Beads of Paradise offers more than you’d expect

Written by admin on January 13, 2012. Posted in Business

I had a shocking admission to make to Joe, who manages the absolutely magical Beads of Paradise shop at 16 E. 17th St.: “I’m not really a ‘bead person.’” As soon as it was out of my mouth, I wondered if I had been unspeakably rude—Beads of Paradise is, as its name strongly suggests, a
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Halstead Property’s Fourth Quarter Report Released

Written by admin on January 6, 2012. Posted in Blog, Breaking News, Business

Halstead Property released their fourth quarter market report earlier this week as apartment sale prices fell slightly from last year, basing their report off of 1,645 recorded Manhattan apartment sales, which had dropped 13 percent from the fourth quarter of 2010. Average apartment prices suffered a three percent decline $1,391,745. The median price also fell
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eBay Opens 24/7 Shoppable Storefront

Written by NY Press on October 27, 2011. Posted in Arts & Film, Blog, Breaking News, Business

Window shopping has just been taken to a whole new level by eBay. With their new storefront window display (designed by Jonathan Adler) eBay has teamed up with a group of tastemakers to showcase a collection of new, must-have merchandise for the fall season. Confused? The merchandise is intended as “inspiration” for the passing window-shopper.
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Raising a Family and Strengthening the City

Written by admin on September 28, 2011. Posted in Breaking News, Business

Lower Manhattan By Tristan Hallman Office cleaner Alberto Moore, 50, left the New York University campus at 6:30 a.m. on Sept. 13, but his day wasn’t done. Three hours later, he stood on the corner of Lexington Avenue and 91st Street, handing out flyers for New York State Assembly candidate Dan Quart. Quart, a Democrat,
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Keeping Students Safe and the Union Strong

Written by admin on September 28, 2011. Posted in Breaking News, Business

Security Officer By Ellen Keohane As a security officer, Nicole Tanis occasionally faces angry or annoyed people who just want to get past her. “It’s really important to stay calm,” she advised. “You need to be patient, alert and aware of what’s going on,” she added. Tanis, 57, currently works at Columbia University for Summit
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Cleaning Medical Waste and Confidential Files with Care

Written by admin on September 28, 2011. Posted in Breaking News, Business

Lower Manhattan By Laura Shin Yuet Hong Chu came to the United States in 1982. She arrived with the motivation to work hard, and she hasn’t let it go. “In China, the environment is that everyone works very, very hard. It’s a cultural thing,” she said through a translator. “We’re taught from a young age,
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Working Hard, Staying Upbeat at Moody’s

Written by Wickham Boyle on September 28, 2011. Posted in Breaking News, Business

Longevity The building workers union gives an annual award to honor longevity, and this year’s recipient, George Bell, was tracked down in Georgia in the middle of a barbecue so that he could share some of the wisdom and tenacity that led him to this place. George Bell, 60, grew up in the south, and
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Job or No Job, He Saved a Burning Man on 9/11

Written by admin on September 28, 2011. Posted in Breaking News, Business

Hero of 9/11 He’s a proud maintenance worker for NYU now, but for Ivan Almenares, every day carries a reminder of his last job. Ten years ago, Almenares was working for ABM Industries keeping 1 World Trade Center clean. On Sept. 11, 2001, he was making a trip down to the basement to get Windex
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The Best in the Building Business

Written by Josh Rogers on September 28, 2011. Posted in Breaking News, Business

The woman or man who holds the door for you, cleans your office or fixes your apartment has a story to tell, and this week we have the stories of six of the best Downtown building workers in the city, as picked by the 32BJ Service Employees International Union. (For profiles of all of the
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Protecting the Vulnerable in a Public Bathroom

Written by admin on September 28, 2011. Posted in Breaking News, Business

Lifesaver Deep in the depths of the booming bus station in Times Square, Cynthia Gonzales cleans, supervises and, most of all, protects the bathrooms on her watch. During her shift, as matron at Port Authority, Gonzales sees her share of wayward characters. “I have one of the biggest bathrooms in the building,” the Trinidadian native
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