Manhattan Retail Rents Are Largely Dropping, Report Says

... this year and last year. But Times Square asking rents have ticked up, and the spaces in Union Square and Flatiron District are still "in great demand." Vacancy has dropped 3 percent and asking rent has stayed flat. Tribeca Japanese restaurant Zutto ...
https://ny.eater.com/2018/7/13/17567974/manhattan-retail-rents-decline

Tackling the scourge of sidewalk sheds

Foto Care is a Flatiron District survivor that for 50 years has rented equipment to fashion photographers and other shutterbugs who make their living behind a camera. But this gem at 41 W. 22nd St. is harder to find these days because it's entombed under a lengthy sidewalk shed, one of the more than 8,000 unsightly steel-and-wood structures that pop up anytime a city building needs renovation.
http://www.crainsnewyork.com/article/20180709/FEATURES/180709946?CSAuthResp=1%3A27368842629723%3A220276%3A1%3A24%3Aapproved%3A438FFB50F158AE42BC77228DE991BD0A

How Wet Regrouped, and Made Its Best Project Yet, After a Founding Member Left

Kelly Zutrau of Brooklyn-based indie duo Wet walks briskly into Black Barn in New York's Flatiron District, close to her label Columbia's office. She apologies for being late, though she's right on time, and traces her delay to the ever-problematic New York City subway system -- a commonly cited apology, though one that sounds surprising coming from an artist who has played festivals like Lollapalooza and Outside Lands, and is about to release a sophomore album.
https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/pop/8463065/wet-kelly-zutrau-joe-valle-still-run-album-interview

Visionet opens digital design center in Flatiron District, NYC

Visionet Systems, Inc., leading enterprise technology solution provider, announced today the opening of a new office in Manhattan's Flatiron District, on the 11th floor at 27 W. 24th Street, New York, NY Visionet Systems, Inc., leading enterprise technology solution provider, announced today the opening of a new office in Manhattan's Flatiron District, on the 11th floor at 27 W. 24th Street, New York, NY. The center's proximity to several major retail brands will help Visionet accelerate the delivery of its innovative digital solutions for its premier fashion and consumer packaged goods businesses.
http://www.pressreleasepoint.com/visionet-opens-digital-design-center-flatiron-district-nyc

'Sex and the City' turns 20: Take a tour to visit all the main sights

Many TV shows in the late 1990s and early 2000s were set in New York City. But they typically shot their scenes in studios in Los Angeles.
https://www.ksdk.com/article/news/nation-now/sex-and-the-city-turns-20-take-a-tour-to-visit-all-the-main-sights/465-076870ad-b760-43c7-8e4b-917a2804dada

Sex and the City turns 20: Take a tour to visit all the main sights

Many TV shows in the late 1990s and early 2000s were set in New York City. But they typically shot their scenes in studios in Los Angeles.
https://www.wtsp.com/article/news/nation-now/sex-and-the-city-turns-20-take-a-tour-to-visit-all-the-main-sights/465-076870ad-b760-43c7-8e4b-917a2804dada

How terrazzo got its groove back

Once you start seeing terrazzo, you won't believe you didn't notice it before. If you're out in a city, it rarely takes more than a minute before terrazzo-marble chips in concrete-shows up on a shop floor, on the stairs leading down to the subway, or in an office building.
https://www.curbed.com/2018/6/13/17453292/terrazzo-flooring-huguet-diespeker-marmoreal