Where to go on holiday in March 2023 - Condé Nast Traveller

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Temperature: 19°C high; 13°C low Season: spring Travel time from UK: 2 hours 35 minutes Time difference: GMT +1 Nothing brings a spring to the step quite like the sight of Italy's glorious Amalfi coast. Particularly in March, when its vertiginous twists are bathed in a daily average eight hours of sun. Cliffs plunge into the Tyrrhenian Sea, topped with grand palazzos and smart hotels. Narrow, Roman lanes are stuffed with limoncello stalls flogging the boozy spoils of Sorrento's famous fruit. Its snoozy air and pastel-coloured houses are pure Italian cinema: you might even swear you've seen a young Sophia Loren looking impossibly saucy by the quay. Do as the Italians do and spend the lazy, romantic days enjoying a long aperitivo . Don't miss fresh fritto misto at Marina Grande, the town's old fishing harbour, or Michelin-starred Il Buco in the cellars of an old monastery, where chef Peppe Aversa serves seasonal ingredients under a stone-hewn, vaulted ceiling. Th...
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Tony Shalhoub Looks to Sell Co-Op for $4.5 Million, Ronan Farrow Lists L.A. Bungalow, and More Real Estate News - Architectural Digest

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Residents will also have access to private landscaped gardens, including a water wall designed by Mig Perkins, and a two-story Wright Fit fitness center with pilates equipment, a squash court, a golf simulator, and full-service spa.

Prices range from $5.5 million for a two-bedroom residence to $35 million for a full-floor penthouse. Corcoran Sunshine Marketing Group's Cathy Franklin Team is leading sales and marketing.

Listed for $16.85 million, the 4,140-square-foot half-floor model residence at 6 West was furnished by Harris and his partner, interior designer Lucien Rees Roberts. It features direct elevator access to five bedrooms and ensuite bathrooms, a formal dining room, eat-in kitchen, and luxury materials like Maya quartzite, Imperial Danby marble, and custom Dornbracht fixtures.

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Crisis averted in doorman buildings

Just as luxury real estate in New York is emerging from a pandemic-fueled downtown, the city narrowly avoided a strike by the thousands of door staff and maintenance workers who belong to Local 32BJ of the Service Employees International Union. The union reached an agreement with the Realty Advisory Board on Labor Relations on April 20, averting what would have been its first strike since 1991. Had it not, open houses and renovations would have been paused, and tenants in more than 3,000 buildings may have been left sorting their own mail and hauling trash to the curb, among other duties.

As a result of negotiations, wages will increase an average of 3% over four years, meaning that a typical doorman's pay will be about $62,000 by 2026, when the new contract expires. Union members were able to avoid concessions of health care premiums, sick pay, and vacation time. Union president Kyle Bragg commended door staff for taking on additional duties and risking their health during the height of the pandemic. Reportedly, at least 40 members of the doorman's union died from COVID-19 during the past two years. "They were there, keeping our buildings running and our communities safe, when the city needed them most," Bragg told The New York Times.

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