Melissa McCart is the lead editor of the Northeast region with more than 20 years of experience as a reporter, critic, editor, and cookbook author. Two hotel rooftop destinations will open in April ...

Jenifer Rieck is building the Leonessa Professional Building at the corner of Broad and Elm streets in Story City, and the project is almost complete. The interior of the building has an industrial ...

Generally, we’re skeptical of rooftop bars. They’re usually too hot and too crowded with people drinking $28 vodka sodas. Leonessa, an Italian bar on top of the Conrad Hotel in Battery Park City, is ...