With indoor dining still on pause, local restaurants are counting on the city's new curbside dining option. But the Citi Bike dock is getting in the way for two of them. / 11 comments
More on some similar topics: M1-5, 27 Vestry, The Palm. Plus taking on NYPD responses, small business crises and a topic for our time: virtual decorum. / 4 comments
A new suspension of city rules for POPS allows bars, restaurants and retail to set up in adjacent spaces -- which could mean that these zoning bonuses finally serve a public purpose. / 9 comments
One neighborhood non-profit -- JCP on Duane -- is trying to find ways to celebrate with its congregants online, and may indeed keep some of those traditions alive on the small screen.
The salons are back! Mudhoney, Lance Lappin and Spiral (x,y,z) are open; so is Houseman, Century 21, RE: ALABAYAN and soon -- 1803. / 4 comments
Battery Park City and One World Trade show their colors; A Uno is back open in a sign of retail to come; Miriam adds seats on West Broadway.
Plus the future CVS store at Church and Warren is under construction; a sailing school opens at Pier 25; an interactive map for dining outdoors. / 1 comment
Grand Banks has devised a nearly contactless order system; Whole Foods is down to two lanes for cash; bartenders take tips by Venmo. (Also on another note, Whole Foods' hours are back to normal.) / 6 comments
Where can you find this sweet mosaic detail, perhaps created by West Side Foundry? / 12 comments
A couple hundred protestors are sleeping out on the plaza at the entrance to the 4/5/6 at Brooklyn Bridge until June 30, while the city negotiates the budget. / 4 comments
Running along the west side of headquarters from N. Moore to Hubert, the West Plaza will open to the public late this summer. / 2 comments
A handy list includes restrooms in parks, Brookfield, the Staten Island Ferry terminal and Pier 11.
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: 100 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: 100 Franklin / 250 Church
There is widespread agreement that the illegal Canal vendors are destroying the quality of life for local residents because they... — lowrider / In the News: More on the counterfeit vendors of Canal Street