Plus a storefront window is broken; Interlude is offering shipments of coffee beans and tea; some spring color in virtual reality from 81 Leonard Gallery. / 8 comments
The Chinatown BID is keeping a couple of lists updated. Plus Zoom playwriting classes for kids; deliveries from Luv Michael granola; and some words for spring.
Plus Gran Morsi sets up fund for employees; greetings from a Chambers Street regular; for your evening stroll: lights at the Seaport. / 4 comments
The festival's alumni filmmakers are offering a few minutes of distraction from the coronavirus news cycle. Try it.
Plus Alexander and Bonin host a virtual gallery show; a reminder to do the census; have your cocktails delivered to the door.
The school for music and art, which has been in the neighborhood for three decades, relies on events and grants to augment tuition revenue. Those are now gone.
Plus Krispy Kreme is coming to the Fulton hub eventually; Mattress Firm clears out for CVS. / 2 comments
Choreographers Tracie Stanfield and Eric John Campros recruited some Downtown Dance Factory kids to make this infectious video that is joy in a bottle.
Plus some after school activity providers band together; dining bond initiative started; snow on Greenwich Street; virus PSAs, in art. / 1 comment
The archive of millions of LPs from the post micro-groove era, along with all sorts of music ephemera, was forced to leave White Street and will relocate in two spots. / 1 comment
Plus the fireboat John J. Harvey spends some time in the hood; The Museum of the American Indian is closed. / 13 comments
CB1 rejected the liquor license for Sleep No More, which has plans to create a 100,000-square-foot interactive performance space with three bars and late hours.
I’m officially a senior citizen and I have to tell you if me and my buddies from the Bronx had... — John Gallagher / Carjacking on North Moore has a happy ending…
Blame those in charge, including our mayor. Mamdani pledged support for NYC street vendors. Now they’re facing a crackdown. https://gothamist.com/news/mamdani-pledged-support-for-nyc-street-vendors-now-theyre-facing-a-crackdown... — Marcus / In the News: More on the counterfeit vendors of Canal Street
UN report on counterfeiting and organized crime: https://www.unodc.org/toc/en/crimes/counterfeit-goods.html — Marcus / In the News: More on the counterfeit vendors of Canal Street
Society has lost its mind letting people walk around outdoors with masks on as if it's not obviously insanely suspicious.... — person / Carjacking on North Moore has a happy ending…
I'm okay with extra reinforcing, recalling what happened at Pfizer's residential conversion on 42nd Street. Demolition could have been dusty... — Gary / Construction Update: 100 Franklin / 250 Church
I am curious how they came to the decision to rehabilitate the existing structure rather than just tear it down.... — Reademan / Construction Update: 100 Franklin / 250 Church
There is widespread agreement that the illegal Canal vendors are destroying the quality of life for local residents because they... — lowrider / In the News: More on the counterfeit vendors of Canal Street