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Arts & Theater
A Conversation with Maria Striar
On 18 May 2026, TORCHES continues with a conversation with veteran performer and director Maria Striar. She co-founded Clubbed Thumb…
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Market
Millions Stolen From Vornado In Inside Job
Jared Solomon was living the life of a big-time Manhattan real estate exec. He had a seven-room co-op on the…
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Health
Newsman Pens Second Mystery Set in the Adirondacks
Christopher Mele, a 40-year news reporter and editor, has penned a second mystery novel set in the Adirondacks, which was…
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Market
Midtown South Rezoning Apartment Conversions Slow to Take Off
Marty Burger thought the Garment District would be a good setting for his second act. Burger, once the CEO of…
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Arts & Theater
Artists Lead the Way at the 2026 Under the Radar Symposium
We can read maps before we can read words, Landsman explained, and so there is a level of intuitiveness to…
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Market
Proposed UES Mansion Tops Manhattan’s Luxury Contracts
Another megamansion is coming to the Upper East Side, and an inked deal for the property topped Manhattan’s luxury market…
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Health
Celebrating Painter Frederic Church’s 200th Anniversary
May 4 marks the 200th birthday of Frederic Edwin Church (1826-1900), the Hudson River School painter who helped shape how…
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Market
Cleary Gottlieb’s 475k sf Lease Appears to be a Downsizing
When is a 475,000-square-foot lease a disappointment in Manhattan’s office market? When it appears to be a downsizing. Law firm…
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Health
New York’s Short Line Railroads
New York State has approximately almost 40 short line, regional, and terminal railroads, in addition to four major Class I…
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Arts & Theater
A Conversation with V (formerly Eve Ensler)
On 11 May 2026, TORCHES continues with a conversation with the award winning writer and activist V (formerly Eve Ensler)…
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