Plus: Local school cafeteria goes vegetarian; BPCA earned $167 million last year; publishing exec Judith Regan; a baby bat was trapped inside a Chase branch.
Plus: New Malaysian restaurant; SeaGlass carousel update; Brookfield Place shops; Girl Scouts and NYPD intelligence moving in; White Street building for sale; Spring Street park renderings; new Southbridge Towers bakery.
Plus: Beyoncé and Jay Z moving to L.A.; ice falling all around the World Trade Center and Brookfield Place; new bar and restaurant on Spring Street; Ed Burns's memoir; remembering Jordan Gruzel; Aloft hotel. / 5 comments
Plus: New information about Laight Street truck traffic; Laughing Man's sidewalk bench to actually involve taking over a parking space; Remix nightclub causing more trouble; Franklin Street loft in 1977. / 5 comments
Don't just live in this neighborhood, urges a local entrepreneur: Support the businesses that help make it special. / 7 comments
Plus: Another snide aside about Tribeca by the New York Times; artist and filmmaker Larry Rivers; inside the new Residence Inn near the World Trade Center. / 2 comments
Also on February’s Community Board 1 agendas: A sidewalk bench in front of Laughing Man; Worth Street construction; new Malaysian restaurant; 101 Murray demolition; Brookfield Place restaurants; pay phones. / 3 comments
Plus: Truck traffic on Laight Street; Tribeca Watch Repair has been seized; those big tents on Canal Street; Kate Pierson of the B-52's in concert. / 2 comments
Plus: Vogue celebrates Lower Manhattan; Chambers Street power outage screws up subway service; checking in on Peck Slip School.
Nonna Dora’s is very special. I don’t think I’ve had better pasta anywhere else in NYC. Exquisitely prepared with just... — SW / Catching Up With New Kids: Nonna Dora’s
Happy to lend our gallery space if useful for any of the groups. — Hal Bromm / Four schools stranded after building accident on Broadway
Olio e Piu is in a phase of frantic expansion. That almost always ends badly. — J / Mr Chow is indeed closing
Nonna Dora's is such a lovely addition to the neighborhood and we go there often, both with family and friends.... — TM / Catching Up With New Kids: Nonna Dora’s
Love it! So glad to have in the hood. The food is great. Decor is funky interesting. And Nicola is... — Amy S / Catching Up With New Kids: Nonna Dora’s
The role Olio e Piu will play in diverting the B+T diners from Locanda Verde is the most exciting part... — P / Mr Chow is indeed closing
Downtown dance Factory has been amazing with their ability to pivot so quickly, find alternate rehearsal spaces, and ensure that... — Natalie / Four schools stranded after building accident on Broadway