The Architects & Designers Building Hosts Fourth Annual

Taste Of T Celebration on November 1st

WHAT: A celebration of New York’s finest cuisine at New York’s ultimate kitchen and home furnishings showroom resource. Hosted by the A&D Building and the NY Times.

WHO: Celebrity Chefs and authors of books on design, lifestyle & food including: Dan Barber of Blue Hill, Marcus Samuelsson of Aquavit,

WHEN: Thursday, November 1, 2007

5:30-7pm VIP Reception in B&B Italia street-level showroom

6:30-9pm Building-wide events

WHERE: The 40 Kitchen & Bath, Appliance, Tile & Stone

HOW: Purchase general admission tickets ($75)

& VIP reception tickets ($200)

at www.tasteoft.com or (888) NYT-1870

(no tickets sold night of event)

CONTACT:

Linda Foa, Marketing Director Sophia Weiss, PR Manager

Architects & Designers Building Merchandise Mart Properties, Inc.

212.644.2766 312.527.7841

lfoa@mmart.com sweiss@mmart.com

ABOUT THE A&D BUILDING

The Architects & Designers Building is home to the New York metro area’s largest collection of luxury showrooms for kitchen & bath, appliances, tile & stone and home & office furnishings. The A&D Building offers entree to 40 showrooms and thousands of distinctive and exclusive products in one accessible yet private place. Open to the trade and the public, Monday through Friday, 9 am to 5 pm, it is often described as “New York’s ultimate showroom resource.” Visit www.adbuilding.com for a complete list of showrooms and information on upcoming events.

Merchandise Mart Properties, Inc. (MMPI) is a trade show and property management firm, specializing in managing buildings devoted to wholesale showrooms and commercial office space. MMPI produces more than 300 trade shows, market events and conferences each year.

Vornado Realty Trust, owners of MMPI, based in New York City, is a fully integrated equity real estate investment trust. Vornado’s common shares are listed on the New York Stock Exchange and are traded under the symbol VNO.

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