Plus: Helicopters flying under the Brooklyn Bridge; new opening forecast for Maharishi's shop on Lispenard; the underside of the FDR Drive is being painted lavender; Franklin Street paint job; Spring Street Park; new Seaport shops and gallery. / 2 comments
Plus: Chipotle and Blaue Gans have reopened; Peanuts murals by various artists; bubble tea shop now open on Chambers; celebrate mushroom sustainability at Graffiti Earth; when Grand Banks will start serving food; "Big Bank Attack" shoot.
Plus: Grand Banks will reopen soon (but not in time for this lovely weather); a map of the city's sidewalk sheds; activity at a Murray Street storefront; what looks like a sample sale on Hudson. / 1 comment
Plus: Chipotle explanation; the Vitamin Shoppe is stocked with merchandise; Citigroup starts the final facade; progress on the plaza south of the World Trade Center Oculus; likely Hyundai commercial shoot. / 2 comments
Plus: The Warren Street reconstruction project moves eastward; new tenant for the former Haus nightclub space; "FBI" shoot; celebrating Betty Carter and Fat Tuesday's; 45 Park Place is a quarter of the way up.
Plus: Apartment for sale with bowling alley in the sub-basement; the metal atrium roof at A Summer Day Café; feminist photo show; French fry vendor at the Fulton Center; Chick-fil-A crowds.
Plus: Mysterious partitioning at two retail spaces; no activity at the Greenwich Street hotel; StreetEasy's Tribeca joke; signs of life at the Loopy Doopy rooftop bar; Starbucks in the Intergate telecom hotel.
Plus: The penthouse of the hedge fund manager character on "Billions"; more of the hoist is gone from 3 World Trade Center; "FBI" TV shoot; 1st Precinct Community Council meeting. / 3 comments
How does the Department of Transportation determine the timing for specific projects? Why are some on weekdays, some on weekends, some late at night? I hounded the DOT until I got to speak with Manhattan Borough Commissioner Luis Sanchez. / 1 comment
Plus: Anti-choice walk tomorrow; the Leaning Tower of Tribeca; Broadway clock face illuminated; UPS making customers pick deliveries up; Liberty Street block to close for 10 weeks. / 7 comments
Plus: The surcharges for wasabi and ginger at Tetsu; Pier 26 construction forecast; Wagyu sandwich restaurant to open in FiDi; the history of 60 Collister; New York City's official clock master; 140 Broadway plaza changes approved. / 7 comments
Plus: Revised redesign for the 140 Broadway plaza; Bowery Boys podcast about Tribeca; update on the West Thames pedestrian bridge; the school walkout; the history of 47 Walker. / 1 comment
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