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MODERN BAGELS IS STAYING THE COURSE
I heard back from Modern Bread & Bagels: They don’t believe the Chapter 7 filing for Sonder will impact the business at all. Sonder just announced that all its locations — including the Duane Street Hotel, where Modern is located — have closed for good.
PS 234 HOLIDAY SHOP SEEKING VENDORS
The PS 234 Holiday Pop Up Shop — an event started last year — is seeking vendors for this year’s event, scheduled for December 6 from 11a to 3p. There are already more than 30 local vendors committed; they are seeking 15 to 20 more to bringing their products to sell. Reserving a spot is a flat fee of $350. Contact holidayshop@ps234.org.
BLACK RABBIT IN TRIBECA
Black Rabbit, the crime thriller miniseries starring Jude Law and Jason Bateman (how did such a sweet-seeming guy get into so many violent plots?) shot not only at the old Bridge Café on Water Street, but also at Walker’s and all around Downtown. You can catch some glimpses in the trailer or watch on Netlfix.
CANAL STREET FORUM ON MONDAY
City DOT will host a forum on the redesign of Canal Street on Monday, November 24, at 6p. There is a half hour presentation and two hours of time for public comments — which is a bit of a mystery to me! The meeting is in person at MS 131, 100 Hester Street (between Forsyth and Eldridge) or on Zoom here. Register for in-person here. You can also submit questions in advance.
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Recommended re-design for Canal Street:
Convert it back to a canal.
Good idea! And there is actually a canal there! Some years ago I walked by a major dig on the street and I could see, way down, water flowing merrily along.
Probably still flows from what was Collect Pond (between Centre and Lafayette streets just north of Leonard), even though it’s been buried for so many years. I know there’s a huge sewer main under Canal when you get towards West Street-you can find videos online of people sneaking in and exploring it.
There was no canal running northwest from the “north end” of Collect Pond up to Canal Street. The Canal itself was built from where an existing stream had flowed northwest to terminate at roughly Broadway and Canal Street, to extend it to the Hudson River.
The area north and west of Collect Pond towards what is now Broadway and Canal Street was recorded as marshy, with a stream or outlet flowing northwest to Canal Street since at least the 1650s (and again on an 1846 map depicting conditions as of the 1790s). It shows as historically marshy on Viele’s 1874 topographical map, and it remains an aboveground flood hazard area today.
We could have Venetian-style gondolas. Though probably they would end up being used as mobile fake Rolex stores.