Plus: Getting the city to be transparent about film shoots; barber pop-up; 1 World Trade Center cutting rents (but may finally have a new tenant); zoning could hamper Howard Hughes Corp.'s plans. / 1 comment
The park, which is now 30 acres larger, has opened for the season. So what's it like? / 8 comments
Plus: Pier A's Peter Poulakakos; "bitter war" over Southbridge Towers offering plan; Raccoon Lodge theft.
Plus: Rowing studio looking to open here; thefts in Tribeca; 9/11 Museum kicks out reporter; Governors Island opens this weekend; South Street Seaport shops and restaurants; jewelry studio. / 4 comments
Plus: 9/11 Museum restaurant rant; Time Inc. signs lease here; New York Academy of Art; frightening theft on Desbrosses; Pier 40 deal secretly done months ago; New York Ranger; 1 Wall Street sold; Pier A bells; Seaport food trucks and sailing; Canal Street building. / 1 comment
The long-overlooked Collect Pond Park has finally reopened after a major renovation, including an expansion, and it's lovely. The centerpiece is a wide water feature that nods to the area's history. / 3 comments
Plus: Skydiving pix; Washington Market Tavern forecast; Wickham Boyle's Just Shea; when Battery Park City had a wheat field; peregrine falcons' FiDi nest; Patron of the New; Church Street School. / 1 comment
Plus: Haus nightclub will have two DJ booths; Just Salad open on Hudson; Café Noir goes behind the plywood; City Hall Park cat; One Art Space exhibit.
Plus: Jill Abramson; 9/11 Museum gift shop; south Tribeca development; "Dream House"; Fulton Center progress; "Frozen" cakes; new performing arts school. / 2 comments
In my opinion, the demilitarization of the WTC zone is far more momentous than the opening of the 9/11 Museum, because it's the second major step—after the creation of the plaza—in bringing the area back to life. / 5 comments
I grew up in a neighborhood with basement bagel, bakeries, long, narrow, bagel, ovens, bagelmeister’s, who really knew their craft.... — A. / Bagel Wars: Ess-a-Bagel coming to Murray Street
In our house the cart bagels are what we call "cake bagels", barely 1 step up from Lender's frozen bagels.... — Nicole Vianna / Bagel Wars: Ess-a-Bagel coming to Murray Street
Unfortunately this is true about virtually every public works project in the city. Take a walk around all of the... — Reademan / A progress report on the work in north Battery Park City
This bagel Baedeker doesn't even include the ubiquitous food carts that vend breakfast essentials, including - say it - bagels.... — Gary / Bagel Wars: Ess-a-Bagel coming to Murray Street
Don’t ask me how I have this connection, but I’ve spoken to the construction manager 1:1 before (he didn't know... — Upset BPC Resident / A progress report on the work in north Battery Park City
Thank you for the article about the move of our primary retail and repair business, Finlay and Gage, from Tribeca... — Judy Epstein Gage / Finlay + Gage has left the neighborhood
True North Tribeca! https://www.instagram.com/truenorthtribeca — James Bogardus / North Bar is closing for the summer — and will reopen as something new