Posted in Architecture, Art, Netherlands, New York City, The Hague, USA on March 20th, 2008 No Comments »
Titled Whitney Museum to Receive $131 Million Gift, Carol Vogel of The New York Times reports that Leonard A. Lauder, chairman of the Estée Lauder Companies and, according to Forbes magazine, with a net worth of $3.2 billion in 2007, said on Tuesday in a telephone interview that his art foundation would give the [...]
Posted in Hoteliers, Hotels, New York City, Promotions on August 21st, 2007 No Comments »
Leona Helmsley in 2001
Photo thanks to NYTimes
Former part time model, secretary and successful property sales woman Leona Helmsley, born Rosenthal and having been married to property tycoon Harry Helmsley, passed away in her summer home in Greenwich, Connecticut, USA, on August 20, 2007.
The Helmsleys owned inter alia the Helmsley Collection of hotels
It is fascinating to [...]
Posted in Amsterdam, Austria, Biking, City Marketing, History, New York City, Sustainable, Trends on July 8th, 2007 No Comments »
Usually reading through my Google News Reader I get tons of inspiration for this Blog and I don’t have the time to convert all inspiration into actual posts here.
From time to time I click and share in my reader and so I sort of built a second Blog, gje’s shared items, of items I like [...]
