Suzan Filipek · October 3, 2019
Helga Kasimoff calls this — her 88th year — “my piano year,” after the instrument’s 88 black-and-white keys. Her favorite piano is a concert grand in her Kasimoff-Blüthner Piano Co. showroom. It was played at Duke Ellington’s funeral, she recalls, and also was featured on Stevie Wonder, Henry Mancini and Barbra Streisand recordings. She counts […]
Suzan Filipek · May 30, 2013
The business community hails the economic activity the Millennium Hollywood mixed-use project will generate. Neighborhood groups oppose the development, and city officials have voiced concerns of the sheer size: two towers, each reaching more than 50 stories. “I hope they could be lowered… greatly,” Councilman Tom LaBonge said in a phone interview last month. “I […]