It’s the last day of the food stands in the Worth Square area just west of Madison Square Park (@ 24th and 5th Avenue). The food has been amazing and we are sorry to see it end. But get down there today for lunch, an afternoon snack, dinner or a drink. It goes from 11am-9pm [...]
According to the Real Deal and a study by Grubb & Ellis, the office leasing market is strong in Manhattan with the bulk of the space leased has been in two areas, our very own Madison Square Park as well as East of Park Avenue in Midtown. The two areas represented ’800,000 of the 1.11 million square feet leased’ according to the article.
Read more at http://therealdeal.com/newyork/articles/layoffs-loom-but-for-now-office-market-enjoys-finance-industry-growth-according-to-grubb-and-ellis.
Fall Kids Fest 2011 is happening this Saturday October 15 from 11am to 2pm in Madison Square Park. There will be ” live music, games, arts and crafts activities, face painting and snacks” and it’s is all free.
Kids Fest is hosted by the Madison Square Park Conservancy and co-presented by Time Out Kids, with additional sponsorships from New York Life, Appleseeds, Marimekko, CLIF Kid, CLIF Bar, The Museum of Mathematics, Rubin Museum of Art, Big Apple Circus, The Little Orchestra Society, Pirate’s Booty, Hurds Family Farm, and The Treats Truck. Over 6,000 kids have attended in the past! Learn more at http://www.madisonsquarepark.org/things-to-do/calendar/fall-kids-fest-2011.
Here is the full Kids Fest schedule:
Saturday from 11:30am-4:30pm in the Southern area of Madison Square Park, you can make your own Marimekko-inspired key chain with designers Erja Hirvi and Mika Piirainennd. It’s brought to you by the Madison Square Park Conservancy.
The Marimekko flagship store is now open at 200 5th Avenue just west of New York’s Madison Square Park (adjacent to Eataly). Marimekko features clothing, accessories and home products, including tons of fabric so you can make your own stuff. Marimekko was founded in Finland.
As part of the Madison Square Music Studio Series, hosted by the Madison Square Park Conservancy, there will be live music by John Hammond (acoustic blues from a legend) & Suzie Vinnick (blues, folk-roots) today in Madison Square Park.
It’s free and goes from 3-5pm.
It’s all free and put on by the Madison Square Park Conservancy with support from The Baisley Powell Elebash Fund, Kew Management, Zwicker Electric Co., Danley Sound Labs, WFUV 90.7FM, SIA Acoustics, and ACE Hotel New York.
Here is a clip of John Hammond live:
Echo may be gone, but this morning they were installing a new sculpture in Madison Square Park likely a part of the upcoming Alison Saar exhibition that starts September 22nd and runs through through December 31st. It appears to be of a woman, roughly 7 ft tall, and is going in in the grass near [...]
Apparently Bachelorette Ashley Hebert told People Magazine that when she comes to New York, her first stop with her dog is Madison Square Park, seemingly to get some dog treats from the Shake Shack.
“Hebert already knows where she wants to take Boo in the Big Apple – Madison Square Park for dog treats – and what the pooch will be like on the sidewalks of the city: “She just loves everyone. She’s such a friendly dog. I can’t wait to walk her around New York.” (People)
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