Plus: A rant about Manhattan Mini Storage; why women are serenading passersby in City Hall Park; the artist behind the monsters of Lispenard; Baked is opening a Tokyo outpost. / 16 comments
Plus: Any intel on SLT's Tribeca studio?; Hudson River Park skatepark to close for repairs; a new bank branch; ghost signage on Broadway; "Billions" is back. / 4 comments
Plus: Renderings and floor plans for 70 Vestry; FiDi fire now under control; Black Tap expansion; World Chess Championship coming to the Seaport; the Battery Dance Festival starts next week. / 3 comments
Plus: Possible spa on Chambers; Barry's Bootcamp closed for renovation; prayer arrangements for taxi drivers; "Final Fantasy" art exhibit. / 7 comments
Plus: Fire at the Manhattan Criminal Courthouse; police vehicle gets hoisted into the air by a World Trade Center security bollard; time-lapse video of the mural at 100 Franklin. / 1 comment
Plus: Domino's closed for renovations; Swiss In situ's inaugural show will be about zines; postal-services shop closed; signage for YogaSpark; "Falling Water" is back again.
Plus: The waterborne evacuation of Lower Manhattan after 9/11; South End Avenue arcade meeting; burglar steals samurai sword; man robbed of glasses and calculator; Eurotrash millionaires; Racked ending its New York City site. / 2 comments
Plus: Pre-renovation show at Cheryl Hazan Gallery; Paula Poundstone and more on the Schimmel Center's upcoming slate; blood drive; funky new building's underpinnings.
Plus: Three other stores that pulled out of the World Trade Center mall; Community Board 1 wants the Sphere out of Liberty Park; Black Tap on the Lower East Side; China Blue owners to open Williamsburg restaurant. / 1 comment
Plus: A restaurant-ish space in northwest Tribeca; Independence Plaza North retail; something opening in the former Kiki de Montparnasse store; Foals concert shoot; Lower Manhattan Coastal Resiliency Project town hall. / 3 comments
At the International Center of Photography's new museum on the Bowery, where the first show is about privacy and public visibility, the curators really packed in the art. Plus: There's an outpost of Maman. / 1 comment
Plus: Graffiti Earth temporarily closed; checking in on the Flea's new building; exterior window shades; City Winery organizing a big music festival in Queens. / 2 comments
"Anti-Elizabeth" - you are aware Elizabeth is a common name, right? I'm not the same person who was posting earlier.... — Elizabeth / In the News: Hunting down parking placard abuses
There was a short time, several years ago (maybe 10 yrs ago?), when Reade Street changed their parking rules. If... — KC / In the News: Hunting down parking placard abuses
The Gothamist article about compass is very dumb. StreetEasy charges agents to post listings there, so it’s not as if... — Matt / In the News: Strolling Canal Street
You're better off reading about why the counterfeit vendors persist. https://www.city-journal.org/article/canal-street-fake-counterfeit-bags-vendors — James Bogardus / In the News: Strolling Canal Street
The Canal Street article is behind the NY Times paywall, so I could not read it. But in the flash... — Marcus / In the News: Strolling Canal Street
With all the hoopla over the renewed Carnegie Deli - I'm sorry it's not them!! — Bec / Update: Carnegie Diner at 200 Chambers
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