Plus: The Fulton restaurant and bar; City Hall Park construction update; Joan Baez to play for Occupy Zuccotti Park; more on the storefront strip poker art exhibit.
New restaurant. Plus: Two BPC "facelifts"; Blue Planet Grill; Occupy Wall Street protesters are annoyed; Marc Forgione's stuff.
Know where this was shot? Say so in the comments. (Update: We have a winner!) / 2 comments
Soon to be relaunched here. Plus: Resident wants back into former Leaning Tower of Tribeca; dissecting a sale at 270 Broadway; species of fish found in Hudson River for the first time. / 1 comment
To be discussed: The restaurant that Dr. Michel Cohen of Tribeca Pediatrics is opening on W. Broadway; something replacing Biddy Early's?; rooftop addition on a prominent corner; more.
"I saw a piece on CNN.com that says a monument to the special forces soldiers who attacked the Taliban after 9/11 is going to be installed on private property directly across from Ground Zero on Veterans Day. But where?" —Nicole UPDATE: Now we know.
Know where this was shot? Say so in the comments. (Updated with the answer.) / 17 comments
Guess who? Plus: Rethinking the school rezoning; PayPal's pop-up; the Palm's brand refresh; holiday pop-up in the Seaport. / 1 comment
Plus: Sen. John Kerry; WFC mall construction timeline; chef change at Plein Sud; Ted Muehling; Taïm; Governors Island not opening on Fridays for the next two years. / 4 comments
...and Rocco Cadolini! Plus: Zuccotti Park Greenmarket being temporarily displaced; One World Trade Center is being lit pink this month; White & Church's appeal for later hours. / 5 comments
Relative to other parts of the city FiDi has comparatively little green space, let alone trees on the streets. Further,... — Heide Fasnacht / City moving forward with development of 100 Gold
A lot of NIMBYism in these comments. Financial district is basically the birthplace of the skyscraper, has always been crowded,... — Cd / City moving forward with development of 100 Gold
One solution to the lack of common areas and too much traffic: close streets to cars/trucks permanently, and convert them... — Ben / City moving forward with development of 100 Gold
Typo: before 2010 (not 2020) — stm / City moving forward with development of 100 Gold
Before 2020, the area was still mostly office (personally I would not describe as moribund) and actually less traffic. There... — stm / City moving forward with development of 100 Gold
I pass by 100 Gold a couple of time a week. At street level it seems dank and squat, and... — Gary / City moving forward with development of 100 Gold
Lovely and well deserved -- keep up the good work, Adger! — John Willenbecher / Catching up with Adger Cowans on his 90th birthday