05/07/13 Comprehensive Real-Time News Feed for Downtown (New York, NY)

• Starwood Hotels Injects $400M Into NY Properties _{2013-05-07, 08:36 am}
  Start each day with GlobeSt.com's New York AM Alert for original coverage of the latest transactions and trends shaping the commercial real estate industry.
• Hidden Harbor Tours Summer Tour Schedule Announced Brand New:... _{2013-05-07, 03:57 am}
  Tri-State Residents and Visitors Alike Go Behind the Scenes with Noted Speakers & Charities Presented by Circle Line Downtown and the Working Harbor Committee Starting May 21, 2013 through September, every Tuesday tri-state area residents and visitors are in for a true adventure this summer as they embark and enjoy Hidden Harbor Tours aboard the ... (more)
• Starwood Hotels Invests More Than $400 Million in Refreshing its New... _{2013-05-06, 07:22 pm}
  Unveils Several Newly Renovated Properties Including Sheraton New York Times Square Hotel, Westin New York at Times Square and W New York - Union Square -- Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc.
• Major Renovation Programs Announced for Starwood New York Properties _{2013-05-06, 10:18 am}
  Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc. today announced that together with its owner and developer partners, it has invested more than $400 million to revitalize its New York City portfolio of hotels.
• City Room: A Surprise in Court: A School Board, Thought to Be Obsolete, Still Exists _{2013-05-05, 10:00 am}
  ... years ago. That after the Legislature established a mayoral Department of Education and after the board's totemic Downtown Brooklyn headquarters at 110 Livingston Street was converted to condos the embodiment of the school system's immutable ...
• 'Sister Act' adds a disco habit _{2013-05-04, 09:53 am}
  ... 2 and 8 p.m. Saturday, 1 and 6:30 p.m. Sunday through May 12. Where: Aronoff Center for the Arts, 650 Walnut St., Downtown Tickets: $28-$78. Contact: 513-621-2787, CincinnatiArts.org Okay, she's not a nun. Heroine Deloris Van Cartier is a would-be ...
• Unions file suit to halt construction at City Point _{2013-05-02, 07:09 pm}
  ... to name a few. The coalition is also asking for a halt to construction at City Point, a large mixed-use project in Downtown Brooklyn, the New York Daily News reported. The groups say that the $15 an hour paid by developer Acadia to workers ...
• Brack Capital Real Estate Trades The James New York For Approximately $85 Million _{2013-05-02, 04:00 pm}
  Brack Capital Real Estate , a global real estate investment and development company, announced today that The James New York, located at 27 Grand St., was sold for approximately $85 million.
• Syracuse Walk of Stars: Top 100 celebrities with CNY connections _{2013-05-02, 09:46 am}
  ... or CNY connections. Frank Malfitano started the Syracuse Walk of Stars in the early '90s as a partnership with the Downtown Syracuse Committee, City Hall, the Landmark Theatre and the newspaper. Much like a Hollywood movie premiere, celebs would ...
• Clients gain better vision and lives through free clinic staffed by Ohio State optometry students_{2013-05-02, 07:21 am}
  ... money, food or a place to live - poor vision doesn't always rank as an immediate concern. The clinic at the Downtown homeless shelter - which provides free vision care and glasses to those without health insurance - sees more than 1,500 patients ...
• Half Marathon runners determined to show support for Boston victims _{2013-05-02, 07:20 am}
  Capital City Half Marathon BROAD AND FRONT STREETS TO COLUMBUS COMMONS Contact: www.capitalcityhalfmarathon.com Details: The half-marathon course, lined by 50 bands and disc jockeys, passes through Downtown, the University District, the Short North, the Arena District and German Village.
• Hundreds March in Manhattan for May Day Protests _{2013-05-01, 05:54 pm}
  ... working harder and harder for less and less. Support workers and support the poor." Dozens of police also flocked Downtown in anticipation of the demonstrators' planned march later in the afternoon. The NYPD put barricades around Lower Manhattan's ...
• Pain at the pump _{2013-05-01, 03:00 am}
  ... any sense. They're just trying to leech off the community," said Johnny Earls, 20, filling up his tank at Handy's Downtown Quick Stop and Deli in Burlington. Earls said it does make sense to spend the added revenue on roads, but maybe the state ...
• Brooklyn Chamber and NYBDC Launch 'The Brooklyn Fund' Loan Program _{2013-05-01, 12:56 pm}
  ... will be offered as an option for eligible applicants through the NYC Business Solutions Center at 9 Bond Street in Downtown Brooklyn. More information is available online at: http://www.nyc.gov/nycbusiness. About the Brooklyn Chamber of Commerce The ...
• Popular 90s Sitcom Inspired Name of Coffee House Coming to Trenton _{2013-04-30, 03:52 pm}
  A popular 1990s sitcom inspired the name of a new coffee house coming to Downtown Trenton--located across the street from Elizabeth Park .
• Pen World Voices Festival, Leslie Kritzer and More Set for Joe's Pub, Now thru 5/5 _{2013-04-29, 09:24 pm}
  This week at Joe's Pub at The Public Theater, April 29 through May 5, 2013, performances will feature: The New Yorker, Leslie Kritzer, Paris Combo, Pen World Voices: McSweeney's, Pen World Voices: Monkey Business, Pen World Voices: Languages on the Edge, Lady Rizo, Pen World Voices: An Evening with Cabinet, Talavya, Jay Brannan, Pen World Voices: ... (more)
• Albanese: Organized Public Opposition Saved LICH _{2013-04-26, 11:19 pm}
  Democratic mayoral candidate Sal Albanese, a former Bay Ridge City Council Member, credited organized community opposition for this afternoon's announcement by The State University of New York that it is withdrawing its plan to close Long Island College Hospital in Downtown Brooklyn.
• Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage Westfield West Beautifies 9-11 Memorial Grounds _{2013-04-26, 09:03 pm}
  Several sales associates from the Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage Westfield West office cleaned up the gardens at the Westfield 9-11 Memorial and planted flowers donated by the Downtown Westfield Corporation on Thursday, April 25 as part of Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage in New Jersey and Rockland County, N.Y.'s regional "Cares Days" ... (more)
• Sora is fusion that doesn't fuse _{2013-04-26, 07:31 pm}
  Chamber music as it is meant to be heard, by candlelight with Josef haydn's trio, Robert Schumann's Piano Quintet and Arthur Foote.
• NYC's Rooftop Films Reveals an Exceptional 2013 Summer Selection _{2013-04-26, 05:07 pm}
  ... Brothers Hypnotic is a coming-of-age story-for eight young men, and for an ideal. Free screening presented with Downtown Brooklyn Partnership and Forest City Ratner. The Central Park Five (Dir. Sarah Burns, Ken Burns, Dave McMahon) Set against a ...