In the News: Hotel Rendering

••• The mini-Nordstrom-store-for-charity, called Treasure & Bond (sounds like a brand of airline soap), will open on W. Broadway (between Grand and Broome) in the next two weeks. (Wall Street Journal)

••• “A former pediatric neurologist, convicted of child sexual abuse and on probation, has parents worried and wondering why the law allows him to live in their [Battery Park City] building, and near schools.” (Tribeca Trib)

Courtesy HotelChatter

••• Hotelchatter has a rendering of the hotel opening at 523 Greenwich (which is above Canal). It’s woven-looking.

••• Bike-safety initiative 5 to Ride is partnering with Seamless (f.k.a. SeamlessWeb). I’m so taking credit for this. (DNAinfo)

••• “Sacha Baron Cohen and wife Isla Fisher have moved into a swanky Battery Park apartment after months holed up at Tribeca’s Greenwich Hotel. The couple have been spotted at The Riverhouse in Battery Park City.” She’s fabulous but I still haven’t forgiven him for Bruno. (New York Post)

••• “Frites ‘N’ Meats is back in business. A rebooted version of the popular burger truck is returning to city streets Monday, nearly four months after an explosion destroyed the original truck and sent one of the owners to the hospital with serious burns.” (DNAinfo)

••• Bloomberg Businessweek has an article called “The Saving of Ground Zero” that appears to be about the developing of the World Trade Center area.

••• At the 1st Precinct’s National Night Out Against Crime the other night, “More than 200 people gathered along the Hudson River to chat with police officers and share an evening of burgers, music, frisking and games.” (DNAinfo)

 

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