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In the News: Denny’s or 7-Eleven?
Pick your poison. Plus: City sells two great old buildings; Asphalt Green timetable update; Katie Holmes; "Best of New York" awards; secret Korean restaurant; Tribeca Pediatrics opens way uptown; American Flatbread. / 4 comments
First Impressions: Crave Espresso Bar
With a double-high ceiling, picture windows facing the street, abundant northern light, and free wi-fi, Crave Espresso Bar is far nicer than you'd expect from a Canal Street address. / 1 comment
In the News: Mexican Restaurant Not a Done Deal
Plus: Archive of Contemporary Music; 56 Leonard sales; new FiDi restaurants.
Seen & Heard: What’s Happening Above Chipotle
Plus: Work starting on Pier 25 playground; Blueberry Fusion Café update; Key Foods said to have bought Amish Market; mechanic recommendation?; church-bell question; Karkula opens in Brooklyn. / 3 comments
What I Learned About the Woolworth Building
The Skyscraper Museum's new exhibit, "The Woolworth Building @ 100," is a worthwhile visit for anyone who loves the building—and who doesn't? / 5 comments
Newsletter: Mar. 4
Instagram Tribeca (Vol. 4) • Hamptons Restaurateurs • "Spider-Man 2" • Franklin Place • Pier 40 • Flor de Sol • Photo Safari! • More
Seen & Heard: Asphalt Green Has Electricity
Plus: Visible progress at 56 Leonard; automated parking systems; baked goods at Kutsher's Tribeca. / 4 comments
Real Estate Sales Report
Courtesy of StreetEasy, these are the properties whose sales were "recorded" by the city in the past seven days (ending 03/02/13)—the sales may have taken place earlier. / 2 comments
In the News: Pier 40 Debate
Plus: Why some hydrants are red; the history of the American Thread Building and St. John's Park; crime drop downtown; African Burial Ground museum. / 6 comments
Seen & Heard: Flor de Sol Has Closed
Plus: Verizon nearly done with post-Sandy improvements; Tribeca Film Festival; 137 Franklin progress; kudos to Clementine; "The Pathos of Things" at Carriage Trade. UPDATE: Flor de Sol is reopening AboCa.
Photo Safari!
Fun for everyone, or at least people who don’t mind random pictures with snarky captions. / 3 comments
Is a Hamptons Restaurant Opening Here?
That's what I'm hearing and surmising. (And was it just a question of time?) / 1 comment