Category Archives: Gwathmey-Siegel & Associates

New York Five loses one.

The room was pregnant with anticipation. The young architectural Turk would lecture at Harvard after all, but not under the School’s auspices, and not in the lecture hall. The student radicals had to invite him after the School refused, and he probably wasn’t paid. Continue reading

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Currency Fall Curbs Europe’s Taste for New York Property

Real-estate broker Suzun Bennet had a Central Park West condo sale in hand last month when suddenly the buyer, a Belgian worried about Europe’s plummeting stock markets and currency, pulled out. Continue reading

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Tower Diplomacy! Setai Fifth Avenue Whets International Appetite

By William Alden, June 24, 2010   At the launch party for the Setai Fifth Avenue Residences, Robert Siegel searched his suit pockets for a business card. “I just went to Japan, where everyone has business cards with different languages … Continue reading

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W New York Downtown Moves Opening Back to June 6

OK, so we can scratch at least one hotel as a contender for the biggest Tribeca Film Festival parties—the W New York Downtown won’t hit that May 4 opening target, after all—and is now shooting for June 6. (So, World Cup parties then?) Continue reading

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W Hotels Puts the “W” Back in Wall Street

The W New York-Downtown Hotel & Residences is poised to serve the growing number of visitors and residents in lower Manhattan as it continues to transform itself into a premier 21st century business district and a vibrant residential community. Continue reading

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