Plus: Recap of World Trade Center progress; 9/11 kids remember; 9/11 family members' retreat recreated in Albany; Taylor Swift's Franklin Street apartment; dead trees in BPC; Arcade Bakery's design. / 4 comments
Plus: Demolition on Washington; "Demolition," the movie; new Japanese restaurant on Chambers; Liberty Park photo; "Miniaturist" author appearance; Baked book; a pair of Seaport events. / 8 comments
Plus: Half of New Amsterdam Market's board resigned; affordable housing initiatives; 9/11 spreadsheet rediscovered; Seaport ship update; R train tunnel may reopen early; cyclist hit-and-run; Jane Pratt. / 2 comments
Plus: Kutsher's sign; 1 World Trade Center reflections; strong Pen Parentis lineup; "Who Framed Roger Rabbit?"; new 346 Broadway rooftop structures; Greenmarket update. / 2 comments
Plus: Don Hill's is being reborn; why the WTC Transportation Hub is a mess; the war over the WTC's Tower 5, a.k.a. the old Deutsche Bank site; ambulances dawdling on way to Battery Park City; Alex Birkenstock. / 3 comments
"There's a permit in the window of 172 Duane, but it's behind the gate, so I can't quite read it. What's going on there?" —R. The answer: The four-story addition appears to be progressing.
Plus: Storefronts in the PATH passageway; another likely new nail salon; children's store opens tomorrow; 1 Vandam curtain wall; Robert Janz collages. / 2 comments
Plus: Something finally happening in the old Moomah space; Battery Park City Block Party (with talent show); World Trade Center staircase construction; Apexart on "reappropriating the sky." / 2 comments
At two buildings in Tribeca. Plus: One more reason to open Greenwich Street in the World Trade Center; bike path by Brookfield Place a year from opening; Seaport plan moving forward; Blue School middle school; Jay Williams renting on Thomas Street; 1WTC art; east Soho bakery.
Plus: Jet flyover this morning; road-testing Gelato Ti Amo; new café at Southbridge Towers; more on Dorlan's Tavern, coming to Front Street; Peck Slip School construction; 56 Leonard; Kansas show. / 6 comments
Plus: Correction on the post about the Italian soccer stars' hotel; demolition underway on Washington; Laughing Man barista's novel; more. / 2 comments
Paolo Maldini and Christian Vieri appear to be opening the Hudson Square Hotel at the corner of Hudson and Canal. / 9 comments
We remember when it was the Living Word Church (1990s)! — Duane denizen / Restaurant and supper club under construction at Buddha-Bar space
Right. From the outset, the sensible thing would have been building new facilities at Rikers and designing as humane, therapeutic... — Lisa / Halting overnight work on the supertall jail on White Street
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