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    Newsletter: July 21

    TCQ&A: Dan Kohn • Collect Pond Park • City Hall Bike Path • Valentine No. 6 • Nicola Formichetti pop-up • Goldman Sachs wine store • Life in "the Gehtto" • Cool acrobat photos • More

    CB1 Seaport/Civic Center Committee: The Unofficial Minutes

    What was discussed: J&R's street-naming request; City Hall Bike Path; Save Our Seaport; Foley Square wayfinding signage; Samsara Café's liquor license application. UPDATE: Now with Foley Square signage.

    Seen & Heard: Goldman Sachs Wine Store

    Plus: Columbine's new new name; 88 Franklin penthouse raises its price; special CB1 Landmarks meeting about Governors Island; clay party; gluten-free beer. UPDATED 7/21 with a bit more wine-store info. / 4 comments

    In the News: Panda Bears?

    That's what Nicola Formichetti says. Plus: SouthWestNY finds a new home; fashion designer Sally LaPointe; kosher slaughter; WTC noise complaints; nanny turned baker; Wooly's Ice; Setai on sale again.

    Collect Pond Lives Again

    What might just be the crappiest park in Manhattan is finally getting a revamp. / 3 comments

    Seen & Heard: New Business

    Guess what's coming to Church and Murray (go on, it's not a hard one). Plus: Moomah deal; La Colombe bottled coffee; 77 Reade storefronts revealed. / 7 comments

    In the News: The Gehtto

    More complaints about a certain skyscraper. Plus: A fake artist; Lower Manhattan's regeneration; fish tanks; Bubby's co-founder's new company; Trinity Wall Street music. / 1 comment

    Valentine No. 6

    What's the latest buzz? / 1 comment

    Seen & Heard: Pharmacy Open

    Plus: Pop-up gallery; exercise party; Jazz Wednesdays; mini golf; week-long 9/11 remembrance (including reunion for first responders); Greenmarket forecast. / 1 comment

    In the News: Acrobatics

    Cool pix of WFC event. Plus: remembering John and Carolyn Bessette Kennedy; new 500-unit building just south of WTC; collegiate sailing in New York Harbor?; Governors Island treehouse.

    TCQ&A: Dan Kohn

    "My wife and I were blown away by the private magic show at the Theater Bar. I'm somewhat of a connoisseur of sleight-of-hand tricks, but even sitting three feet from the magician and taking part in each trick, we had no idea how he did any of them."

    Newsletter: July 18

    Danish café coming to the neighborhood • CB1 Tribeca Committee on M1-5, Village Light Opera Group • Valentine No. 5 • Mercy Corps departure • La Colombe bottle coffee • Gaga stylist pop-up • More