SPOTLIGHT
WHAT’S HAPPENING IN NYC 2019
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Photo: Julienne Schaer / © NYC & Company
Photo: Julienne Schaer / © NYC & Company
BY BEVERLY STEPHEN
f you’ve ever been thinking about a staycation
steel structure by British designer Thomas
the Italian mega market Eataly. “I’ve dreamed of
in New York City, there couldn’t be a better
Heatherwick is literally a stairway to the stars with
opening in New York since I first came here as a
time than this spring and summer. NYCGO
154 interlinked flights of stairs offering the kind of
boy of 19,” Andrès says.
(the official guide to New York) calls 2019 a
river and city views that will command astronomical
monumental year. More than 65 million visitors
price tags in neighboring apartments. Reservations
performance space designed by Diller Scofidio
are expected to converge on the city but why let
to climb are now open, “Vessel” is already being
& Renfro and the Rockwell Group has already
tourists have all the fun.
called New York’s answer to the Eiffel Tower. It
booked plays and concerts. Why not reserve a
A whole new neighborhood, Hudson Yards, is
may also be a competitor to downtown’s soaring
room at the Equinox Hotel, a first from the fitness
coming to life on the far west side. It’s billed as the
Calatrava-designed Oculus. Climbing all those
giant opening this summer, and take it all in at
largest real estate development in United States
stairs will no doubt work up appetites for the stellar
your leisure?
history and the largest in New York City since
collection of 25 restaurants by such celebrated
Rockefeller Center. It will include 16 residential
chefs as Thomas Keller, David Chang, Costas
is the revitalized Seaport District NYC (formerly
and commercial buildings by its completion
Spiliadis and Michael Lomonaco. Anya Fernald
known as the South Street Seaport). The luxury
in 2024. The first of its 100 shops, including a
will establish the first East coast outpost of the
theater known as i-Pic Fulton Market led the way
Neiman Marcus flagship, will open this month.
Belcampo Meat Co. Plus, the Mercado, a Spanish
followed by the first U.S. outpost of Milan’s Corso
The most spectacular attraction will be a
market from chef/humanitarian Josè Andrès in
Como shopping and dining center. Pier 17’s Roof
climbable sculpture called “Vessel.” The imposing
collaboration with Ferran and Albert Adrià will rival
Top concert space opened this past summer.
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The Shed, an eight-story exhibition and
Another neighborhood waiting to be explored