Lock up your maids! Updated with pix of the media camping out across the street. / 8 comments
Plus: Lots of commercial real-estate news; the curse of Trump Soho continues; pop-up rakes it in; 99 Washington stop-work order. / 2 comments
Plus: FiDi retail is dismal, but maybe improving; Town Residential picks up three downtown buildings; crosswalk figures added to 99 Church mural; Corton's Paul Liebrandt. Also: If you're attending tonight's CB1 meeting, read this. / 2 comments
"The medians on West Street have such nice paths. Are we allowed to walk on them? Or are they just for the landscapers?" —Ashley
Water, water everywhere—and not a place to pee. Plus: Chatham Square spared redo; Battery Park City on alert.
A movement is afoot. Plus: Dominique Strauss-Kahn at 71 Broadway; man hurt trying to ride subway. / 1 comment
...is your new neighbor. Plus: Escape at the 1st Precinct; Sheldon Silver accuses Bloomberg of playing politics vis-à-vis the firehouses; Downtown Hospital's new Wellness Center; more Potbelly Sandwich Shops.
The new rumor (as being told by anonymous officers): The stables are moving on Monday for 18 months. Was the NYPD listening or paying lip service? UPDATE: A letter from Ray Kelly is expected in the next few days. UPDATE: Yep, 18 months. A reader sent in a report from the CB1 meeting. / 10 comments
Plus: Opposition to marketing the 9/11 memorial; 1WTC floor plans posted online; meeting with schools chancellor; Battery Park City Block Party; Bari's tote bag.
...on Hudson. Plus: Telepan Tribeca; artist Brandon Choi; Hideaway crab night returns; coping with the soon-to-happen bus problem; a campaign for Lower Manhattan; Corbin Building restoration.
So sad that it’s going to close its iconic. — Brad / Issey Miyake will close store after 24 years
Crazy. Frank Gehry just died today. https://nyti.ms/48DuKiy — Bianca Alexis / Issey Miyake will close store after 24 years
We can only hope. — Makes You Go Hmmmm.... / In the News: More ICE on Canal Street
As long as NYC fails to enforce its own laws and allows the city to continue in a state of... — Marcus / In the News: More ICE on Canal Street
Mulciber thank you. Sanitation is a rationale often used to justify fascist strategies. Witness the attacks on "cartels" in the... — Heide Fasnacht / In the News: More ICE on Canal Street
435 mature trees getting taken out is brutal — Peter G / The plans for the reconstruction of Rockefeller Park
I am not totally seeing where Gateway/Brookfield and restaurants on the water fall into this timeline. Can someone kindly advise?... — Erin H / The plans for the reconstruction of Rockefeller Park