Plus: How to see the Internet in our midst; aggressive vendors still menacing tourists at the Battery; Mr. Chow in Mexico; local cheesesteak earns a rave.
Plus: Millennials are said to be taking over FiDi; a dearth of long-term health care in the area; you can rent the apartment above the Ear Inn. / 6 comments
Plus: "Love locks" to be cut from the Brooklyn Bridge; St. John's Terminal project to lose its High Line park; St. Paul statue; new Australian café in FiDi.
Plus: Views of 56 Leonard as the hoist comes down; Baked is getting a facelift; egregious police parking; 70 Vestry pokes up above ground; Target enthusiasm; 24 Hubert Wines is back; action at a Washington Street storefront?
He waits for parents to become distracted. / 12 comments
Plus: Nathan Lane; top honors for the Dead Rabbit; new tapas restaurant on Hanover Square; Battery Park City residents upset over having no bridge for nine months; local high-school student caught packing heat on campus. / 2 comments
Plus: Prominent building to be converted to offices; careless people find their stuff has been stolen; Gateway Plaza tenant spat; customizable landfill at Target; new museum on Liberty Island. / 5 comments
Plus: Sculpture exhibit of everyday objects made from paper; the American Icon store is closing; the dangerously dark path in City Hall Park; fun-run fundraiser for Battery Park City schools. / 9 comments
Plus: Opening forecast for Taryn Toomey's new studio; the history of 311 Broadway; Community Board 1 discussion about the Battery Park City Authority's plan for South End Avenue. / 1 comment
Plus: Howard Hughes Corporation tries an end-run regarding the Tin Building; the ornate post office building that used to be in City Hall Park. / 2 comments
Plus: Daydreaming about severely limiting cars in a big chunk of Lower Manhattan; man dies after fall from Battery Park City building; about the Horace Greeley statue in City Hall Park; "Gilmore Girls" promotion.
Plus: Washington Market Park will be closed several days this week; 24-hour food carts; the big annual sale at Joseph Carini Carpets; the new subway entrance on Park Place; monster-themed tsunami art show; Crock-Pot disposal. / 4 comments
(Pam's coverage of development issues is so amazing.) I choose to focus on the positive: 976 new homes, in a... — Komanoff / Tower plans have begun for Independence Plaza
There was no "Tribeca" when IDP was built. The area from Citibank to Whole Foods complex was in an urban... — G / Tower plans have begun for Independence Plaza
Even though building housing is worthwhile, the scale of this project is not in keeping with the community. Despite the... — Gary / Tower plans have begun for Independence Plaza
I cannot believe he said that, nor that anyone believed that. — James Bogardus / Tower plans have begun for Independence Plaza
Chris Marte told us during his reelection campaign that the development is not moving forward now and that is pushing... — B / Tower plans have begun for Independence Plaza
Yup, I'm with you generally. I'd always like to see more money for community benefits, since you know the developers... — malcolm / Tower plans have begun for Independence Plaza
this isn't safe for the tenants or the businesses on the block. Vernado lies about affordable housing and doesn't care... — NY Native / Tower plans have begun for Independence Plaza