Also on Community Board 1’s January agendas: Changes to the former Ivy's Bistro and Valley National Bank spaces; Flinders Lane Australian restaurant opening on W. Broadway; façade restoration on Reade; enlargement on Hubert; more. / 4 comments
Plus: Massive art installation on Wall Street; more on City Hall restaurant's closing, and how it served the homeless a free lunch; when Trinity Church was the New Year's Eve gathering point; homeless couple with 10 cats; theft at FiDi Mexican restaurant.
Plus: Activity in a Church Street space; Terroir's hangover sandwich; Greenwich Street building getting a sixth floor; Tribeca Ball to honor Mr. and Mrs. Chow; Howard Street hotel rendering; go see the Picasso sculpture show at MoMA. / 3 comments
Plus: Pizza joint opens just north of Canal; 3 World Trade Center is starting to block 4 World Trade Center; the spray-painted sidewalk on Church; 56 Leonard curtain wall; new Greenwich Street condo is above ground-level. / 1 comment
On one block of Park Row, five buildings under six stories are going to be torn down. Besides the two we already knew about—which will be replaced by a 25-story tower—the other three will make way for a single development of unknown size. / 11 comments
"Do you know anything about how much longer the construction on Broadway, south of Vesey, is supposed to continue? The bus stops between Barclay and Vesey have all been temporarily suspended." —W.
With a stroller valet. Plus: Classic Hudson Square building to get a huge modern topper; Port Authority is mulling spending public money on 2 World Trade Center; relationship advice from Tribeca Therapy's Matt Lundquist; New York Times review of Sessanta; Zipcar stolen from parking garage; Governors Island slides. / 1 comment
It cost less to build. Plus: Park Place tower moves forward; big new Starbucks on Broadway; art collector Martin Z. Margulies; band of youths allegedly attack Seaport woman; outer-borough politicians oppose East River tolls; St. Nicholas church presentation. / 4 comments
Plus: Neighbors hate pile-driving in northwest Tribeca; cook fight in FiDi; one-bedroom-rental quest; artist working at 4 World Trade Center uses parking meters as his medium. / 21 comments
Plus: How are we feeling about 56 Leonard?; White Street block is now permit-parking; the T. Edward Wines office on W. Broadway; a hearing on cutting red tape in the city. / 8 comments
Plus: The remodeled McDonald's on Chambers; a book of erotica called "Tribeca"; the Bennett will take reservations; Martin Auer Bakehouse appears stalled; Holiday Craft Fair seeks vendors. / 3 comments
The lawsuit was presumably a factor. Plus: A developer that likes brickwork; tree-planting at the World Trade Center's Liberty Park; wine lists in peril; Sushi Azabu reviewed; pipe-wielding homeless man arrested. / 1 comment
As I see it, it all matters. A civilized city should have good solutions to all of these issues. — Marcus / Seen & Heard: PopUp Bagels facade revealed!
With Paper Source now closed inside Maman, where are people buying greeting cards/wrapping paper locally? (I want to avoid Hobby... — Sara / Seen & Heard: Maman is back open
I prefer the stickers to homeless, junkies, and excrement from dogs or humans. Focus on what matters maybe? — Thomas / Seen & Heard: PopUp Bagels facade revealed!
Agreed about the sidewalk stickers, along with the painted on / sprayed on sidewalk ads and "clever" saying. Also, what... — Marcus / Seen & Heard: PopUp Bagels facade revealed!
Those sidewalk stickers are a new out of home ad treatment; they are everywhere, they are hideous and yes, they... — nichole / Seen & Heard: PopUp Bagels facade revealed!
I love this interview. What that NC senatorial candidate said about Morris -- that he captured her voice uniquely well... — Komanoff / TCQ&A: Morris Katz
a reminder to parents and care givers: Duane Park Patisserie gives homemade treats to trick or treaters from toddlers through... — madeline c lanciani / Halloween in Washington Market Park — and more to come