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It was the first restaurant in New York to have air conditioning, which was installed in the late 1920s. The Colony became the first establishment in the U.S. to serve Dom Pérignon champagne. [5] Sirio Maccioni was the bar captain at the Colony from 1960 to 1970. [5]
Le Cirque New York closed on January 1, 2018, due to rising rent costs and other operational challenges, [11] [1] but operated private events on a boat in 2019. [17] Its future plans are unknown as of 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic 's impact on the restaurant industry [ 18 ] and the 2020 death of founder Sirio Maccioni.
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The Lefcourt Colonial Building is a 45-story office building located in Midtown Manhattan, in New York City, built by Abraham E. Lefcourt. The 538-foot-tall (164 m) neo-Gothic building, located at 295 Madison Avenue at East 41st Street, was completed in 1930.
This LI man quit his NYC sales job to dress up in colonial garb and teach Revolutionary War-era history: ‘So much more fulfilling’ Alex Mitchell January 28, 2025 at 5:28 PM
The Colony Club is a women-only private social club in New York City. Founded in 1903 by Florence Jaffray Harriman, wife of J. Borden Harriman, as the first social club established in New York City by and for women, it was modeled on similar gentlemen's clubs. Today, men are admitted as guests. [2]
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