The department store would use its former men's store to create an upscale "elegant" tavern open to the general public but really intended for boozy work meetings. / 4 comments
Plus a local doc weighs in on a big issue in the presidential campaign; a feature on Downtown Dance Factory; an expose on the Trump SoHo that will shock everyone.
Plus: Checking in on two new buildings on Greenwich; skateboard pop-up on Duane; did Saks suffer from not putting larger sizes on the sales floor?; "too cold for bullshit" sale; Madewell is open at the mall. / 3 comments
Apparently, it was always a "test concept." / 15 comments
Plus: Chef Paul Liebrandt returns to cook in Tribeca through May; group portrait of artists who never left Tribeca or Soho; Resy to withhold popular booking times; tattoo parlor setting up at Saks Fifth Avenue. / 3 comments
Plus: Ruchi Indian restaurant reviewed; checking in on Fraunces Tavern; phone snatching on N. Moore; attempted theft at Saks. / 1 comment
Plus: Saks Fifth Avenue reviewed; Joe café to open in the World Trade Center mall next month; did City Hall lose a painting of Alexander Hamilton? / 4 comments
The emphasis is on high-end brand names—Saint Laurent, Thom Browne, Paul Smith, Canada Goose, etc.—with areas devoted to bags, fragrance and grooming, sunglasses, headphones, and a lot of shoes, especially sneakers. / 2 comments
Plus: Opening date for the Saks Men's Store; the transformer that clogged up W. Broadway on Saturday; checking in on Pier 17; the 19-story building under construction on Broadway; "Power" TV shoot. / 3 comments
Plus: Child thief strikes at the Conrad hotel; fashion designer Joseph Altuzarra; Battery Park City landlord settles federal civil-rights lawsuit; 4 World Trade Center is fully leased; Robert De Niro doubles down on anti-vaccine nonsense.
Plus: Profile of architect Thierry Despont; parking lot owner refuses to let school block street for recess; another World Trade Center mall tenant gets sued for bailing; the history of 176 Franklin, where Riverrun was; city to sell lovely old Centre Street building to developer who can demolish it; Saks aims to be like a website; Cut's chef and art. / 5 comments
The Saks Fifth Avenue women's store at Brookfield Place opened this morning. The shoe, beauty, and sunglasses departments seemed especially strong.
The new All'Antico Vinaio space was actually home to Sauce Pizzeria :) Sauce replaced Skinny — Emily H / Seen & Heard: New to the malls
I think it's really a government benefit that is managed by the employer more than something the employer provides (sadly,... — MAVC / Google has a new headquarters in Hudson Square
I am so happy to have known Keith-such a wonderful asset to our community. my condolences to the entire Haber... — madeline c lanciani / Longtime Tribecan Keith Haber dies at 71
The City requires employers with more than 20 employees to include the transit tax benefit with payroll. https://www.nyc.gov/site/dca/about/commuter-benefits-employers.page — Rob / Google has a new headquarters in Hudson Square
Petrasino's was an amazing place and reminds me of all that has vanished in the "new" Tribeca! — Sz P / Longtime Tribecan Keith Haber dies at 71
Incidentally, the bacon at American Cut is delicious. Grilled with onion. — J / Seen & Heard: Donate your old bike to Stuy
Wow. Can’t believe it’s been 31 years since the first attack. Almost as much as I still can’t believe the... — Anthony / Seen & Heard: Donate your old bike to Stuy