Plus: 30 Park Place concrete paneling; July 4 festival details; Seaport food-truck agita; Shipley & Halmos sample sale; 3 World Trade Center update; 50 West renderings. / 4 comments
Plus: Thanks from Mike Gilson's sisters; Ultrafit on Warren; Washington Market Park concerts; Department of Transportation wayfinding signage; 49-51 Chambers sales office; Fulton Center; tool company sold. / 5 comments
Plus: Checking in on the Battery Park seashell carousel; World Trade Center armadillo sports more quills; good deal on Pilates; "Cutie and the Boxer."
Plus: Homeless Mike has passed away; New York Sports Club renews its lease; new website on area construction projects; Gateway Plaza to finally get heating upgrade; Sherman Zwicker en route; 1 World Trade Center. / 4 comments
Plus: Fundraising drive for Church Street School; El Vez margarita workaround; brownies at Le Pain Quotidien; Showboat Circus; checking in on Canal Street hotels.
Plus: Northwest Tribeca landmark unveiled; elegant Starbucks signage; Washington Market Tavern; Lower Manhattan Tuesdays; 56 Leonard popping up all over. / 3 comments
Plus: Naomi Watts, Tribeca fan; 56 Leonard suddenly visible from everywhere; Café Clementine's latest health-grade protest; table-tennis parlor closed; Marks & Spencer shoot; "Meet the Fishes" with River Project.
Plus: Jill Abramson; 9/11 Museum gift shop; south Tribeca development; "Dream House"; Fulton Center progress; "Frozen" cakes; new performing arts school. / 2 comments
In my opinion, the demilitarization of the WTC zone is far more momentous than the opening of the 9/11 Museum, because it's the second major step—after the creation of the plaza—in bringing the area back to life. / 5 comments
Plus: City Hall Park artwork stolen; Bâtard forecast; driver crashes into NYPD headquarters; Chambers closure on Monday. / 1 comment
"Is there another ferry dock being built in Battery Park City, just south of the current one?" —A.
Plus: Brookfield Place food court delayed again; Aspinal of London opening a shop; absinthe bar; Denny's forecast; teen fight includes stabbing; 30 Park Place panels; Verizon Building getting windows. / 4 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