Hermès’ Limited Edition “The Battery New York” Scarf

An vivid aerial scene of lower Manhattan and its 25-acre public park, with proceeds benefitting The Battery Conservancy

A decade ago Hermès opened the doors to a retail location on Broad Street in lower Manhattan initiating a commercial return to a neighborhood in recovery. Only steps away, the Battery—a 25-acre park that now sees seven million visitors a year—was also under development, spearheaded by the Battery Conservancy. Both of these organizations emphasized—and continue to emphasize—the importance of building and supporting community, especially through …

Ian Schrager’s Public Hotel Opens in NYC

Once again the hotelier presents a new, future-forward vision of luxury accommodation

It’s all in the name. Walking into the glass and steel Herzog and de Meuron-designed Public Hotel, visitors cannot help but be taken by the sheer amount of public space. Many hotels claim to be for the city they’re in just as much as for the guests occupying the rooms. With the Public, this is actually true. A ground-up build in Manhattan’s Lower East Side, …

Tom Sachs’ Space Camp

NYC's Governor's Island is transformed into an art-installation-meets-obstacle-course to celebrate the NikeCraft Mars Yard 2.0

Part film screening, part art installation and part obstacle course, Space Camp is a true marriage of art and fitness. Presented as a look into the routines that members of Tom Sachs‘ studio go through on a regular basis, the experience is set in a warehouse on Governor’s Island in NYC. After watching “The Hero’s Journey,” a new film by Sachs and Van Neistat, guests …