C. has been watching -- and listening -- to this mysterious grey box on the south side of the North Cove Marina for a year.
Poets House has installed fragments of 53 poems throughout the park, making for an inspirational weekend -- or anytime -- activity. / 1 comment
Mudville has added TVs to their curbside dining scene; Brookfield plaza needs no reservations; tennis for kids and adults on the esplanade at North Cove Marina. / 2 comments
Plus: Broken crane at 565 Broome; peeks inside Tetsu restaurant; reinforcement for the silver blob; North Cove Marina and Rockefeller Park.
The Battery Park City Authority released its first proposals for increasing flood resiliency. The biggest changes are to Wagner Park, which will get a reconceived pavilion and a footbridge, but there will also be new walls and other barriers throughout the neighborhood.
Plus: The reveal of 14 White has been postponed; blowout salon opens this weekend; sailing club owner accuses new North Cove Marina operator of industrial espionage; art via Argo Electronics on Canal; knife pulled during Duane Reade antacid robbery. / 1 comment
Plus: Brookfield Properties chooses Cuomo friend's company to run the North Cove Marina sailing school; 111 Murray passes halfway point; Starbucks to end its beer-and-wine program.
Plus: Neat photo from 1914; North Cove Marina update; Fowler & Wells now serving weekday lunch; hat stolen off man's head; metal debris crashes into hotel window; Alexander Hamilton Tavern opening in FiDi; Best Western in the Seaport has closed. / 3 comments
Plus: Awkward situation at Community Board 1; escaping apocalyptic Manhattan by boat; more victims' photos at the 9/11 Museum; a SoulCycle instructor's beauty regimen.
Also on Community Board 1's January agendas: An update on North Cove Marina; quieting down the Five Boro Bike Tour; the New York City Half Marathon; façade changes on Chambers and Reade; more. / 1 comment
Plus: Whale spotted near Liberty Island; reviewing proposed changes to Wagner Park; Battery Park City Authority needs to find a new sailing school for North Cove Marina; more thefts and a ticket seller gets beaten with a cane.
Plus: New café and design shop on Grand; Chinatown bus flouting the law; Franklin Street's flaming façade; marine science festival on Pier 26; Viking ship docked at North Cove Marina. / 2 comments
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