by Froma Harrop | Jun 21, 2025 | Livability, Media, Style & Culture
Share This Article:The Chrysler Building from East 42nd Street The book “Abundance” berates big city “liberals” for all those building rules, regulations and pesky zoning ordinances that raise the cost of housing. These make it harder for the non-rich to...
by Froma Harrop | Jan 22, 2025 | Night, Style & Culture
Share This Article: It’s hard to think that it’s been almost a year since Iris Apfel left us at age 102. She didn’t seem a candidate for death. Starting Jan. 28, there will be an online auction of some of Iris’ clothes and objets at Chistie’s: Unapologetically Iris:...
by Froma Harrop | Dec 10, 2024 | Livability, Safety
Share This Article:She couldn’t just honor the hard work city officials put in to ease the gridlock that has made pedestrian life in Midtown a misery. If it worked according to plan, congestion pricing would have reduced the number of vehicles passing below...
by Froma Harrop | Oct 9, 2024 | Style & Culture
Share This Article:The New York Times published a news item on December 9, 1946, about a “Park Avenue matron” who died suddenly. She was 34. Back in those days, “matron” was often paired with “Park Avenue.” It connotes white glove, the right clubs, that sort...
