Epstein Secrets

iously, this wasn't always the case. When Europeans first began to settle Manhattan, in the early seventeenth century, a broad salt marsh lay where the East Village does today, the area now occupied by Harlem was flanked by sylvan bluffs, and Murray Hill and Lenox Hill were hills. Streams ran everywhere, and b

ns and be using pesticides and fertilizers on them, and then they'd be overwatering their lawns, so that runoff would go into streams." The key to New York's relative environmental benig- nity is its extreme compactness. Charles Komanoff, a New York City economist, environmental activist, and bicycling en

e long before the auto- mobile, and therefore evolved to be served by less environmentally disastrous means of getting around—are less wasteful than New York, and the most energy-efficient and least automobile- dependent cities in the world include a number of Asian ones, among them Hong Kong and Singapor

s "congestion pricing"), but one of the most striking features of the entire plan is how little recognition it gives to the numerous ways in which New York City's environmental performance is already exemplary, even extraordinary, at least in comparison with the rest of the United States. Shortly before the p

r many, even for those who deal directly with 16 17 EFTA00281365 GREEN METROPOLIS the city's relationship to the environment. In 2004, I called New York City's Department of Environmental Protection and told a member of that agency's staff that I was interested in talking to an expert about what I felt wer

wer East Side Manhattan's original bohemian enclave may look a bit different than it did a century ago—heck, even a few decades ago—but vestiges of the East Village and the Lower East Side's past remain. Nowadays, these old-school institutions share space with neighborhood newcomers—shops, restaurants, and muse

lectic well-curated selection of clothing and accessories, while Bird offers beautiful womens- and menswear by indie designers. DRINK The roots of New York City's expanding craft-beer scene can be found at the Brookly n Brewery, a neighborhood staple since 1996. Tours of the brewery are offered on weekends, o

and physics from a couple of noteworthy organizations including The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and the Arts, a private college in the East Village, and the Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences. From his earliest days, Epstein's love of finance and his devotion to education were interwov

tein has developed his own portfolio of beautifully designed homes. Currently, he is the proud owner of a 50,000 square foot townhouse in Manhattan, New York. The home is regarded as the largest private residence in all of Manhattan and was formerly owned by Mr. Wexner. Prior to that, the home was the res