It could be taller than 1 World Trade Center. Plus: Opposition to an American Flatbread event space; "Soft Spin" at Brookfield Place; affordable housing update; demolition photo. / 5 comments
Plus: A Brookfield Place store unveiled; Saks frontage; Emmylou Harris and Rodney Crowell in concert; "Where in Tribeca...?" still unanswered. / 2 comments
Plus: Fulton Center oculus on the equinox; 60 Warren penthouse phallus; 50 West's curved glass; another meeting about Trinity Church's new building.
I have a mental list of things to keep an eye on when I walk around, and right now that list is dominated by buildings waiting to be unveiled. Let's recap what's happening behind the curtain. / 3 comments
Plus: Adoro Lei now delivers; Citigroup planning to build on its plaza?; Pookie & Sebastian opening; Landmarc's shadow sign; Robert Janz's arrow phase.
Plus: Progress at 3 World Trade Center; City Winery credit-card hack; many more photos of a recent "Loft Peeping" apartment; Brookfield Place office towers filling up.
Plus: A glimpse of the Sterling Mason; lost dog; in praise of Pixies; "For Justice" shoot; Renwick hotel update; Jorge Palacios sculpture; street art on Spring. / 1 comment
Want to see the menu? Plus: Dunkin Donuts has reopened; the ground floor of 11 Beach; half marathon this morning; 52 Lispenard praise; Walker Street building mystery. / 3 comments
Plus: Director Kathryn Bigelow buys in Tribeca; how restaurant executive Josh Lebowitz spends his Sundays; curved-glass expert. / 1 comment
Plus: Two possible names for Keith McNally's restaurant; White Street's "secret lounge"; Church Street in 1862; demolition devastation; 15 Renwick's funky roofline; plant pop-up; souvenir store survives, sort of. / 1 comment
Plus: Another physical therapy office opening here; Le District party; Broadway hotel appears to be back on; city mulling zoning changes that would raise height restrictions; R & Company show. / 3 comments
Plus: Rich young man; bike-gang cop rejects plea; extended-stay hotels in FiDi to get "trendy" restaurants; Battery Park City ball fields; Terroir's Murray Hill outpost is closing; Santiago Calatrava.
Cars are not allowed to make right and left turns? — Marcus / The neighborhood’s camera infrastructure
Please, let me shed a tear for the poor driver who can’t make u-turns or speed. Yeah cyclists don’t pay... — Cd / The neighborhood’s camera infrastructure
A nightmare for Chinatown neighbors (and perhaps Tribeca too, if these ever open). These foolish and too small mini-jails were... — Marcus / Halting overnight work on the supertall jail on White Street
We can consistently be for: - stricter traffic enforcement against cars - stricter traffic enforcement against bicycles It's not either/or.... — Marcus / The neighborhood’s camera infrastructure
Yes, please. Wasn't this in the works? — Marcus / The neighborhood’s camera infrastructure
Whom should we be contacting then? Who has the power of these matters? Our congress and senate reps, or some... — Marcus / Canal Street ranks as one of city’s deadliest
We want Venetian gondolas — Marcus / Canal Street ranks as one of city’s deadliest