Cucina 8 1/2 Revives The Swank Dining Room Of New York’s Iconic Solow Skyscraper

Building owners abhor a vacuum, and while the lower floor of the iconic 54-story Solow skyscraper on 57th Street west of Fifth Avenue wasn’t going to turn into a storage room, the exit of the fine restaurant Brasserie 8 ½ made me fearful that it might not be used again as a restaurant. Fortunately, …