Discussed at last night's meeting: Start date for the five-year Worth Street reconstruction; whether to give 70 Vestry 33 more private parking spaces; Two Hands sidewalk tables; Five Boro Bike Tour street closures; several event permits; Wichcraft and Chipotle liquor licenses; the Flea update. / 3 comments
And in other World Trade Center news: Opening date for the first Oculus store; some outdoor spaces will be for arts programming; all of the shops expected to be open seven days. UPDATE: More WTC news about the performing arts center and subway connections came in from the FiDi Fan Page. / 8 comments
Plus: Good and bad news for the Collect Pond Park hawks; new tenant for a former nail salon; Peter Agron's photography at Soho Photo; Rosemarie Castoro exhibit at Hal Bromm Gallery.
Plus: A Tribe Called Quest at the Square Diner in 1993; another vacate order; Robert Janz animal sculptures; meeting of the Financial District Neighborhood Association; "Atel" shoot tomorrow. / 2 comments
Plus: Open studios at the New York Academy of Art; "Ghostbusters" celebration at the Tribeca Film Festival street fair; shoots for "Elementary" and "Everyone Speaks Food"; those Apt. 5 umbrellas. / 1 comment
Plus: Burglary at Estancia 460; Santander Bank robbery; actor interviewed at Sushi Azabu; the race for Sheldon Silver's seat is a weird one; how the Tribeca Film Festival is going way beyond film. / 1 comment
Plus: 1 World Trade Center carpet; FedEx Office store is moving; "Law & Order: SVU" is back yet again; work by Japanese emerging artists. / 1 comment
It involves personal encounters and a murmuration. Plus: Cowboy Junkies in concert; artist loft for sale; Battery Park City Authority public meeting; OpenTable's questionable neighborhood descriptions. / 1 comment
Plus: Man bitten during Tribeca nightclub brawl; the history of a White Street building; custom jewelry at Foundrae; more renderings of proposed megamansion on Franklin; Sing for Hope's public pianos got painted; concern about the FiDi arcade deal.
Plus: Residents agitated over the loss of views as a result of 396 Broadway construction; 50 Murray rent-stabilization fight; Warren Street building for sale (instead of getting developed with its neighbor); Jane Freeman art exhibit. / 5 comments
Plus: More on the Brookfield Place bunnies; activity at Reade retail space; Fulton Stall Market is starting up for the season; new by-appointment gallery on Duane; Tokyo restaurant advice. / 6 comments
Plus: Petition opposing Buddha Bar on Thomas Street; politicians want to allow media to park anywhere; commercial shoot on Warren today; Liberty Park aerial shot; Young New Yorkers benefit. / 1 comment
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