This Week: New Venues in the Works for Harlem, Changes to Javits Could Happen Soon

If New York state's Public Authority Control Board approves the proposed plan for the Javits Center, an expansion could be completed by 2010, and a renovation finished in 2013.
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1. Billionaire financier Carl Icahn has placed a $200 million bid to buy Atlantic City's Tropicana Casino and Resort, which is struggling in the weak economy.
2. The National Jazz Museum of Harlem plans to take over the Victoria Theater on 125th Street, and cultural organization ImageNation will raise funds to create a Soul Cinema.
3. Years in the making, the proposed repair and expansion of the Javits Center may take place in the next four years.
4. Like other high-end properties, the Gramercy Park Hotel is battling the drop in room occupancy with discount rates.
5. New York rounds up the latest lounges, conveniently located beneath restaurants.
6. For the first time in its 84-year history, the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade this year may skip Times Square, which has the neighborhood's hotels and businesses in a flap.