Plus: Battery Park City to get raised medians; fireworks on the East River tonight; NSA billboard part of an ad campaign; Where in Tribeca...? remains unsolved. / 8 comments
Plus: Tablão appears to be open; Washington Market Park Halloween parade and party; Tribeca Grand Café trying again; Pen Parentis on food; Save Our Seaport rally; Washington closure; Bikini Bar. / 2 comments
Plus: Inside American Cut; Vesey crosswalk finally reopened; another Tribeca restaurant gets a Michelin star; 55 White analysis.
Here's one for the barflies: Which establishments use the following coasters? (Updated with the answer.) / 6 comments
Plus: Plywood down at the new wine bar, Terra; NYPD community meeting; shopping to benefit Washington Market Park; kale party tonight. / 8 comments
I figured I'd never have reason to go to Roosevelt Island again, but that was before architect Louis I. Kahn's monument to Franklin Delano Roosevelt and his "four freedoms" opened last year. / 4 comments
Plus: Joy Gryson sample sale starts today; American Flatbread is now delivering; participate in the world's largest bhangra dance; Loft Tour correction. / 1 comment
At the Hudson River Park Trust board meeting, Nicole Vianna learned about the number of responses to the Pier 26 restaurant RFP, good news about median upkeep, plans for a three-lane lay-by along Pier 26, and more.
Plus: Bikers on the rampage; fencing the lawn at Washington Market Park; free geraniums. / 14 comments
Plus: Mysterious parachutists near the Goldman Sachs compound; man arrested for carrying samurai sword; Khe-Yo review. / 2 comments
Also on the Community Board 1 agendas for October: Desbrosses bar; Smashburger opening in FiDi; proposed rooftop addition for the Atalanta on N. Moore; P.S. 234 crossing guard; Chase Manhattan Plaza explanation; a chance to see inside 4 World Trade Center.
If you've never had the talk warning your kids, for Pete's sake, do it now. / 28 comments
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