Manhattan Living

Recipe Restaurant on the Upper West Side

Recipe NYC is one of the great under-sung heroes of the recent restaurant renaissance on the Upper West Side. A homey, narrow room on a stretch of Amsterdam Avenue in Manhattan notorious for its mediocre kitchens, Recipe Restaurant NYC, open less than a year, takes fresh ingredients, some obvious talent, and a whole lot of […]


Faustina NYC: Italian food at the Cooper Square Hotel

We admit it: we're not huge fans of chef Scott Conant's much-loved Italian restaurant Scarpetta, in the Meatpacking District. Admittedly, this is based on a single dinner, eaten a year or so ago, but still, we were underwhelmed by the attitude, whelmed by the food, overwhelmed by the size of our check, and haven't returned […]


Mural Artist David Braly at Glenwood’s Emerald Green Apartments

It’s been a a little while now since mural artist David Braly unveiled his stunning murals in the lobby of Glenwood’s new LEED-certified green real estate building, Emerald Green on West 38th Street in NYC, but every time we pass through–or, better yet, relax for a bit on one of those couches and take in […]


Ippudo NYC: A Noodle Bar in the East Village

If you missed the great East Village Manhattan Ramen Wars of the late aught years, well… you were probably doing something more important than eating hot noodles every night. But you should know that the battles were epic, as noodle bar after noodle bar would open, challenging and knocking down the old stalwarts, a new […]


Trapeze School New York

  If you've ever dreamed of running away and joining the circus, but without all the impractical "running away and joining the circus" parts, the Trapeze School New York will send you soaring. Now with two locations for high-flying trapeze NYC fun, both indoors (on West 30th Street) and out (atop Pier 40, in Hudson […]


The Whitney Museum NYC: Whitney Biennial 2010

  The Whitney Biennial has become one of New York City’s great winter-into-spring art rituals, as every other year the venerable Upper East Side Whitney Art Museum opens its galleries to a new crop of young and emerging artists who, in the opinion of the curators, best exemplify the state of contemporary art in America–the […]


The Meatball Shop in NYC: A New Lower East Side Restaurant

Point taken. If you're going to open a restaurant in this town with basically one thing on the menu, "meatballs" is a solid choice. The Meatball Shop in NYC, just opened in the heart of the party district on the Lower East Side, was packed with 20-somethings before 6:30 the other night, and was only […]


Glenwood Offers Apartment Rental Guide

Top 10 Apartment Hunting Tips for NYC Renters Renting an apartment in New York City can be an overwhelming process, especially if you are not familiar with the Manhattan rental market.  To help educate renters and alleviate the stress that most face when searching for new rental apartments in Manhattan New York, Glenwood, New York’s […]


Ten Great Stores Below 14th Street in NYC Part Two

Partners and Spade  As much a gallery of fabulously interesting found objects, exclusive products, and handmade books–sometimes beautiful, sometimes definitely not–as it is a retail outfit, Partners and Spade in NYC’s Noho district, is Kate and Jack Spade’s design studio / storefront that totally delights us every visit. We love the "impulse buys" on that […]


Ready for Spring? Landscaping in New York City from Glenwood Management

  Don Venezia, Supervisor for the Landscape Division at Glenwood Management in NYC, is a huge tulip fan. Which is a good thing, because last fall Venezia and his crew planted 140,000 tulip and daffodil bulbs across Glenwood properties here in New York City.  Yes, that's one hundred and forty thousand tulip bulbs in NYC. […]