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10 Questions with…Antarctica’s Marta

Updated: Thursday, November 17th, 2011

New York Magazine named Antarctica Bar one of NYC’s best bars for shooting pool, Marta, one of Antarctica’s beloved bartenders gives us the inside scoop.

1. How many years have you worked at Antarctica?
4 1/2 years.

2. Can you tell us a little about your day-to-day routine?
It is truly a neighborhood bar, we’ll learn your name and introduce ourselves. We’re like “Cheers” w/o snarky waitresses.

3. What’s your favorite part about coming to work every day at Antarctica?
The laid back, open and welcoming atmosphere. You can make the experience what you want– we’ve had wedding receptions, college reunions, movie premieres….and most often, people hanging out after work, playing pool or just talking.

4. How would you describe the culture/environment at Antarctica?
Richard Jefferson playing beer pong with some Penn alums (that is after he actually brought in his own ping pong table from his apartment).

5. This year Antarctica is celebrating its 276th birthday. Can you tell us a little about the bar’s history?
When it opened, the neighborhood was still super isolated, not much was here; also, as mascots go, the penguin is pretty awesome.

6. Does Antarctica have any signature drinks? If not, what is the most popular drink of choice?
Bud Light (but we’ll make you a haystack if you ask).

7. What’s one thing that even Antarctica’s regulars wouldn’t know about the bar?
What goes here on Sundays.

8. Tell us a little bit about Name Night?
We try to mix in common names with less common ones, and then add in some downright weird ones. People ask if they bring in an id with the name of the night, would they get free drinks. I tell them yes, if they go to the trouble of making a fake id for one night of drinking, you’re clearly dedicated to the bar.

9. How do you feel that Antarctica fits in with the creative vibe of Hudson Square?
We’re always on the lookout for the next Dylan Thomas.

10. What’s your favorite thing about working in this part of Manhattan?
It’s sort of a secret…people that live and work in the area know it’s quirks and spots, but there’s an intimacy, too. It’s not full of impersonal, big box chains. Walking down Hudson is always a pleasure.

Congrats to ARO

Updated: Monday, June 6th, 2011

The Smithsonian’s Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum has awarded Hudson Square’s own Architecture Research Office the 2011 National Design Award for Architecture. The National Design Awards, which each year honor several creative disciplines, celebrate the very best in American design. Architecture Research Office will be honored at a number of events throughout the year, including during National Design Week in October.
The award honors Architecture Research Office’s recent body of work rather than the merit of a single project. Over the past year, the firm has completed construction on a major renovation and expansion of buildings at Union Square Park and has begun construction on the Donald Judd Home and Studio Museum. Presently in design are a performing arts center in Lower Manhattan and a dormitory at Tulane University as well as projects at Cornell University, University of Michigan, and Harvard University. The Museum of Modern Art’s exhibition Rising Currents featured ARO’s design proposal for new ecological infrastructure in Lower Manhattan, what Barry Bergdoll, Philip Johnson Chief Curator of Architecture and Design, cited as “nothing less than a new paradigm for city infrastructure.”
The National Design Awards is one of the few programs of its kind structured to continue to benefit the nation long after the Awards ceremony and gala. A suite of educational programs will be announced this summer in conjunction with the Awards by Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum’s award-winning Education Department, including a series of public programs, lectures, roundtables, and workshops based on the vision and work of the National Design Award winners.
Architecture Research Office is the New York City firm led by Stephen Cassell, Adam Yarinsky, and Kim Yao. ARO’s work spans from strategic planning to architecture to urban design. Research and analysis drive design that unites the conceptual and the pragmatic within a strong, coherent vision. Since 1993, ARO has worked with leading universities, cultural institutions, global corporations, government agencies, and international fashion labels. From a 1,000-square-foot low-income sustainable housing prototype to a proposal to reinvent the role of ecology and infrastructure in New York City, ARO uses design to elevate the quality of our world.

Cool, easy & chic fashion moves into 304 Hudson

Updated: Wednesday, April 27th, 2011

Hudson Square welcomes fashion house 3.1 Phillip Lim to the neighborhood.

As reported by  Crain’s New York, the designer has signed a 10-year lease at 304 Hudson Street, and is anticipated to move into their new digs towards the end of the summer.

We welcome the label and look forward to them joining our creative community.

Read full article here.

10 questions with: Trent Lethco of ARUP

Updated: Wednesday, February 16th, 2011

What is your name and title at ARUP?

Trent Lethco, Associate Principal

How many years have you worked there?

Over eight years.

Tell us something about working at ARUP that people who do not work there would find interesting?

We are continuously involved in the planning and design of sustainable communities in greater New York and we bring our knowledge and abilities to communities throughout the world.

How would you describe the work culture/environment at ARUP?

Busy, dynamic and engaging.

Could you please describe your day-to-day routine at work?

I wish I had one.

What’s your favorite place to grab a bite to eat or an after-work drink in Hudson Square?

I am afraid to answer this question because there are so many places to choose.  I would say Giorgione.

What do like most about working in this neighborhood?

The great neighborhood streets, places to eat and drink and proximity to SoHo, Tribeca and the Hudson River.

What’s one thing you can’t leave for work without in the morning?

Coffee.

Whose poster did you have on your bedroom wall as a kid?

Yikes.  Adam Ant, Thompson Twins, Eurythmics, etc.  What a long time ago that was.

Wieden + Kennedy named Ad Age’s Agency of the Year

Updated: Tuesday, February 15th, 2011

Ad Age recently honored Hudson Square’s very own Wieden + Kennedy Agency of the Year.  Weiden + Kennedy is a full-service, creatively driven advertising agency with offices around the world, including Amsterdam, London, Tokyo, Shanghai and Delhi. You’ve probably seen the ads created by Wieden, which range from humorous spots pegged to the series finale of “Lost” to comedian Maria Bamford playing a demented shopper.  Wieden’s Hudson Square office has been getting a refresh under new managing director Neal Arthur, and is moving the needle for clients such as ESPN and Delta. Mr. Wieden is again confident about the hub’s prospects. “The Delta business has really livened that office up and given us new credibility with really complicated business propositions.”