Plus: Good and bad news for the Collect Pond Park hawks; new tenant for a former nail salon; Peter Agron's photography at Soho Photo; Rosemarie Castoro exhibit at Hal Bromm Gallery.
Let's get that tip hardened! Plus: Jean-Georges Vongerichten gets to blackball other Seaport District restaurants; Q&A with the Republican candidate for Sheldon Silver's former seat; downtown construction office getting closed.
Plus: A Tribe Called Quest at the Square Diner in 1993; another vacate order; Robert Janz animal sculptures; meeting of the Financial District Neighborhood Association; "Atel" shoot tomorrow. / 2 comments
Plus: Open studios at the New York Academy of Art; "Ghostbusters" celebration at the Tribeca Film Festival street fair; shoots for "Elementary" and "Everyone Speaks Food"; those Apt. 5 umbrellas. / 1 comment
Plus: Burglary at Estancia 460; Santander Bank robbery; actor interviewed at Sushi Azabu; the race for Sheldon Silver's seat is a weird one; how the Tribeca Film Festival is going way beyond film. / 1 comment
Plus: 1 World Trade Center carpet; FedEx Office store is moving; "Law & Order: SVU" is back yet again; work by Japanese emerging artists. / 1 comment
There's a push to give the publicly accessible arcades along Water Street back to the buildings' owners in exchange for improvements to nearby plazas. After I first posted about it, the Downtown Alliance responded with a defense—to which Community Advocates for Public Space has now sent a rebuttal. / 7 comments
Plus: 30 Warren hopes to sell nearly $100 million worth of condos; more on the gumball machine; when Donald Trump settled accusations of fraud; "rooftopper" arrested for scaling 70 Pine. / 1 comment
Plus: Politicians call on the Battery Park City Authority to allow public comment at its meetings; more on 100 Franklin; Tribeca neurosurgeon accused of sexual assault; Battery Maritime Building. / 1 comment
Plus: Petition opposing Buddha Bar on Thomas Street; politicians want to allow media to park anywhere; commercial shoot on Warren today; Liberty Park aerial shot; Young New Yorkers benefit. / 1 comment
Plus: The gumball machine has arrived; 70 Vestry's sales office has a model in the window; nighttime construction on Church Street; Tribeca's Kitchen is temporarily closed; how to complain about the rat poison that killed the Collect Pond hawk. / 7 comments
Plus: Clocktower building recap; two slashings (one real, one faked); Peter Stanford memorial information; socialite skips out on Nobu bill; should Peck Slip be a park or a plaza?
Sounds promising. How much power does such a BID have? Could it actually do something to clear out the illicit... — Marcus / New group to explore the potential of a Tribeca Business Improvement District
I’m officially a senior citizen and I have to tell you if me and my buddies from the Bronx had... — John Gallagher / Carjacking on North Moore has a happy ending…
Blame those in charge, including our mayor. Mamdani pledged support for NYC street vendors. Now they’re facing a crackdown. https://gothamist.com/news/mamdani-pledged-support-for-nyc-street-vendors-now-theyre-facing-a-crackdown... — Marcus / In the News: More on the counterfeit vendors of Canal Street
UN report on counterfeiting and organized crime: https://www.unodc.org/toc/en/crimes/counterfeit-goods.html — Marcus / In the News: More on the counterfeit vendors of Canal Street
Society has lost its mind letting people walk around outdoors with masks on as if it's not obviously insanely suspicious.... — person / Carjacking on North Moore has a happy ending…
I'm okay with extra reinforcing, recalling what happened at Pfizer's residential conversion on 42nd Street. Demolition could have been dusty... — Gary / Construction Update: 101 Franklin / 250 Church
I am curious how they came to the decision to rehabilitate the existing structure rather than just tear it down.... — Reademan / Construction Update: 101 Franklin / 250 Church