Plus: Cobblestones already need work?; Saleya is closed weekends; John Kerry drops in for a visit; Hubert Street storefront revealed; Los Americanos boogies; Bogardus Plaza party. / 3 comments
I've now heard this from enough people that I have no choice but to repeat it: The Chad-Erik EZ Park lot at 454 Greenwich is going to be a hotel. Possibly with condos.
Plus: Warren sidewalk shed finally coming down; evacuation exercise at the Oculus; Jay Street addition; progress at the Fairway; sanitation garage; New York Academy of Art exhibit. / 3 comments
Plus: Sweet Green pre-opening events; work at Café Noir confirmed; the Rescue Mission's new building unveiled; BMCC construction noise; new sandwich-delivery service; more. / 2 comments
Plus: The new Burger King; TOAST Art Walk's opening exhibition; Café Noir; K&M Camera's moving date; Tutto Il Giorno looking close; "Collective" shooting here; Hudson River Park auctioning celebrity experiences; 5 Beekman unveiling. / 2 comments
Plus: What you're doing this Thursday evening; Xoos sale (including the fixtures); Downtown Boathouse tour and volunteering; another Duane Street addition; "Ghostbusters" history lesson; 460 Washington. / 5 comments
Plus: Peeking inside La Garçonne and Sweet Green; scoping out 48 Warren's new windows and 84 White's entrance; crab night; street-art carpets; new restaurant on Spring. / 2 comments
Plus: Welcome back, Chambers Street; Tribeca artists open their studios; something called "Holiday" shooting here; another Shinola store; fruit CSA; Exceed Physical Culture signage. / 14 comments
Plus: Joy Gryson and I are throwing a party; Sweet Green dropped its plywood; Añejo opening forecast; another Kaffe 1668; Five Boro Bike Tour; a sailboat is here. / 1 comment
Akiba Saeedi has a fantastic vantage point from which to admire the work at the World Trade Center Transportation Hub and 30 Park Place. / 1 comment
The plans that a neighbor had dug up were old, and they had been withdrawn. The new design calls for no rooftop seating. / 1 comment
...Organic Avenue, Acne Studios, the Kooples, and more. Plus: Man jumps to death in Battery Park City; La Garçonne's founder; architect Rafael Viñoly; Pier 17 demolition; 9/11 Family Room to close. / 1 comment
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