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NYC’s rotating Times Square restaurant is back — and the food is as good as trendy downtown spots

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NYC’s rotating Times Square restaurant is back — and the food is as good as trendy downtown spots

It’s the most surprising Times Square miracle since the first New Year’s Eve ball dropped in 1907.  The View — a rotating, notoriously awful restaurant atop the Marriott Marquis hotel (1535 Broadway) — has good food for the first time since it opened in 1985. Make that VERY good food. Danny Meyer’s Union Square Hospitality Group has … Read more

Downtown Los Angeles Places Another Big Bet on the Arts

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Downtown Los Angeles Places Another Big Bet on the Arts

For decades the effort to revitalize downtown Los Angeles has been tied to arts projects, from the construction of the midcentury modern Music Center in 1964 to the addition of Frank Gehry’s soaring stainless steel Walt Disney Concert Hall in 2003. But the pandemic was tough on downtowns and cultural institutions around the country, and … Read more