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☆ Opinion | New York Is Turning 400. We Should Celebrate. But How?
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-23 | by ( Russell Shorto | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

This spring is the 400th anniversary of the founding of New York — or, to be precise, of the Dutch colony that became New York once the English took it over. That settlement gave rise to a city unencumbered by old ways and powered by pluralism and capitalism: the first modern city, you might say. Yes, New Netherland, the Dutch colony, and New Amsterdam, the city that became New York, created the conditions for New York’s ascent, and helped shape America as a place of tolerance, multiethnicity and free trade. But the Dutch also established slavery in the region and contributed to the removal of Native peoples from their lands. Efforts to commemorate the occasion have been slowed, in part, by controversy and confusion because we can’t agree on what our past means.

Organizations: New, York Historical Society Locations: New York, New Netherland, New Amsterdam, Independence

☆ Grayscale CEO says most of the 11 approved bitcoin ETFs won't survive, defends highest fees in industry
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-19 | by ( Arjun Kharpal | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

When the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission approved a swathe of spot bitcoin ETFs earlier this month, much focus was on the management fees that firms from BlackRock to Fidelity were charging. The Grayscale Bitcoin Trust ETF is the world's largest, with over $25 billion in assets under management. "Investors are weighing heavily things like liquidity and track record and who the actual issuer is behind the product. The Grayscale CEO said two to three of the spot Bitcoin ETFs "will maybe obtain some kind of critical mass" of assets under management, but that the others may be pulled from the market. "I don't ultimately think that the marketplace will have ultimately these 11 spot products we find ourselves having," Sonnenshein said.

Persons: Michael Sonnenshein, Sonnenshein Organizations: Forbes, Summit, New York Historical Society, U.S . Securities, Exchange Commission, Fidelity, CNBC, Economic Locations: BlackRock, DAVOS, Switzerland, Davos

☆ Macy’s is laying off workers and closing five stores
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-18 | by ( Nathaniel Meyersohn | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

David McLane/NY Daily News Archive/Getty Images The first Macy's store, on New York's Sixth Avenue, is seen circa 1880. New York Times Co./Hulton Archive/Getty Images Workers sort parcels at a Macy's store circa 1942. Fritz Goro/The LIFE Picture Collection/Shutterstock Women show dolls to children at a Macy's store around Christmas in 1942. Fred Morgan/NY Daily News Archive/Getty Images The Radio City Rockettes march in the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade in 1966. Amy Sussman/AP Images for Macy's This Macy's store in West Palm Beach, Florida, was one of dozens of stores that the company announced it would be closing in 2017.

Persons: David McLane, Santa Claus, Fritz Goro, Bernard Hoffman, Rita Hayworth's, Nina Leen, Fred Morgan, Paul DeMaria, Jean, Erick Pasquier, Monica Almeida, Chris Hondros, Timothy Fadek, Andrew Craft, Eric Thayer, Eduardo Munoz, Andrew Kelly, Amy Sussman, Joe Raedle, Charles Krupa, Gary Hershorn, Macy’s Organizations: New, New York CNN — Veteran, CNN, Street Journal, Commerce Department, NY, The New, Historical Society, of Congress, Santa, Bettmann, . New York Times Co, Hulton, Getty, Keystone, Herald, Macy, City, Workers, Fayetteville Observer, USA, Reuters Shoppers, Reuters, Saxon Middle School Choir, Downtown Burlington High School, Corbis Locations: New York, ., France, Fayetteville , North Carolina, Bay Shore , New York, West Palm Beach , Florida, Burlington , Vermont, New York City, Santa Claus

☆ Princess Diana's iconic engagement blouse was made from a ruined dress. Now, it's expected to sell for $100,000 — if not more — at an auction.
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-27 | by ( Samantha Grindell | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Princess Diana wore a pink blouse in her engagement portrait in 1981. AdvertisementOne of Princess Diana's most iconic garments is being auctioned off. The auction house, Julien's Auctions, estimates that it will fetch between $80,000 and $100,000 when it sells. As of Monday, Diana's blouse has one bid for $80,000, and Julien's Auctions anticipates it could sell for as much as $100,000. In addition to the Emanuel blouse, the Julien's Auctions TCM Hollywood Legends auction will also feature a Jacques Azagury dress Diana wore on multiple occasions.

Persons: Diana, David, Elizabeth Emanuel, —, Princess Diana's, Charles, Lord Snowden, Princess Margaret, Alastair Grant, Audrey Hepburn, Greta Garbo, Elizabeth, Diana's, DANIEL LEAL, hadn't, David Levenson, Diana wasn't, Emanuel, Jacques Azagury, Princess Diana, Prince Charles, Jayne Fincher Organizations: Service, Vogue, Kensington Palace, AP, Julien's, TCM Hollywood, Business, mascara, Getty, Westminster Abbey, New, New York Historical Locations: Kensington, Westminster, Italy, Canada, New York

☆ Reframing the American Landscape
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-19 | by ( Hilarie M. Sheets | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

As a painter of the natural world for more than five decades, Kay WalkingStick says it is impossible not to be influenced by the 19th-century Hudson River School’s majestic depictions of the American landscape. “They were selling the American landscape as empty and of course it was not empty; it was populated,” said Ms. WalkingStick, who in her bold, pared-down painting style revisits similar vistas on which she overlays geometric patterns used by the Native tribe connected to that specific land. “I think of it as a reminder that we’re all living on Indian Territory.”The exhibition “Kay WalkingStick/Hudson River School” opens Friday at the New-York Historical Society. It is the 88-year-old Cherokee artist’s largest museum show so far in New York City, where she received her M.F.A. “I wanted to see our Hudson River School collection through Kay’s eyes and how her work helps us to reinterpret the history of landscape painting in North America,” said Wendy Nalani E. Ikemoto, the museum’s senior curator of American art and a Native Hawaiian.

Persons: Kay WalkingStick, Thomas Cole, Albert Bierstadt, Asher B, Durand, “, ”, WalkingStick, “ Kay WalkingStick, WalkingStick’s, Cole, Bierstadt, Frederick A, John Frederick Kensett, Jesse Talbot, Wendy Nalani E Organizations: Fine Arts, Hudson River, York Historical Society, Cherokee, Pratt Institute Locations: Indian Territory, Hudson, New York City, North America

☆ Who is Ken, really? The history of the world’s most misunderstood doll
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-22 | by ( Scottie Andrew | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +13 min

March 11, 1961: When Ken met BarbieThis original Ken doll from 1961 was supposed to be so handsome and magnetic that Barbie fell instantly in love. 1970s -1990s: Ken tries to be trendyEven with an ever-fashionable companion like Barbie, Ken could never quite crack it when it came to personal style, though he certainly tried. Mod Hair Ken: A quintessentially ‘70s doll with a massive mop of hair, extra-long sideburns and bonus facial hair made for mixing and matching. Totally Hair Ken: It looks how it sounds — this ’90s Ken came with a long, unkempt mane, real hair gel and a small comb his owners could use to style him however they wanted. Mattel introduced a “new and improved” Ken doll almost two years to the day after his break-up with Barbie.

Persons: CNN — “ Barbie, Ken, Barbie, He’s, cinephiles, “ Barbie, Kenneth Carson, Ryan Gosling, Ruth Handler, ”, They’d, Ken wasn’t, diehard Barbie, ” M.G, Yvonne Hemsey, “ hipper, Dan Savage, ” Savage, Mattel, Savage, they’d, —, Russell Arons, Barbie “, ” Arons, Barbie – Blaine, Phillip Bloch, Bloch, Matthew McConaughey, Orlando Bloom, “ Ken, ” Bloch, Woody, Buzz Lightyear, Michael Keaton, hadn’t, “, Valentine’s, Ryan Gosling cheesing, Gosling, Greta Gerwig, Robbie, Kenergy ”, ” Gosling, Ken’s, he’s, Jimmy Fallon, I’m, Ken —, Barbie ” Organizations: CNN, Warner Bros, Discovery, Mattel, New, Historical Society, New York Times, Pixar, ascot, Valentine’s, ” CNN, Facebook, Venice Locations: Barbie’s, Willows , Wisconsin, Cali, Europe, New York, Los Angeles

☆ ‘“I’ll Have What She’s Having”: The Jewish Deli’ Review: When Rye Met Pastrami
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-07 | by ( Joanne Kaufman | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

New York‘Tell me what you eat,” the 18th-century French lawyer and gastronome Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin famously said, “and I will tell you who you are.” “‘I’ll Have What She’s Having’: The Jewish Deli,” the terrific exhibit that opened last month at the New-York Historical Society, makes a credible case for an alternative view: “Tell me who you are, and I will tell you what you eat.”

☆ Anna May Wong will be 1st Asian American featured on U.S. currency
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-18 | by ( Brahmjot Kaur | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +2 min

The trailblazing Chinese American actress Anna May Wong will be the first Asian American featured on U.S. currency as part of a program that includes notable women on American quarters. Wong, who is considered the first Chinese American film star in Hollywood, is the fifth and final woman to be individually featured on a quarter this year. U.S. MintVentris C. Gibson, director of the U.S. Mint, called Wong "a courageous advocate who championed for increased representation and more multi-dimensional roles for Asian American actors." “She is remembered as an international film star, fashion icon, television trailblazer, and a champion for greater representation of Asian Americans in film. The American Women Quarters Program began this year and features five women each year through 2025, including the Native Hawaiian hula teacher Edith Kanaka’ole in 2023.

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