Also on Community Board 1's April agendas: A second try for the Roc space; beer-and-wine license for the Truffles convenience store; Khe-Yo sidewalk seating; changing the direction of Beaver Street; new windows on Worth Street; much more. / 4 comments
Plus: Remembering artist James Rosenquist; the future of the grand bank lobby at 49 Chambers; another Augustine review; FDNY toughens anti-hazing rules after incidents at a Tribeca firehouse.
Plus: The dangerous situation at Washington and Watts; more painted asphalt on Franklin Street; Vivi Bubble Tea has opened; another Broadway store for rent; makeup inspired by Jean-Michel Basquiat. / 16 comments
Plus: Bouley Test Kitchen appears to be moving; the city's free wi-fi service is set to expand below Worth Street; Department of Education posting lead-test results for area schools.
Plus: Why the NYPD doesn't enforce the no-truck rule on Laight; Babesta is merging its Tribeca stores; no sign of progress at Bouley's next location; Roc served with eviction papers; David Weeks Studio sample sale today.
Plus: Hugh Jackman film shooting here; Holland Tunnel traffic mess; Urban Archaeology's new showroom has opened; more on the kids' store coming to Greenwich Street; demolition on W. Broadway; "Law & Order: SVU" is back again. / 6 comments
Plus: Prominent Canal Street topper can't clear the Landmarks Preservation Commission; arrest made in series of FiDi bar thefts; Rockaway ferry to be the first of the new routes to launch; "Breaking Bad" pop-up restaurant. / 6 comments
The Battery Park City Authority released its first proposals for increasing flood resiliency. The biggest changes are to Wagner Park, which will get a reconceived pavilion and a footbridge, but there will also be new walls and other barriers throughout the neighborhood.
Plus: Justin Timberlake and Jessica Biel reportedly bought in Tribeca; Augustine review; Landmarc wins its trademark fight with the Seagram Building restaurant; potential $100 million funding shortfall for the World Trade Center performing arts center. / 2 comments
A reader wrote in asking how we might get the Department of Sanitation to keep the neighborhood cleaner—in particular, can anything be done about the overflowing garbage cans on every corner? Plus: Depressing info on the mountains of trash bags lining so many sidewalks. / 17 comments
Plus: "Fearless Girl" extended; three-car accident at West and Murray; the city's first new ferry got stuck in Florida; By Chloe's chef has left the company; the Battery Park City Authority's bond rating. / 5 comments
Plus: Big Gay Ice Cream is opening in the Seaport District; when a clown school was on Chambers; the Battery Park City Authority's resiliency study; remembering David Rockefeller. / 1 comment
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