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Seen & Heard: Progress at 19 Park Place
Plus: Hal Bromm Gallery's fortieth-anniversary show; dog found in northwest Tribeca; more business cards from the past; 1st Precinct Community Council meeting; fresh fennel seed.
Nosy Neighbor: What’s This Two-Year Subway Construction Project?
"According to a sign in the Franklin Street station, the MTA is spending $18.4 million to add flood-proof stairwell barriers at six stations. Can you find out more?" —R.
Nosy Neighbor: What Are Those Doodads on 60 Vestry?
"Any idea what's going on with 60 Vestry? There are orange doodads sticking out of the brick and the sidewalk is closed." —J. / 1 comment
Sixteen Ways of Looking at 56 Leonard
If you think 56 Leonard is utterly without merit, skip this post. But if you think it's finally once again getting interesting, you may enjoy this.... The Jenga-ness is more visible from farther away, so I walked around the building today, snapping photos as the shape changed. / 9 comments
Seen & Heard: Sixth Avenue Hodgepodge
Plus: More on the windows planned for the Emigrant Savings Industrial Bank signage; prominent rooftop addition on Church; Washington Market Park gazebo reservations; shoot permits for "The Affair" and "Billions." / 3 comments
Seen & Heard: Food Emporium Update
Plus: More of the tip of 56 Leonard is exposed; Houseman now serving weekday lunch; Whole Foods coupon; cops vs. cyclists on Varick; Broadway store appears to be closing; Grandaisy Caprese; Cosmopolitan Hotel's paint job. / 3 comments
Seen & Heard: Shake Shack Signage
Say it five times fast. Plus: Peck Slip School is looking good; another stretch of World Trade Center sidewalk is open; a new partner for Looie, the restroom app; Pace University vegetable garden. / 5 comments
Seen & Heard: Time to Buy Your Loft Tour Tickets
Plus: Four-story Warren Street building to get two-story penthouse; "Going in Style" remake shooting here; weigh in on how LMDC should spend $50 million; "cast-iron inversion" on Walker; Paul's Baby Grand changed its name.
Seen & Heard: Daruma-Ya Has a New Name
Plus: Soho loses another deli; a new sandwich shop on Chambers?; yet another Shinola store is on the way; upcoming show at Salomon Arts Gallery; what might've been at 56 Leonard. / 1 comment
Seen & Heard: 56 Leonard’s Striptease Continues
Plus: Lingerie brand opening its first U.S. boutique nearby; Robert De Niro and Michelle Pfeiffer shooting Bernie Madoff movie here; B Flat's noodle menu; new Soho Vespa dealership; help stop the pigeon killers. / 5 comments
Will 100 Franklin Become “One Avenue of the Americas”?
The developer wants to change the street's name. Also on CB1’s September agendas: A restaurant in the Dean's space; mysterious Franklin Street restaurant; fancy Seaport cinema; Starbucks beer/wine; another generator on 60 Hudson setback; Tara of Tribeca; more. / 3 comments
In the News: $100 Million for Lower Manhattan Storm Protection
Plus: Tribeca teenager to be on "Chopped"; Weather Up was burgled; Sushi Azabu spinoff in Brooklyn; Associated Press moving to FiDi. / 2 comments
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Drivers who support this city by paying for parking, tolls, gas, inspection, licenses, registration and insurance are not allowed to... — Sherri Rosen / The neighborhood’s camera infrastructure
Bring the canal back! Boats rarely run over pedestrians. — FiDiGuy / Canal Street ranks as one of city’s deadliest
At some point this city will consist of oversized, architecturally unappealing apartment buildings, citi bikes and pot shops. Sad. — Sherri Rosen / Construction Update: Southeast corner of West Broadway and Warren
How about bike stop light camara at the entrance to Pier 40! Hardly any bikers, especially the delivery bikes, pay... — Makes You Go Hmmmm.... / The neighborhood’s camera infrastructure
SOUND CAMERAS!!! — Pier / The neighborhood’s camera infrastructure
Redesigning Canal Street? First they need to address the illegal vendors on all the surrounding streets as well. It’s just... — R. / Canal Street ranks as one of city’s deadliest
If you like vintage NYC street photography, don't miss this show. Powerful images many with a sense of humor that... — KS / Art in Tribeca: The photographs of Sardi Klein