The Beach is Back: Best New York Area Beaches
Memorial Day has come and gone and with it the unofficial start to the summer season. The hot hazy days of summer are around the corner. Time to make an escape plan from…
Wrap-up: New Museum’s Ideas City Festival 2013
Recently the Ideas City Festival took over New York, bringing with it a storm of new thinking and innovation for urban planning and social development. The theme of the festival is “Untapped Capital:…
Luxe Home: Living History in Luxury Cass Gilbert Building
We live with history all around us, both familiar and perhaps not so familiar. Battles were fought, marriages were performed, and lives were lived. The ghosts of the past are just that, the…
Unveiling of the 2014 Maserati Quattroporte
On Tuesday, April 2nd the 2014 Maserati Quattroporte made its Big Apple debut at the only current stand alone Maserati dealership in North America, Maserati of Manhattan. The Tribeca location hosted a celebration for…
Uber | Personal Driver at the Tap of a Screen
Picture this, it’s rush hour in New York City and you have to get from point A to point B. Most people would opt for a yellow taxi, however the problem with that…
Closing of The Armory Show Centennial-Themed Edition
The Armory Show, New York’s leading fair for contemporary and modern art, closed its centennial-themed edition on Sunday, March 10th. The fair, which is now in its 15th year, was inaugurated on Wednesday…
New York Junior League Hosts 61st Annual Winter Ball, “Monet at Midnight”
On Saturday March 2, 2013 the New York Junior League hosted their 61st Annual Winter Ball, “Monet at Midnight”. The ball took place at The Pierre Hotel located in the Upper East Side neighborhood of…
New York Junior League Second Annual Alpine Escape Party
On Friday, January 25, 2013 New York Junior League hosted their Second Annual Winter Party, titled Alpine Escape. The party was held at the Astor House located in the Upper East Side neighborhood…
First Annual CycleDance Film Festival 2013
LuxuriousPROTOTYPE attended the New York City premier of the Cycledance Film Festival 2013 held in a large Mulberry Street event space. This first annual event was an opportunity for magazine editors to preview…
Jay-Z meets Jay Gatsby: Jay-Z to Pen Music for “The Great Gatsby”
UPDATE (5/3/2013) Check out the sound track HERE. The similarities that can be found between Jay-Z and Jay Gatsby from the “Great Gatsby”, although one being real and the other fictional are that…









