Filmmaker Joanna Kiernan followed local artist Robert Janz for two years, picking up his story at age 80, as he started making graffiti around the city, but mostly here, in greater Tribeca. / 1 comment
The founder of NYA Gallery on Franklin Place has expanded to the ground floor of 373 Broadway to add a coffee shop and expansive gallery space.
Plus Gibney dance gets a whopper of a grant; a Philly cheesesteak adds a New York twist; star-crossword lovers take their four-letter word for promises downtown. / 2 comments
Plus: carp spotted swimming downtown; a Black Fox runs uptown; Hudson Square adds some color to its light poles. / 2 comments
Plus art house classics shown in a BPC series; the deli on Lafayette and Duane is closed; Staple Street bridge property gets some facade repairs. / 1 comment
Still $40 million short, the construction of the St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church will resume with a new board and intervention from the governor. / 4 comments
Plus CB1 has questions for the new head of the Perelman Performing Arts Center; three local restaurants make Pete Wells' short list of best dishes of 2019.
Plus a poetry reading at Pen Parentis; a preview of the bean; how you spell Tribeca at Puffy's; how pier workers take a siesta.
There's a massive crop of new restaurants on the horizon -- mostly from tested brands -- as well as two new parks, new ballfields, and big changes for the Seaport District. / 3 comments
Plus Cardi B. shoots in the jenga building; Rossignol opens in Soho; the re-opened Artists Space reviewed.
The latest in photographer Claudine Williams's series of Q&As with local people in the arts: the textile and clothing designer Mary Jaeger. / 4 comments
Plus Museum of Ice Cream reopens in Soho; Battery Park City will recycle trees through Jan. 24; the Woolrich store in Soho has installed a room where it snows all the time. / 1 comment
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