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A New Nineteen-Story Condo Is Coming to Broadway
The Real Deal confirms what we guessed in October: 351 Broadway and 353-355 Broadway are going to be torn down. / 4 comments
In the News: Man Survives Jump from Skylofts Building
Plus: A review of Boris Bidjan Saberi's "meaty but supple" leatherwear; visiting the under-construction Institute of Culinary Education; City Hall newlyweds blog.
Seen & Heard: George Clooney and Julia Roberts Are Filming Here
(Or at least their new movie is.) Plus: Joël Robuchon to have coffee bar, treats; fake bar for "Person of Interest" shoot; the windows at 30 Park Place; help two kids out; gallery changing name; Cheryl Hazan show. / 2 comments
TCQ&A: Ben LeBlanc
"When you can’t get away, Aire Ancient Baths is a pretty great escape," says Ben LeBlanc, founder of the Good Stock soup company, now delivering exclusively in Tribeca. "You feel like you’re made of Jell-O when you walk out." / 1 comment
Newsletter: Feb. 26
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Seen & Heard: A New Home for JCP Downtown?
Plus: Answer about Añejo dinner delivery; El Vez burrito bar pushed back; Gunbae karaoke bar signage; Urban Justice Center moving to FiDi. / 1 comment
In the News: Le District Will Open in a Month or So
Plus: Construction worker injured by drywall; pizzeria burgled; architect Thomas Juul-Hansen; the Grace Institute is moving to FiDi.
First Impressions: The Harrison Room at Pier A
If anyone you'd remotely call a hipster was involved with the Harrison Room, the cocktail bar on the second floor of Pier A Harbor House, there's no sign of it.
In the News: Inside the Condé Nast Cafeteria
Plus: Cortlandt Street subway station not opening for years; terra cotta angels on Nassau; Naomi Watts and Liev Schreiber sued; 125 Greenwich tower construction starts; Chinatown karaoke bar Winnie's to close. / 7 comments
Seen & Heard: Emergency Pizza
Plus: Checking in on the SeaGlass carousel and 50 West tower; Brookfield Place passageway open; dealing with the icy river; 24 Leonard. / 6 comments
In the News: Chambers Reconstruction Is Ending in April
And Hudson to follow in June. Plus: Municipal Art Society comes out against Seaport tower; Tribeca real estate overview; historic ships hoping to dock at Pier 25 and the South Street Seaport; Cheryl Hazan mosaics. / 1 comment
Seen & Heard: Renderings vs. Reality
Plus: A local Academy Award winner; why the Armoury is temporarily closed; new tenant for Laight Street storefront?; this month's 1st Precinct Community Council meeting; Desbrosses demolition. / 6 comments