Who is going to buy the Chrysler Building?

Have you ever heard or owned a Chrysler Automobile,
well this is the Build.

Photo of The Chrysler Building By Christopher Czermak

 The Chrysler Building was the tallest building in the world; for a little while.
It was the brilliant work of  Architect William Van Alen. Once it opened,Architects from all over the world started coming to New York.

Chrysler Corporation paid 20 million dollars.
The Chrysler Building was made with 30 thousand tons of Steel and about 4 mill bricks with 5,000 windows.

 I just wonder how the cost of getting the windows washed and do they use an outside vendor or do they have their own window washer.During the time of the construction of the building self cleaning buildings was unheard of.

How much is Mubadala Investment Co. selling it for? They appointed  CBRE Group Inc. to Sale the  Chrysler building.

Now New York, lets get real. Billionaire's live here and I am not saying a few but the majority of the worlds billionaire community; call New York their Home and we all know that home is where your heart is; Therefore the Billionaires of New York has to buy it in which New York is your Home.

The Chrysler was the first Art Deco building to be erected in New York in 1931. So, let the owners be New Yorker's as well. The Chrysler Building is still the recognizable building in New York with the needle point top ( 185-foot spire).

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Who Was Peter Stuyvesant

Was Dir. General of  New Amsterdam
Peter Stuyvesant

Landowner of the majority of New Amsterdam and  Director General of New Netherlands (Manhatta) from the East Village (Kleindeutschland, the primarily German population that lived in the area in the late 1800s to early 1900s),Upper Westside to East & West of  Haarlem. Stuyvesant Town and more. When the British took over He still owned The Bowery, East Village in which he is buried in the Churchyard of  Saint Marks Church in the Bowery.

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Ms. Magazine Way

I came across this Sign looking for Trader Joes, BAM  I saw the Ms. Magazine Way, and I had to investigate.

Photo By Lv U New York

The first Magazine to be created, owned and operated by women, Ms. Magazine. 

Created by Gloria Steinem and Dorothy Pitman Hughes in 1971.

Ms. Mag. focused mainly on issues of women's rights and domestic violence. During that time E.32nd Street ( between third & second Avenues SE side) was the home of  New York Magazine who published Ms. Magazine  1972 - 1987. Now  Ms. Magazine is published by a Nonprofit Foundation in Arlington, VA .


Therefore, On November 15th 2017 E.32nd Street ( between 3rd & 2nd Avenues SE side)was renamed Ms. Magazine Way.

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Who Is Barney New York

Barney Pressmen 

Native New Yorker from the born 1895 in the Jewish Community of the Lower Eastside of Manhattan had a dream to open a clothing store and sale designer suits for men at a discount price he figured out how to get the items at a cheap price and charge discounted price without losing money on his ROI. By purchasing his inventory at:

• Sample Sales 
• Buying Overstock Retail 
• Buying Manufacturer's Closeouts at Auctions 
• Buying inventory from Bankruptcy Sales 

In order for Barney get cash to lease the front on 7th avenue and 17th street, he pawned his wife's engagement ring. History was in the making.

The first Grand Opening of Barney's clothing Store he only had 40 suites in stock and a Big sign with the slogan " No Bunk, No Junk, No Imitations.

So, how did he get such fashionable suites at a discounted? Custom Fit was his niche so, Barney offered free alterations with the purchase so that suit could be custom tailored fitted to size and that sold.

When Barney Pressmen died in Miami Florida 1991; His son Fred Pressmen took over the business in 1975(since Barney retired but still active on the Broad) and his sons worked in the business financial and Merchandising departments.

Fred’s Daughter Louise Sunshine is the Co-founder of the one of the nation’s Premier marketing leasing
Real Estate Company for luxury residential and condominiums hotels called The Sunshine Group.

The Beginning of the Luxury Department Store for the Wealthy

Fred Pressmen was Barney’s son who changed Barneys New York from a men’s discount suit shop in a sanctionary for designers fashion retail paradise for luxury clients to purchase in 1968.

Therefore Fred dedicated 5 floors at Barney’s for International designers to display and sales their craftsmanship.

Then he later implemented other Departments in the store such as women clothing, elegant housewares, Unique cosmetics, and luxury gifts.
Therefore Barneys New York becomes the Luxury Department store for the well to do.

In the 1970’s Fred’s sons, Gene and Bob helped run the family business which gave Barneys New York an Urban Chic feel for the wealthy Hipsters.
So, in the 1980’s they created a floor for Women’s garments. Celebrities like Grace Jones, Madonna and etc., Barneys was their personal stylist in New York City.
When they were home in NYC first stop was Barneys and you were guaranteed to see them there as well.
Barney’s Financially was doing great. So, Barney’s decided to partner with a Japanese company called Isetan Company so that they could get international exposure globally;
but it did not work as well as they thought. Therefore Barney's ended up filing for Chapter 11 to end the partnership with Isetan Company so that they could keep the company in the family.

The End of the Real Barneys New York

Fred Pressmen died of Pancreatic Cancer July 14th, 1996 at the age 73 yr old.Fred’s definition of retailing was “ Product and merchandise not merchandising ledger book but from the feel of the fabric and instinct.He also believed that the best value you can offer a customer is personal attention to every detail and they will return again and again.He said in his interview with the New York Times” Ultimately the customer cares the most about how he or she is treated”.I say amen, that’s why I only Guide 15 guest around New York City so I can serve everyone and give my undivided attention to everyone no matter what.

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E.J Korvettes "Korvettes"

Established in 1948 in New York 

by two World War II Veterans Eugene FerKauf & his War Brother Joe Zwillenberg

Korvettes was the first department Store to broke all the rules and regulation of 

suggested retail prices anti-discounting laws

Korvettes was the first department Store to broke all the rules and regulation of suggested retail prices anti-discounting laws. Therefore, you could buy luxury items for one-third of the suggested retail prices; that was sweet. 

Korvettes was running the Five and Dime Stores retailers such as Woolworth's, McCrory's, and S.S. Kresge ran out of business. Macy's, Gimbels, Gertz were having it hard too; because they were not able to provide their customers with the same discounts for the same items Korvettes was selling them for.  Macys & Gimbles took them to court several times on the act of the "Trade Fair" law, but they always got off the Lawsuits.  Therefore, New Yorkers  believed  Korvettes was owned by the Mob. 

In the 1970's  Arlen Realty and Development Corporation ( Land Developer) brought Korvettes so they could use the fifty (50) Korvette stores for cash flow in their Real Estate investments.

Then, in 1979 Korvettes was sold to  Agache-Willot Group of France, whose goal was to get as much money as they could (get their money back plus make a profit). Therefore, they closed the stores that made the least amount of capital, sold everything in the stores down to the fixtures and equipment, and even the Property (Real Estate) in which, Korvettes had profitable locations.

Then in 1980, they declared Bankruptcy on December 24th, 1980; I remember that people were doing all of their Christmas shopping at Korvettes because they were closing for good on Christmas Eve, and the price was so right! All of the 17 Stores closed. Korvettes died and Alexanders, Macy's, Gertz, Gimbels, and Saks were back in business for good.

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Native American Indians Part 1

Mohawks

aka

Keepers of the Eastern Door

Live in the areas of Lake Ontario, the St Lawrence River in Canada and Upstate New York.

Mohawk Iron and Steelworkers of New York

What made me write this post? One night I was Guiding the night tour and after the tour, my guest from Canada came to me and mentioned they were the Fifth generation of Mohawks, that their community built all the buildings I pointed out on the tour and I did not mention the Mohawk Skywalkers who built those buildings.Even though I know of their great works; I felt bad that I did not mention them.

So this blog is dedicated to the Mohawk community In New York and Canada. God bless you all and thank you for your great works that we see, love, take pictures of, but again the Mohawk community is not commended for it.

In New York and Quebec in the early 18th to the mid-20th-century construction of skyscrapers was done by the Mohawks. The Mohawk men were real Iron and Steelworkers who built the bridges and skyscrapers; like the Empire State Building, both World Trade Centers, and the George Washington Bridge just to name a few. Therefore, because of their fearlessness of being skyscraper iron and Steelworkers, they were nicknamed "Skywalkers”.

There is a film curator at the National Museum of the American Indian, located in the former US Customs House in Lower Manhattan by Battery Park.

Mohawk skywalkers also helped rescue people from the burning towers, and dismantle what was left of the buildings after 911.There were 200 Mohawk iron workers (out of 2000 total iron workers at the site) participated in rebuilding the One World Trade Center in Lower Manhattan.

When they are building skyscrapers here in NYC they drive at least 360 miles from St. Lawrence River in Quebec to work the week and then head home for the weekend to be with their families.
Nowadays the community of  NYC Mohawks is still in Brooklyn New York

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Riverbank State Park Smells Like Poop

Photo by Lv U New York

28 acres developed over the New York City Sewage Treatment Plant on the Hudson River which has been visited by 4 million people since it opened in 1999. The Address is 679 Riverside Drive, New York, NY 10031

Photo by Lv U New York

Riverbank State Park houses a skating Rink, two pools, an Amphitheater, Garden plots, playing fields and a giant sewage plant that processes millions of Manhattanites wastewater before it goes into the Hudson river.

So, how did this plant came about? At first in the early 1960s during the development of Lincoln Center. There were plans to develop the wastewater treatment plant between 70th and 72nd street on the Hudson river. They decided not to because:

1. Double-Deck was needed
2. It would be too expensive to build the plant
3. It would interfere with the City plans for the areas New housing projects, cruise ship terminal and the then envision Lincoln Center of the Arts creation.

Therefore in 1965, NYC raw sewage from the west side of Manhattan was going directly into the Hudson River polluting the air, and water quality. Hundred of thousand of people living on the west side of Manhattan became aware of the unsanitary environment issues and demanded new laws for environmental standards.

Photo by Lv U New York

Now, Martha Stewart the perfectionist who now has a place in The Heights ( Washington Heights or Upper West Side) right across from Riverbank State PK  is complaining about the smell of millions of people's poop. I went to the Riverbank State Park and it did smell like horse poop, but I was inside the park. I guess the Environmental Agency has its work cut for them!  

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