Also on Community Board 1's June agendas: Duane Street eviction and demolition; Pier 26 update; closing part of Peck Slip to traffic; new Park Row tower; the neverending film/TV/ad shoots; Barleycorn liquor license change; more.
Plus: Condo plans for the former Pearl Paint buildings; Combina restaurant closed; who was behind the arcade plan push-polling; Cadillac café to be run by Joe Coffee; anti-Semitic graffiti.
Plus: Sweetgreen will no longer serve bacon or sriracha; sleazy "push-poll" technique used by arcade plan supporter; why 3 World Trade Center is being built that way; Wounded Warriors to roast a pig in front of a FiDi mosque; why you shouldn't rob someone on an escalator; other thefts. / 3 comments
Plus: Kung Fu Tea to also be the Eggettes House; the penthouse level at 443 Greenwich; imminent opening for a World Trade Center passageway; is the Cosmopolitan Hotel getting a new sign?; Bar Works is not taking all of 70 White after all. / 17 comments
Plus: The sleazy Lower Manhattan real estate deal that kept many buildings from being rent-stabilized; 9/11 Museum trying to woo resistant locals; new Austrian restaurant opens in FiDi. / 3 comments
Plus: New design for the Hubert Street mansion; North Cove Marina tenants unhappy with new management; Park Place tower funding, details; illegal ticket vendors arrested; FiDi sidewalk shed relief; Broad Street tower to be second tallest building in Lower Manhattan. / 2 comments
Plus: Battery Park City nanny and toddler disappear, then return; this weekend's obstacle course on Pier 26; Café Altro Paradiso review; a peek inside the new Wyeth showroom; resident urges Battery Park City Authority to think green.
Plus: Soho Photo's June exhibits; La Colombe opening on Prince; Soho Square to get spruced up; "Romeo and Juliet" at Castle Clinton. / 2 comments
Plus: Man about town David Cleaver; the Battery Park City Authority forced out local executive; light warfare on Murray; parents who hire adults to do their kids' homework; Telepan closed.
Plus: New app for historical photos of New York City; N. Moore wall uncovered; brand orgy on Warren; "Charlotte's Web"; 346 Broadway community space; Seaport District summer programming. / 1 comment
Plus: Tribeca composer's new piece was inspired by construction noise outside his apartment; Community Board 1 rivals join forces.
Plus: A split at Tutto Il Giorno; vending machine staffer has coins stolen; review of a bar called the Ship. / 7 comments
Not only is pedestrian traffic less than robust - there are several other bagel locations nearby. I wish Modern well,... — Gary / Sonder has closed all its locations, including Duane Street Hotel
That's the amazing Jonas Wood house, built in 1804, and moved from 314 Washington St. First owners were buying a... — Bruce Gomes / Townhouse Peeping: 25 Harrison Street
To echo G’s sentiment: Great house, great story, and I haven’t met them, but they’re my neighbors, so they must... — Roger / Townhouse Peeping: 25 Harrison Street
Throwing out ridiculously inflammatory comments and hiding behind a letter instead of putting your name out there, that's bush league.... — Skeet / Sonder has closed all its locations, including Duane Street Hotel
Our new mayor is a responsible person and he’s got absolutely no control over releasing violent criminals. This is irresponsible... — John Gallagher / Sonder has closed all its locations, including Duane Street Hotel
Congratulations to the best team of hair stylists in the city — Joel Roskind / Tribeca Barber Spa will expand next door for women
Stupidity I tolerate. Ignorance makes me angry but I understand it. But couldn't there be some sort of filter for... — mulciber / Sonder has closed all its locations, including Duane Street Hotel