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In Flatbush, plans to restore art deco Sears building move forward Art deco towers inscribed with the name “Sears Roebuck and Co.” in big bold letters at their apex are common sights throughout the U.S. The city of Hackensack, New Jersey, has one; and so does Boyle Heights, Los Angeles; Midtown Minneapolis; and many others. These buildings stand as harbingers of a bygone era before the shopping mall, when American consumers wined-and-dined along Main Street, not off of the side of highways. Today, many of these handsome buildings stand empty thanks to shifts in consumer and transportation patterns, and building owners struggle to find anchor tenants. What should we do with them? In Brooklyn’s Flatbush neighborhood, a New York developer has plans to renovate a landmarked Sears Roebuck building that’s been vacant for years, not far from the iconic Kings Theater (1929). Clipper Equity, a real estate group led by David Bistricher, recently secured $24 million to finance the preservation of Flatbush’s Sears building, completed in 1932. Flatbush’s Sears building sits on the corner of Bedford Avenue and Beverly Road. Like many of its counterparts around the country, the Flatbush tower was designed by Nimmons, Carr & Wright—a Chicago firm. Alton L. Craft of New York City was the local architect. When the building opened in 1932, it was such a grand affair, Eleanor Roosevelt gave opening remarks to christen the structure, and then purchased “a pair of baby booties” according to The Brooklyn Eagle. In 1940, four new bays along Beverly Road were added to the 100-foot tower, along with additional square footage in the rear. In 2012, Flatbush’s Sears tower was designated as a protected city landmark. Flash forward to 2018: That year, Sears filed for bankruptcy, and the flagship department store company had a fire sale on all of its goods inside the building. Signs reading EVERYTHING MUST GO! quickly populated the ground level. Transformco, a hedge fund, subsequently bought Sears’s assets for $5.2 billion. This gave the hedge fund all 700 properties in Sears’s portfolio, including the Flatbush property. Two years later, COVID-19 struck, and the parking lot outside the Sears building was converted into a makeshift vaccination center. Then in 2021, the Brooklyn building closed its doors to customers, marking the closure of the chain’s last brick-and-mortar retail outpost in New York City. Transformco then announced its plans to work with Clipper Equity to convert the building into housing and commercial space. With this recent $24 million acquisition, Clipper Equity wants to renovate all four floors of the Flatbush tower. Their goal is to lease the renewed interiors to office and/or grocery store tenants. Eventually, Clipper Equity hopes to redevelop the entire block surrounding the Sears tower through the ground-up construction of 900 residential units on the block and lot. Clipper Equity plans to restore Flatbush’s Sears Roebuck & Co. building WWW.ARCHPAPER.COM Developer Clipper Equity plans to restore the art deco Sears Roebuck & Co. building located in Flatbush...

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Skyline Chili may be America's quirkiest culinary idiom. The signature dish of Cincinnati, Ohio — it's also the name of the casual-dining chain that made it famous — is nothing more than spaghetti topped with chili and piled high with shredded cheddar cheese. "It's weird to a lot of people," Sherry Tomlinson, whose grandfather and father, Nick and Bill Lambrinides, were two of the co-founders of Skyline Chili, told Fox News Digital in an interview. "People either love it or it's just not their thing," she said. "But people who love it become addicted to it." Skyline Chili boasts an appealing retro diner-counter vibe, the charms of the Skyline brand compounded by its own lingo. Skyline's famous spaghetti with "secret-recipe" chili and cheese is simply called 3 Way. Add diced onion or beans, and it's called 4 Way; add both, and it's known as 5 Way. Skyline Chili also offers Coneys. That name is derived from Coney Island, New York, home of the annual 4th of July Nathan's Famous Hot Dog Eating Contest. The short, stubby hot dogs are "specially made" for Skyline Chili, according to its menus. Coneys are served on a bun with mustard, the house chili and available with cheese or without. A small 3 Way plus a cheese Coney and soda, eaten in-house with friendly diner counter service, cost just $13.09 with tax during a recent visit to the Ludlow Avenue Skyline Chili in Cincinnati's Clifton neighborhood. It's a bona fine bargain in terms of cost per calorie. The price point is certainly rare in this day and age when a fast-food meal for one person to go can come in at $24. Restaurant industry experts marvel at Skyline Chili's operational efficiency. Everything on the menu is ready before guests walk in the door and sits in plain view behind the counter as they order. The spaghetti is cooked, the chili stewed, the hot dogs griddled, the cheese shredded. It takes just seconds to fill orders for an entire table. Nick Lambrinides, an immigrant from Greece, founded Skyline in 1949 with his four sons. Tomlinson, the granddaughter, said she has "no idea where he got the idea" for Skyline Chili, though she did note he worked as a cook on the railroads. Its recipe remains a closely guarded secret. "All I can say is that my grandpa loved garlic. It was a flavor that was very interesting to him," said Tomlinson. The main ingredient in Skyline Chili, its diehards argue, is its indefinable deliciousness. "Skyline Chili is a perfect food and I will tolerate no slander of it," Cincinnati-area native Mat Kinsman wrote in a breathless tribute last year in Food & Wine magazine.. He cited clove, nutmeg, cinnamon and "God knows what else" as some of its ingredients. Kinsman also said, "To those of us who grew up in the Greater Cincinnati area, this stuff is mother's milk … It's a Cincinnati thing, look it up — and it's the pride of the Queen City." THAT LOOKS SO GROSS https://www.aol.com/news/skyline-chili-quirky-culinary-tradition-140311065.html

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Applebee's and IHOP, both owned by Dine Brands Inc., may soon have dual-branded locations that share a back-of-house and a blended front-of-house, according to an earnings call from the company last week. Dine Brands CEO John Peyton said they've already tested out the model on eight "prototypes" internationally, including the newest Applebee's-IHOP restaurant in Leon, Mexico. The company hopes to open in the dual-branded restaurants in the U.S. when they find "the right opportunity to introduce it," Peyton said on the call. In an interview with Nation's Restaurant News, Peyton said the hybrid restaurants will have "discrete entrances" that allow guests to flow between Applebee's and IHOP. "At breakfast, when there are more IHOP customers, customers can be seated in the Applebee's area and vice versa at dinner," he said. On the earnings call, he said the dual-branded restaurants are making twice as much money as the traditional, standalone Applebee's and IHOP locations."Which you would expect," he told NRN. "They continue to perform well in their markets because they address all four dayparts." "It's a fantastic opportunity because the two brands are complementary," he said. Dine Brands, which owns Fuzzy's Taco Shop in addition to Applebee's and IHOP, says these three brands have more than 3,500 locations combined over 18 countries. Dine Brands Inc. had a total revenue of $831.1 million for 2023, down from $909.4 million the previous year. In 2023, they developed 72 new Applebee's and IHOP franchisees but closed 75 restaurants. Two major chain restaurants could combine WWW.AOL.COM Applebee's and IHOP, both owned by Dine Brands Inc., may soon have dual-branded locations that share a...