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Thursday, January 21. 2010

Midtown snapshots

A few midtown NYC snaps from last week, with brief comments.


First snap - the #1 reason to get a degree from Yale: it gives you a clean civilized place to pee in midtown with CNBC running in all the bathrooms if you join the Yale Club. Also, a very nice place to stay in the city for cheap, a cozy hang-out, pretty good dining, and top-notch meeting and reading rooms. The giant hall on the second floor is a good place to hold your memorial service when you croak.



More below the fold -

Halal Food! "Life is full of little pricks"?



 


Cipriani on 42nd St. Interior photos at the link. An acquaintance had his 50th birthday party there, but I wasn't invited...



The UBS building on Park, where a number of Maggie's readers work:



 


The Campbell Apartment has a sign now, albeit a small one. For many years they had no sign at all - just a tiny door up some stairs. You just had to know about the place - one of the nicest little bars in NYC specializing in speakeasy-era cocktails. Rude service? You betcha. You pay a premium for it. It's expected.




 


The good old Waldorf Astoria:



 Lotsa big evil banks. When they make you money, you love em. When you lose money, you hate them:


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The Yale Club looks impressive, Bird Dog. The Harvard Club is pretty nice too. Good food, as I remember.

Marianne
#1 Marianne Matthews on 2010-01-21 23:06 (Reply)
It's the Pan Am building.
#2 rhhardin (Link) on 2010-01-22 07:29 (Reply)
Once, a good while ago. I also find the new sign disconcerting.
#2.1 Bird Dog on 2010-01-22 17:25 (Reply)
Thanks for the snapshots of the fast lane. I'll never understand how they afford to keep that place going.
#3 RickTn on 2010-01-22 15:02 (Reply)
Members of Delta Kappa Epsilon from any college may use the Yale Club since the fraternity was founded at Yale. My father-in-law went to Yale, but my husband chose Cornell where he joined DKE, one reason being that he could use the Yale Club and mollify his father who was very unhappy about the college choice.
#4 MissyW on 2010-01-22 15:21 (Reply)

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