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It’s a staid and stately room, the New York City Bar Association meeting hall in Midtown Manhattan. The century-old walls are trimmed with red velvet and high Corinthian columns, and famous alumni, including Thurgood Marshall and Ruth Bader Ginsburg, look down from their oil portraits.The hall was far from staid…
This as-told-to story is based on a conversation with Krissy Oechslin. The following has been edited for length and clarity.For years, I wanted to walk every block of a city.In 2012, I read a New York Times story about Matt Green, who was on a mission to walk every block…
This story is available exclusively to Business Insider subscribers. Become an Insider and start reading now. Have an account? Log in. Commuting on the subway has been a staple of New York City life since the early 20th century. Its early days saw much integration and expansion, shaping what the…
Printemps, a French department store, is opening a location in New York City.I got a sneak peek at its FiDi store, which has marketed itself as “not a department store.”The store is ideal for luxury shoppers, but I’d also head there for a drink or dinner.In the years since e-commerce…
Yann Magnan, 53, is the CEO of a software startup who lives in New York City and London.He told BI’s Fitness Money Diaries series that he spends around $1,300 a month on keeping fit.Magnan does 12 fitness classes a week. Every other week day he does two classes back-to-back from…
Billionaire Ken Griffin bought a duplex in Manhattan for $45 million.Griffin owns over a quarter billion of real estate in New York City alone.The seller, Julia Koch, had been trying to sell the condo for three years.Hedgefund manager and billionaire Ken Griffin continues his real-estate conquest after buying a historically…
