Seen & Heard: Another JR Mural Is Going Up Today

••• The Alex & Ani jewelry store at 156 Reade looks (a) confirmed, and (b) very close to opening. Thanks to the reader who sent in the pic.

••• Remember those posters touting a Rag & Bone men’s store opening this fall in Tribeca? “The details on this store are still very much in flux,” replied a rep when I asked if it’d be in the former Bubble Lounge space, “but we will be sure to keep you in the loop once we have some more official information to share!”

••• From a reader: “Any idea why construction at Citigroup is allowed after hours? They start at 7 a.m. and do not end until 11:45 p.m. during the week and all day Saturday. I have submitted many 311 complaints with no response. It’s pretty sad, the neighborhood is very residential and the late night banging is very loud (jackhammer, dumping of heavy materials). It seems that the noise is louder above street level (I live on the 6th floor), but I am still confused on how they can get an after-hours permit in such a residential neighborhood.” I responded that Citi appears to have a variance, but I didn’t dig through the permits, so I don’t know what the hours allowed are. My advice was to contact Community Board 1 at man01@cb.nyc.gov, to make sure that CB1 knows the after-hours work is driving neighbors crazy. Get others to do it, too. Then CB1 can reach out to the DOB (in case the DOB doesn’t ask before granting these) to let them know that this can’t go on for the next four years.

••• JR, the artist responsible for the ballerina at 100 Franklin, is starting another mural at the site today. Apparently it’s going to be from his “Unframed Ellis Island” exhibition, of a photo originally shot at Ellis Island in 1908.

••• As of this week, Café Altro Paradiso is now serving lunch Wednesdays, Thursdays, and Fridays (as well as on weekends).

 

3 Comments

  1. ” I didn’t dig through the permits, so I don’t know what the hours allowed are.”

    Just click on the reference number for the hours:

    For example:

    http://a810-bisweb.nyc.gov/bisweb/AHVPermitDetailsServlet?requestid=2&allkey=00666483

    Approved for:
    Start Day: Days: Hours From: Hours To:
    07/05/2016 Tuesday 6:00 PM 12:00 AM
    07/06/2016 Wednesday 6:00 PM 12:00 AM
    07/07/2016 Thursday 6:00 PM 12:00 AM
    07/08/2016 Friday 6:00 PM 12:00 AM
    07/09/2016 Saturday 9:00 AM 5:00 PM
    07/10/2016 Sunday 9:00 AM 5:00 PM
    07/11/2016 Monday 6:00 PM 12:00 AM
    07/12/2016 Tuesday 6:00 PM 12:00 AM
    07/13/2016 Wednesday 6:00 PM 12:00 AM
    07/14/2016 Thursday 6:00 PM 12:00 AM
    07/15/2016 Friday 6:00 PM 12:00 AM
    07/16/2016 Saturday 9:00 AM 5:00 PM
    eRenew? No
    Apply Reason: PUBLIC SAFETY
    Approved: E-FILED AHV: AUTO-APPROVAL
    Description of Work: DEMO, GENERAL CONSTRUCTION AND CRANE TO PICK STEEL FROM TRUCKS IN STREET & PLACE STEEL INTO SECOND FLOOR OF LOBBY. <>

  2. Demolition is underway at 228 West Broadway, in the old Bubble Lounge space

  3. James & reader,

    in short DOB allows them to work every weeknight from 5pm to 12 midnight! The bulk of what they are doing is the plaza so I don’t quite understand why they simply close it down and work during normal business hours.
    Perhaps the shitibankers need quiet when THEY are working? Hmmmmm…..

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