Snaidero USA Reopens NY Showroom
Snaidero USA New York has re-opened its doors after completing a redesign of its 5,000-sq.-ft. showroom, the company announced. The project, initiated by company president Dario Snaidero, ushers in a new style of showrooms that spotlights products from all three of Snaidero’s collections, including luxury kitchens, baths, sideboards, closet systems...
Pop Art’s Italian incarnation: Mario Schifano
When one thinks of Italian art there is a kind of uncontrollable brain switch that immediately brings to mind the likes of Michelangelo and other High Renaissance painters and sculptors who are still considered as some of the greatest artists of all time. As a tourist you imagine the ruins of the Coliseum and experiencing the wonderment of the Sist...
Delta Grows Italy Quarantine-Free Flights With Alitalia Codeshare
Delta Air Lines is growing its quarantine-free flights to Italy. With a new partnership with Italian flag carrier Alitalia, the airline has now doubled its offering of quarantine-free flights to Italy. These flights, however, are only open for essential travelers. Delta Air Lines is now codesharing with its Italian partner, Alitalia, on COVID-teste...
“Luxury Summit 2021”: lo scenario del marchio italiano in USA nel post-pandemia
Il 27 gennaio si è tenuto il Luxury Summit 2021 grazie all’Italy America Chamber of Commerce presenziata da Alberto Milani e con la partecipazione di ottantuno paesi. Molti personaggi illustri del campo sono intervenuti per far comprendere come allocare i costi, dove impegnare le risorse e quale opportuno business model creare per fronteggiare ogni...
illycaffè Partners with Ammirati Coffee for New York Metro Distribution
illycaffè North America today announced a new partnership with top specialty coffee importer and distributor Ammirati Coffee, Inc., who will distribute illy's renowned high-quality premium coffee products to cafés, restaurants and hotels throughout the New York metropolitan region. Ammirati Coffee will also manage and provide its superior service a...
Italian Businesses in Southern Brooklyn
Thanks to the hard work of Italian Enclaves society member and major contributor, Michael Grillo, we now have a living document that can showcase the Italian American businesses in South Brooklyn that supports our popular hashtag: #SupportItalianAmericanBusinesses. As we begin to embark on the cold days of winter during these unprecedented times it...
Preliminary Renderings Reveal The First Full-Service Hotel In The Little Italy/Belmont Section Of The Bronx
Developers recently revealed the first renderings and construction plans for a new full-service hotel in the Belmont section of The Bronx, also referred to as Little Italy. Located on East 188th Street between Arthur Avenue and Hughes Avenue, the project could also contain a collection of income-restricted apartments and a large parking garage. The...
Loro Piana Celebrates Community and a New Store Opening With a Powerful Art Installation
Today, Loro Piana opened the doors to its bonafide store space in New York’s Meatpacking District. The nearly century-old Italian label tested the bricks-and-mortar water with a pop-up shop last year but ultimately decided to make the 3 9th Avenue location their permanent home. The serene, modern interiors were designed by the architect Vincent Van...
Take a Look Inside La Perla's New Retail Lab in SoHo, New York
Italian luxury brand La Perla has recently opened a new retail concept store at the heart of SoHo, New York. The 1000-square foot space, dubbed the Retail Lab (LP Lab for short), features the label’s latest Fall/Winter 2020 collections, including its underwear, loungewear and beachwear offerings, as well as its signature “Maison” and “Petit Macramè...
Donzella’s new NYDC space is part exhibition, part showroom
Step off the elevator on the 15th floor of 200 Lex, and you might be expecting just another showroom. But Paul Donzella, founder of antique gallery Donzella Ltd., has spent the last several months transforming a second showroom space across the hall into a gallery-like exhibition that showcases an impressive collection of pieces by Milanese furnitu...
Giant Of Industry, Creator Of Modern Commuter Ferry Arthur Imperatore Sr Dies At 95
After terrorists crashed two planes into the Twin Towers, Arthur E. Imperatore Sr.’s NY Waterway ferries hustled 150,000 people out of New York. When a commuter jet made an emergency landing on the Hudson River, Imperatore’s ferries rushed to the scene, helping to rescue everyone on board. Imperatore, the “visionary entrepreneur” who is credited wi...
From Viareggio to Brooklyn, the Universe Inside Angelica Bergamini
It is the end of 2016. In America, Trump has just been elected President. Angelica Bergamini has lived in Brooklyn since 2006. She’s an artist from Viareggio who relocated to New York. After the elections, she began producing a new kind of work: her recurrent motif now takes the form of a root. A sort of flight from the climate of uncertainty preva...