Plus: Opening date for the Saks Men's Store; the transformer that clogged up W. Broadway on Saturday; checking in on Pier 17; the 19-story building under construction on Broadway; "Power" TV shoot. / 3 comments
Local politicians have asked the city's Department of Transportation for a "comprehensive study" of traffic in Lower Manhattan. Everything they need to know is right here, thanks to James. / 10 comments
Plus: Le District is finally getting a French fry station; the Warren Street reconstruction project is starting; "Black List" TV shoot; painting at Taymour Grahne. / 13 comments
Plus: Navy restaurant in Soho is closing; area politicians request a traffic study; the NYPD officer who convinced a man not to kill himself; Sonoma Cost pinot noir tasting. / 2 comments
Plus: A favorable first impression of Restaurant Ato; W. Broadway closed this weekend for a transformer removal; progress at Austrian bakery site; Canal Street café. / 1 comment
The owner of World of Gold N Diamond was found with zip ties around his neck. / 4 comments
Plus: NYPD talks man out of suicide at Tribeca hotel; Marc Forgione bought a new apartment; Augustine's "roasted" blood orange dessert. / 1 comment
Plus: Lotus Blue restaurant found a new home; piece of glass falls 20 stories from downtown hotel. / 3 comments
"The military guys who patrol Brookfield, the Oculus, and so on: Where do they all live? The new Four Seasons? Is there a hidden base somewhere in Tribeca?" —M. / 3 comments
Plus: The history of 165 Chambers; fashion brand Mansur Gavriel; neat look at a Soho loft. / 1 comment
Plus: Video of thieves who returned to the scene of their crime; Brookfield Place to screen films in the Winter Garden; Battery Park City Day Nursery; funds for crossing guards.
Plus: New tool to keep track of resistance protests; work happening at a Broadway retail space; MTA parking buses in one of the worst spots imaginable; avocado enigma. / 3 comments
The Gothamist article about compass is very dumb. StreetEasy charges agents to post listings there, so it’s not as if... — Matt / In the News: Strolling Canal Street
You're better off reading about why the counterfeit vendors persist. https://www.city-journal.org/article/canal-street-fake-counterfeit-bags-vendors — James Bogardus / In the News: Strolling Canal Street
The Canal Street article is behind the NY Times paywall, so I could not read it. But in the flash... — Marcus / In the News: Strolling Canal Street
With all the hoopla over the renewed Carnegie Deli - I'm sorry it's not them!! — Bec / Update: Carnegie Diner at 200 Chambers
Based on recent openings in the neighborhood, it seems the fad has moved from cookies to savory carbs like bagels... — N / Chip City has closed permanently
The Reade St commercial parking is probably an artifact of over 20 years ago when there was plenty of commercial... — N / In the News: Hunting down parking placard abuses
Yes, and the vagrants on Canal Street need to go, too. — James / Seen & Heard: Wayfinding for a counterfeit bazaar