In the News: An Oral History of Nobu

••• “The new chief financial officer at the Battery Park City Authority is leaving, after less than six months on the job.” The Broadsheet smells something fishy.

••• The five new members of Community Board 1 include “Paul Goldstein, CB1’s longest running district manager—from 1983 until 2006—[who] will return to the board as a member after retiring from his many years working on behalf of Lower Manhattan.” —Tribeca Trib

••• An oral history of Nobu, on the occasion of its 30th anniversary. —Hollywood Reporter

••• “Fuku, Momofuku David Chang’s fast-casual fried chicken shop [will open] its 110 Wall Street store in the next two weeks.” —Eater

••• City Realty says that “construction has finally advanced” on 66-68 Reade: “the building’s longtime owner, Jean Hieber and the architects of Preservation Green L.L.C. are writing the 160-year-old building’s next chapter. With a design approved by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, in 2012, the structure is proposed to hold 5 large residential condos with two retail spaces below. […] A new 16-foot-high sixth floor will be setback from the streetwall —just out of view from passersby below on Reade. In 2006, Heiber sought to build a much larger 3-floor addition atop the structure but the LPC was not convinced the slanted addition would be “invisible” from the street.”

 

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