008.

• Upper East Side Pol: Time to fight poachers stealing NYC pigeons

  This summer, police arrested one man in Krueger's Upper East Side district for doing just that.

  Published by amNY.com on September 16, 2008.

• Upper East Side Watching the Wall Street Meltdown

  An Upper East Side celebrity dermatologist is neck-deep in a legal battle with financial backers who claim he skinned them out of millions of dollars.

  Published by New York Times on September 15, 2008.

• Upper East Side B'klyn man gets jail time for robberies, including gunpoint heist on Staten Island

  Two weeks later, Brown, Ilonze and Belcon were nabbed near Flatbush Avenue and the Prospect Expressway in Brooklyn about 30 minutes after a botched robbery attempt at a CVS on the Upper East Side of Manhattan.

  Published by SI Live on September 15, 2008.

• Upper East Side Daniel Boulud Reveals a Facelift... Of His Restaurant

  On the Upper East Side, even restaurants are not impervious to the call of a little upkeep. On Friday, Sept. 12, chef Daniel Boulud unveiled a makeover of his 15-year old flagship eatery, Daniel, which had been closed for a five-week renovation.

  Published by The New York Observer on September 15, 2008.

• upper east side OSHA CITES CONTRACTERS IN DEADLY CRANE COLLAPSE

  A federal agency hit three construction firms with penalties totaling $313,500 today for alleged safety violations leading to the collapse of a tower crane that killed seven people on Manhattan's upper east side last March.

  Published by New York Post on September 15, 2008.

• midtown OSHA CITES CONTRACTERS IN DEADLY CRANE COLLAPSE

  The incident on East 51st Street, in busy midtown Manhattan, was one in a wave of fatal construction mishaps in the city dating back to last year. On May 30, another tower crane broke apart and fell on an apartment building, killing two workers. Other crane operations were suspended temporarily.

  Published by New York Post on September 15, 2008.

• Upper East Side CELEB DOC IN HOCK

  An Upper East Side celebrity dermatologist famed for his pricey beauty potions is neck-deep in a legal battle with financial backers who claim he skinned them out of millions of dollars.

  Published by New York Post on September 15, 2008.