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...Meanwhile, the more liveable neighbourhoods for today’s new wave of Chinese immigrants are in Queens (Flushing) and Brooklyn (Sunset Park)....
...of the detail, conceives The Whiteley as the linchpin of a whole new urban village – “with fashion, jewellery and the best wine shop or florist”....
...Who Italy Sotheby’s International Realty Apartment, New York, NY, $895,000 Where On Park Avenue in Manhattan. Central Park is a few minutes’ walk away, and Grand Central station about 20 minutes....
...These include 52 luxury properties overlooking Hyde Park at Park Modern, and 139 at The Whiteley, a former department store, with shops, cafés and a Six Senses spa....
...Salon de Ning at The Peninsula Floor 23, The Peninsula New York, 700 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10019 Good for: Old-school NY vibes, expense-account cocktails, business meetings, summertime rooftop views...
...have read in Tom Robbins’ recent survey of the £1bn-plus new London hotel scene for the FT, the Peninsula London – which just opened its doors on Hyde Park Corner after a long fanfare and a handful of delays...
...on Hyde Park Corner — has one of the most dramatic views in London, sweeping past Buckingham Palace’s gardens and out to St Paul’s in the east....
...One word of advice to prospective guests reading on the hotel website that it is “situated on a secluded laneway overlooking Hyde Park”....
...Ideal bucket-list and Instagram bait, they make perfectly pleasant stops, a sort of natural theme park. Jon senses my mystification....
...For their Arctic adventure, they chose Ilimanaq, an isolated village with about 50 inhabitants and an unknown number of Greenland Dogs....
...Why This characterful property is a couple of minutes’ walk from Hyde Park, which is home to Winter Wonderland from late November to early January every year....
...The foyer, with its walls handpainted with scenes of Hyde Park by de Gournay, reprises the afternoon-tea traditions and energy, via a completely different design, of Hong Kong’s bustling lobby-lounge....
...Nearby, in Mayfair, a well-heeled resident has watched the latest rejuvenation of Mount Street (the high street linking Berkeley Square with Hyde Park) courtesy of Grosvenor Estate....
...From Poughkeepsie (pronounced “Puh-kip-see”) we made a thoroughly worthwhile detour to Franklin D Roosevelt’s Hyde Park estate....
...It follows Lauren’s co-founding of the Nina Hyde Centre for Breast Cancer Research in 1989, among other causes geared toward cancer research and treatment throughout his career....
...Atoboy 43 East 28th Street, New York, NY 10016 Good for: A memorable, fun but quasi-casual dinner with colleagues or friends Not so good for: Elderly, hard-of-hearing out-of-towners (it’s lively and loud...
...One of my favourite parts of London are the green spaces that stretch across the city and link together like a necklace: Hyde Park, Green Park and St James’s Park....
...Since then, not a whole lot of news. Co-founder Paul Sengh seemed stoic as FTX began to collapse: Watch this space?...
...In her new book Fresh Banana Leaves, she argues that western notions of conservation and creating national parks have strengthened the separation between humans and nature, while displacing indigenous peoples...
...The restrictions on new developments that help preserve the charm and character of many towns and villages make them more attractive to second-home owners and help drive up prices beyond the means of people...
...Who Christie’s International Real Estate Long Island, New York, US, $4.75mn Where In the village of Old Westbury on Long Island’s North Shore....
...Opening its show apartment last week was The Bryanston, on the north-east corner of Hyde Park — its 54 apartments are priced from £2.4m....
...(His Republican membership card is on display at the FDR Museum in Hyde Park, New York.)...
...The road goes through Hampstead Village and Swiss Cottage, eventually reaching Regent’s Park....
...The top of the road now faces One Hyde Park. The controversial development, which is not part of the Cadogan Estates, opened in 2010 and included a penthouse that sold for £140m....
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