New York is at a new zenith of prosperity and creativity, with exciting new hotels, restaurants, galleries and shops. After decades of boring construction, daring structures by starchitects are thrusting upward on the city’s skyline. Neighborhoods like the Lower East Side and Harlem, in decay a decade ago, have ...

  Local Picks :   Here is what not to miss in New York this Fall, chosen by the editors of Indagare. (A review of the soon-to-open Surrey Hotel, and its Café Boulud off-shoot, on the Upper East Side will post in the coming weeks.)     Book a Table: New Restaurants   As New Yorkers return from their breaks, ...

Fall Shopping in NYC   It’s safe to say that in recent years the formerly steadfast line between haute- and low-brow fashion has been seriously blurred—with Comme des Garçon designing for H&M, Kate Moss’ line creating a frenzy at U.K.’s Topshop and rumors of Alexander McQueen soon collaborating with Target. ...

  This is a glorious season for New York’s restaurants. But the critical buzz seems to swirl around two extremes: one is what I think of as the Church of High Food, where mediagenic chefs with multiple stars require you to sit for hours in mute awe as a succession of sacred morsels is presented by unsmiling ...

  Adour St. Regis 2 East 55 Street (212) 710-2277; fax (212) 350-8722 www.adour-stregis.com   After some years of absence, French star chef Alain Ducasse is back in New York with a vengeance, i.e. two new restaurants, both of which opened in midtown Manhattan and only a few months apart. First up was the ...

  Chanterelle 2 Harrison St 212-966-6960 www.chanterellenyc.com   In a city where the average lifespan of a restaurant seems on par with that of light bulb, Chanterelle has remained relevant for almost thirty years. Originally opened in 1979, owners Karen and David Waltuck moved their refined French eatery to ...