When I started this series, there was enough street art for a post every few months, then every six months; now it’s once a year, if we're lucky. / 2 comments
Plus: Were the holiday decorations at the 30 Park Place plaza installed correctly?; the Jeff Koons sculpture outside 7 World Trade Center is still gone; Design For Progress Garage Sale at Canal Street Market; "Law & Order: SVU" shoot; sassy cake. / 7 comments
Plus: More on the Tibetan prayer flags at Bogardus Garden; three area restaurants make the New York Times's Best of 2018 list; city failing small businesses. / 3 comments
Plus: Bill de Blasio made a call to save P.S. 150; high-end real estate is a buyer's market right now; "Fearless Girl" is in its new location; two-story topper on White Street.
Plus: Praise for Downtown Florist; an amusing photo; Pen Parentis's December salon is about food and drink; "MF" shoot. / 1 comment
Plus: Meet the Spring Street Salt Shed architects; new salon on Hudson Street; correction about the pop-up for dads; Ten Thousand Things trunk show; "Jessica Jones" shoot; Soho Photo exhibits; pop-up celebrating basketball culture.
Plus: But at least Doughnut Plant is opening there; staffers spotted inside Dig Inn; the seven-story single-family home on Greenwich has been unveiled; "Billions" is back. / 14 comments
Next up in photographer Claudine Williams's series of Q&As with people in the arts: Todd Komarnicki, a writer and producer whose work includes "Elf" and "Sully." / 3 comments
Plus: Amazon is testing cashierless technology at a larger store; Bâtard chef Markus Glocker's menu for Augustine; NYPD to add a fleet of drones; more on Canada gallery's move to Tribeca. / 2 comments
Plus: Signs of life at Barnes & Noble; pop-up for dads; the gentrification of Cortlandt Alley; a bunch of vacant storefronts on Grand Street. / 5 comments
Plus: Progress on the Peck Slip Park redesign; new Walker Street gallery confirmed; the glut of inner-city buses; Park Row tower topped out.
Plus: Leonard Street condominium revealed; ad projected over construction site; the Department of Transportation's quixotic bollards; new signage on Church Street strip; "FBI" shoot. / 4 comments
Based on recent openings in the neighborhood, it seems the fad has moved from cookies to savory carbs like bagels... — N / Chip City has closed permanently
The Reade St commercial parking is probably an artifact of over 20 years ago when there was plenty of commercial... — N / In the News: Hunting down parking placard abuses
SW -- I have written extensively about "micromobility" harms. I have called for reforms that could help "powered" bikes and... — Komanoff / In the News: Hunting down parking placard abuses
Looking forward to them opening, but still laughing at the idea that they are going to put seats in that... — N / Update: Carnegie Diner at 200 Chambers
I don't know what the legal speed on Chambers is, But the cameras do not trigger unless one is going... — Sandy / In the News: Hunting down parking placard abuses
Komanoff: “Driving and drivers are by far and away the bigger threat” when compared to bikes and e-bikes? I’m aware... — SW / In the News: Hunting down parking placard abuses
Thanks for article...such a ugly site walking out the front door...and wondering when it will end!!! — Vivian / Nosy Neighbor: What’s going on in the construction yard on Harrison?