Citigroup opened its new plaza a day early, and it's quite pleasant. The main features are an oval lawn in the southeast corner, a reflecting pool, long wooden benches, a handful of café tables and chairs, and two large communal tables.
Plus: New veterinary office; Al Gore will be in Tribeca; Citigroup's façade creeps upward; two film/TV shoots; military flyover today; inactivity at 30 Warren; police placard corruption. / 9 comments
Plus: Is Ichimura's leave not temporary?; more glass at Citi's revamped headquarters; estate sale on Vestry; seeking a management company and a window washer; Cadillac shoot. / 3 comments
Plus: Correction about the progress of Citigroup's renovation; the roofline of 70 Vestry; new Baron von Fancy billboard; pop-up antiques shop inside Gary Graham's atelier. / 3 comments
Plus: "Fearless Girl" extended; three-car accident at West and Murray; the city's first new ferry got stuck in Florida; By Chloe's chef has left the company; the Battery Park City Authority's bond rating. / 5 comments
Plus: Tutto Il Giorno is now open for weekend brunch (with entertainment for the bambini); eyesore newsstands; Citi's renovation is underway in earnest; Il Lee prints at Art Projects International. / 9 comments
Plus: Questions for the Battery Park City Authority; construction worker electrocuted at Citi building; Port Authority to vote Thursday about moving the Sphere sculpture to Liberty Park; emerging artists at Governors Island.
Plus: Alex & Ani store on Reade confirmed; Citigroup construction noise; Rag & Bone men's store "very much in flux"; Café Altro Paradiso now serving lunch on some weekdays. / 3 comments
Plus: Dwindling stock at American Apparel; Citi's plaza revamp; demolition in northwest Tribeca; the Tommie hotel on Canal (and its meat-and-three restaurant); Pier 17 is taking shape. / 5 comments
Plus: Zucker's is opening a third location; charging stations at Gotan; new salon on Church Street is open; Cornell printmaking students' show at Front Art Space. / 2 comments
Discussed at last night's meeting: An update on the crane accident and what might be done differently; Bogardus Plaza progress report; work to start soon on City Vineyard, the restaurant at Pier 26; M1-5 and its neighbors' frustration; Citigroup plaza changes; Spring Studios lighting; Tribeca Family Festival; Transportation Alternatives event. / 2 comments
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