"On Franklin Street, there's cloth netting laid over the part that's already done, and in the overnight hours there are hoses running the length of the project that sprinkle water continuously." —Mike
Do something about it! But if you're going to complain, you might as well do it effectively. Three case studies. / 4 comments
Also on the CB1 agendas for October: Signage for the new Pier 17; Fish Market buildings; school overcrowding report; new Hudson Square school; ballfield permits; South Street Seaport Museum's future; the "Jenga Building" at 56 Leonard; Fulton Center update; much more. / 3 comments
Plus: Subway attack; loft with razzle-dazzle; the 7-Eleven scourge; smushy caramels; Dirty Old 1970's New York City. / 1 comment
Plus: Battery Park City Authority board meeting; "Blue Bloods" filming here; Scorcese's 80's movie shooting on a North Cove Marina boat; dog alert. / 1 comment
Plus: Accused rapist attempts suicide; Bubby's is closing its Dumbo location; the owners of Greenwich Jewelers; 69 Murray; P.S. 150's principal; Battery Park City Block Party; unleashed dogs in Battery Park.
"They seem to become eyesores—covered with graffiti, trash, broken plastic doors, stickers, etc. Do they need permission from the city to plop them down wherever? And do building owners have a right to ask them to be removed?" —Miriam / 5 comments
Plus: Bad new for Glad Tidings Tabernacle; riverside real estate; machine guns; Woody Allen. / 10 comments
Plus: PATH train to Newark Airport?; West Street crossing guards; interior designer showhouse; 99 Reade; nosing. / 2 comments
Plus: Brazilian bar closed; Scorcese film shooting here; the maybe-an-IHOP space; 72 Vestry question (and answer); new traffic light turned on. / 1 comment
Gulp. Plus: A contest to solve the Pier 40 problem; the Flea's "Job" reviewed; art installation reopens; Dance New Amsterdam still in trouble; W. Thames bridge. / 9 comments
Relatedly, about City plans to tear down the HPD building at 100 Gold and replace with super-tall residential building… Heads... — stm / Seen & Heard: Big reno for east side of Pace campus
Sounds like you should go live with the loonies in Cali. Or maybe this guy in his "camp" — JR / Encampment set up on Park Row and Beekman
I completely can attest to that. We moved here from Seattle 2 years ago. My husband is a native and... — Karyn / Encampment set up on Park Row and Beekman
For the record, I'm one of your readers who supports ICE and the work they do enforcing our nation's laws.... — Will M / Nosy Neighbor: What’s going on along Broadway south of Worth?
If you think LA has skid row bc of a housing shortage you’re as blind as you are ignorant. — Matt / Encampment set up on Park Row and Beekman
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No way, Seattle fell? When did that happen. They really held out for quite a while. Was it the zombie... — Michael T / Encampment set up on Park Row and Beekman