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In the diverse, upscale community of the East Midtown Partnership, you will find everything you want within just a few blocks. World-class accommodations, fine dining and a wide range of shopping choices make this neighborhood a microcosm of the best that New York City has to offer. The East Midtown Partnership BID is located in the heart of midtown Manhattan, roughly bordered by East 63rd Street to the north, East 49th Street to the south, Madison Avenue to the west and Second Avenue to the east.
The East Midtown Partnership BID's tenant mix would be the envy of any suburban shopping center. It is luxury shopping along East 57th Street and Madison and Park Avenues. It is Bloomingdale's and Dylan's Candy Bar... Maserati-Ferrari and Mercedes-Benz... T. Anthony and Audemars Piguet. In the restaurant category, it is Felidia, Shun Lee Palace, Aquavit, Mia Dona, Serendipity 3 and many more of New York City's finest restaurants.
For hospitality and entertainment, it is the Waldorf-Astoria, the Regency, and a number of upscale boutique hotels. It is an entertainment destination, with unique venues like Feinstein's at the Regency, the ImaginAsian Theater, Florence Gould Hall, the 59E59 Theaters and the internationally famous Friars Club.
It is an international center of home design and decorating, with scores of showrooms clustered in the world-renowned Decorative Arts District. Home of the D & D Building as well as the A & D Building, savvy interior designers, store buyers and shoppers across the globe know they can find the best and most unique home décor items - furnishings, lighting, antiques, kitchen and bath, and anything else they could possibly need - in East Midtown...and they can also find the best design professionals to help it all come together.
Finally, East Midtown is a transit hub, with eight subway lines, innumerable bus lines, and the Roosevelt Island Tram moving millions of people above and below its streets each year. It is one of Manhattan's primary business hubs, featuring an abundance of banks and offices as well as many of New York's major financial, real estate, and legal firms like Bloomberg, Cantor Fitzgerald and others who call East Midtown home.
In short, East Midtown is a microcosm of New York City: active, eclectic, diverse and alive. Come and see what the East Midtown Partnership has to offer its residents, businesses and retailers.
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Our tour will be meeting at the internationally famous Friars Club with coffee and refreshments being generously provided by our host, The East Midtown Partnership. The Friars Club was the site of many memorable comedy roasts for a parade of famous entertainers such as Dean Martin, Don Rickles, Billy Crystal and Whoopi Goldberg. This famous landmark will kick-off our tour in grand style. Check out: http://www.friarsclub.com/
10:00 a.m.
Welcome and Registration at
The Friars Club
57 East 55th Street
between Madison Avenue and Park Avenue
courtesy of the East Midtown Partnership
10:15 a.m.
Overview and Orientation
Presented by:
Rob Byrnes, President
East Midtown Partnership
10:45 a.m.
Walking Tour of East Midtown Partnership
District. Tour highlights to include Madison Avenue, 57th Street, Park Avenue, 58th Street (a/k/a Designer's Way) including the A & D (Architects & Designers) Building as well as the D & D (Decoration & Design) Building and One Beacon Court (a/k/a the Bloomberg Tower).
Meeting Concludes
12:15 p.m.
Optional Lunch will be served at:
Astra, a property of Charlie Palmer Restaurants
D & D Building
979 Third Avenue, 14th Floor
(at the northeast corner of 58th Street and Third Avenue)
RSVP REQUIRED - ONLY 40 Reservations will be accepted
Choice of one of the four Entrees below:
Attendees are encouraged to canvas for new retailers throughout the East Midtown Partnership/Manhattan area. The East Midtown Partnership will be providing helpful handouts of potential retailers to see during your visit to the East Midtown District.
Make Checks Payable to:
NY/NJ Council of Shopping Centers,
P.O. Box 2401, Edison, NJ 08818-2401
RSVP required by Monday, April 19, 2010
Please include name, title, company and your choice of ONE entree detailed above if planning to attend the OPTIONAL lunch.
Please pass this invitation on to your colleagues and friends. If you have any questions, call Liz Napoli at 845-354-2118 for more information.
Please note, your registration will not be completed until we receive your check.
Minnie |
Adams | GGP/Paramus Park |
Christopher |
Amundson | GGP/South Street Seaport |
Judy |
Anesa | Simon/Newport Center |
Jack |
Aprile | Center Stage Productions |
Maranda |
Ashkar | Hartz Mountain |
Nancy |
Barbary | GGP/Willowbrook |
Lynda |
Benedetto | Kravco/Simon |
Linda |
Berger | Kravco/Simon-Quakerbridge |
Terry |
Beriheiko | Vornado/Bergen Town Center/ Monmouth Mall |
Rob |
Byrnes | East Midtown Partnership |
Scott |
Cortese | Center Stage Productions |
Leemarie |
Dell'Accio | Pyramid/Palisades Center |
Nancy |
DeLuca | Center Stage Productions |
Michael |
DeZaio | Center Stage Productions |
Jack |
Dorner | Center Stage Productions |
Adam |
Eyre | E. C. Provini |
Carolyn |
Feimster | CJF Marketing International |
Jennifer |
Fern | GGP/Willowbrook |
Jessica |
Fitch | Pyramid/Poughkeepsie Galleria |
William |
Flemm | Simon / Livingston Mall |
Karen |
Fluharty | Prime Retail |
Jennifer |
Galbraith | GGP/Bridgewater |
Beth |
Gorin | REVA Partners |
Michael |
Grisafe | Center Stage Productions |
Amy |
Harris | GGP/Bridgewater |
Kimberly |
Harrison | Pyramid/Galleria at Crystal Run |
Michael |
Hauser | Simon/Rockaway Townsquare |
W. Jay |
Hering | Simon / Livingston Mall |
Marian |
Kapp | Kravco/Simon |
Kevin |
Kennedy | Pyramid/Galleria at Crystal Run |
Jonathan |
Lachance | GGP/South Street Seaport |
Alex |
Laird | Concepts Visualized |
Debra |
Magid | Debra Magid Design Inc |
Bassam |
Mhich | Vornado/Bergen Town Center |
John |
Morgan | Pyramid/Palisades Center |
Susan |
Nolan | GGP/Willowbrook |
Liz |
Napoli | MC & M Ltd |
Julie |
Nicholosi | GGP/South Street Seaport |
Lincoln |
Palsgrove | GGP/South Street Seaport |
Daniel |
Passarello | Atco Properties & Management |
Jay |
Pearly | GGP/South Street Seaport |
Karen |
Rawl | REVA Partners |
Cheryl |
Schruefer | BONGARBIZ |
Karen |
Scott | Centerworks Retail, L.L.C. |
Damian |
Smeragliuolo | GGP/South Street Seaport |
Brenda |
Tietjen | NYNJCSC |
Janell |
Vaughan | GGP/South Street Seaport |
Rich |
Vilaboy | Meadowlands Xanadu |
Kate |
Waage | Pyramid/Poughkeepsie Galleria |