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New York galleries flock to lower Manhattan’s Tribeca

by Trina Mannino
Aug 4, 2023
Once their leases are up, New York gallery owners sometimes find that the community they’ve called home for years has transformed, and migrate to a new area en masse. Their latest stop? Tribeca.
James Fuentes Gallery is in the process of relocating to Tribeca from the Lower East Side and is opening its doors later in 2023. Fuentes also runs a gallery in Los Angeles. 
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Manhattan housing prices cooled in 2018

by Renata Sago
Jan 4, 2019
The median home sale in the borough has dipped below $1 million for the first time since 2015.
The median sales price for Manhattan property fell 4.4 percent in 2018.
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Want a 212 area code? It's gonna cost you.

by Marielle Segarra
Jun 12, 2017
As New York City adds a new number, the after-market 212 is thriving.
 (L to R) Sameer Uddin and Michelle Macias use their smartphones outside of the Nintendo store in New York City. 
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On the avenues, holiday windows with attitude

by Ashley Milne-Tyte
Dec 20, 2016
Manhattan department stores update window displays to lace nostalgia with attitude.
People wearing Santa Claus hats walk in Times Square on December 24, 2015 in New York City.
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A boom in new hotel construction

by Marketplace Contributor
Jul 21, 2015
From Houston to Miami, cranes are busy erecting new hotels.
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Manhattan gets its first Dairy Queen

by Dan Bobkoff
May 20, 2014
Will this arrival bring more than a Blizzard?
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Second Avenue subway construction undermines NYC small businesses

by Mark Garrison
Jul 26, 2013
New York has waited nearly a hundred years for a second subway line on the east side of Manhattan. But protracted construction is hard on small businesses along the route.
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Welcome to the tax shelter island known as ... Manhattan

by Stacey Vanek Smith
May 22, 2013
Not all of Apple's untaxable billions are overseas. Some are held right here in the U.S., protected because the accounts are foreign owned. Welcome to the tax-shelter island otherwise known as Manhattan.
The skyline rises over Lower Manhattan September 11, 2012 in New York City.
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Weather Economy

Plan to secure Manhattan from flooding leans on nature

by Sarah Gardner
Jan 1, 2013
After superstorm Sandy, there were several proposals about how to protect Manhattan from devastating floods in the future. One plan calls for placing water-proof vaults under the sidewalk.
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High-rise renters hurt by Sandy flooding

by Tracey Samuelson
Nov 13, 2012
The flooding from Superstorm Sandy has displaced a lot of New Yorkers, including those who live far above the high-water mark.
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