Art Deco

A Landmark Theater in Need of a Sequel (New York Times)

9 Jul 2008

The Metro Theater, a landmark 1930s Art Deco movie theater on the Upper West Side, is for sale ... and for lease.

Cafe Society Suffers From a Mixed-Bag Menu (The New York Sun)

9 Jul 2008

Its name bespeaks sophistication, its neon sign competes with the fashionable Coffee Shop across the street, but Cafe Society feels like a restaurant desperately in search of a personality. Deco-pink walls, mirrored columns, and Warhol-print banquettes collide in an awkward interior that seems to grasp ambitiously for both comfort and glamour and achieve neither. Much as the restaurant fails to ...

10 scenic spots with no cars (CNN.com)

8 Jul 2008

Gas prices, traffic, kids screaming in the backseat.... It's enough to make you want to get out and walk. So why not do just that? At these 10 spots, there are no cars at all (unless you count golf carts).