The MTA board will vote on whether to accept the final proposed toll structure as early as this Wednesday. / 10 comments
She and her husband, Arty, took over the Towers Cafeteria in the fifties, making it a hangout and haven for local artists. She was 94. / 7 comments
Plus Beefbar opens tomorrow; Duane Park Patisserie bakes history for the Morgan Library; Cindy Sherman's Tribeca studio? / 9 comments
Plus no investigation on two recent street fires; Salaam Bombay space is now gutted; 200 Church is still empty.
The plan would carve a protected bike out of one lane of the highway from Chambers to 59th. / 26 comments
The 19-story Manhattan Detention Center and the Tombs next door are making way for a new skyscraper jail, and making a mess in the meantime. / 10 comments
The new rules for dining structures on the sidewalk and curbside were effective as of March 3. / 11 comments
Plus Pace University adds an AI lab that will be open to neighbors; for rent on Chambers?; artist talk at Bortolami.
Plus an Estonian art fair from a Tribeca gallerist; the last holdouts in artists lofts; another artist cashes out.
Plus a public meeting on Park Row; a new president for MOCA; celebrate Ireland event for kids. / 1 comment
Plus free performances on Governors Island; a history symposium on St. Paul's Chapel; new concept for Whole Foods.
The MTA will hold two hearings on Monday on the proposed toll rates for drivers coming into Downtown.
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