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In the News: Kataoka Jewelry Store Is Open
Plus: Grand rooms at former banks now for private use; more on the Bronx Museum of the Arts incubator; local thefts.
Priority Inquiry List Now Open: Greenwich West, West Soho’s Newest Condominium
Comfortably chic residences in West Soho with French flair. / Sponsored
Seen & Heard: Food Court at the World Trade Center Mall
Plus: Korin's master knife sharpener has passed away; Rooq frame store appears to have opened; inaccurate "sidewalk closed" sign removed; pot dispensary. / 2 comments
Seen & Heard: Independence Plaza Signage
Plus: A better look at the new 440 Washington; 101 Warren's sidewalk shed partially removed; car accident in reverse; Cast Iron House's granite sidewalk; 56 Leonard artwork tipped over; Blue Park Kitchen open in FiDi. / 9 comments
In the News: Tribeca Mansion Sold
Plus: Community Board 1 wants Citi to let little league players use its ferry; commercial rent-control bill being debated by the city council; Au Cheval forecast. / 1 comment
More on Amazon’s Brookfield Place Store
Instead of a bookstore, it'll be a convenience store without cashiers, and "a combination of sensors, cameras and computer vision" will be used to charge customers. / 4 comments
Acclaimed Yakitori Restaurant to Open Here
Last year, the New York Times gave Torishin a three-star rave: "Just a few skewers are enough to expand your sense of what’s possible in the department of chicken."
In the News: Harvey Weinstein’s Casting Couch
Plus: Higher-end convenience store opened on Lafayette; Greenwich Street building to have "a kind of scarification" and squircle windows.
Seen & Heard: DanceBody is Opening a Tribeca Studio
Plus: The 1st Precinct's new Neighborhood Coordination Officers; World Trade Center Greenmarket to move indoors; Louie Anderson stand-up; "Bucket o’Blood Cabaret" at the Flea.
Hope Dims for the Holland Tunnel Traffic Study
The study is now estimated to take at least two years. Sometime next spring, the city will make attempts at short-term improvements. / 7 comments
Newsletter: Oct. 22
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In the News: Hollywood Director’s Tribeca Penthouse
Plus: "Fearless Girl" sculpture to go to Europe for a while; largest Royal Navy ship is in town; "Fiddler on the Roof" extended one last time.