Plus: The plan to water down Stuyvesant High School; 9/11 rescue workers can sue the Battery Park City Authority; a falcon in FiDi; actor's son beaten up by bullies. / 1 comment
Plus: FIDi's striking concrete tower; man pretended to be a police officer; Night at the Museums; writer Richard Stratton; various people wanted for various crimes.
Plus: South End Avenue discussion; Verve Wine opening West Coast store; 3 World Trade Center is just over a third leased; local radio broadcast.
Plus: Frenchette review; server at Paul's Casablanca accused a manager of rape; reptile event at Washington Market Park; more trouble for St. Nicholas National Shrine. / 1 comment
Plus: Bubby's is selling drinks with CBD; Audi stolen from parking garage; retirement party for P.S. 234 teachers; Community Board 1 has suggestions about the next Landmarks chair.
Plus: Chef Paul Liebrandt extended his stay at Racines; signage for 5 World Trade Center; two women sought in thefts at Le Pain Quotidien; the River Project's Meet the Fishes event; sidewalk construction at the Cast Iron House.
Plus: Man in river tries to fight off rescuers; zoning change could mean more hotels in Lower Manhattan; a neglected building on Canal Street. / 1 comment
Plus: Jennifer Connelly and Paul Bettany are moving to Brooklyn; FiDi hotel to have indoor basketball court; Peck Slip hotel opening next month; motorcycle stolen and other thefts. / 1 comment
Plus: Taste of Tribeca, wet but fun; Casey Neistat's stubborn trespasser; Q&A with Buckle My Shoe's founder; another co-working company plans a big expansion; The Park Preschool teacher retiring. / 1 comment
Plus: Frenchette review; history of a White Street building; new kids' activity center at the Museum of the American Indian; Chinese medicine exhibit. / 1 comment
But at $16 million less than the initial ask. Plus: Century 21 guard involved in assault wasn't appropriately licensed; construction contractor said to have stolen from laborers; Tribeca designers collaborate on inexpensive furniture.
Plus: Bethenny Frankel's Soho loft; last year's Taylor Swift stalker was sentenced; "Fiddler on the Roof" in Yiddish; local thefts and a phone attack. / 2 comments
Society has lost its mind letting people walk around outdoors with masks on as if it's not obviously insanely suspicious.... — person / Carjacking on North Moore has a happy ending…
I'm okay with extra reinforcing, recalling what happened at Pfizer's residential conversion on 42nd Street. Demolition could have been dusty... — Gary / Construction Update: 100 Franklin / 250 Church
I am curious how they came to the decision to rehabilitate the existing structure rather than just tear it down.... — Reademan / Construction Update: 100 Franklin / 250 Church
There is widespread agreement that the illegal Canal vendors are destroying the quality of life for local residents because they... — lowrider / In the News: More on the counterfeit vendors of Canal Street
Well said! — Robert Ripps / Demolition should start soon on the Tribeca Pharmacy building
Can we please stop calling them “vendors”!! A vendor runs a business that sells merchandise to other businesses. E.g. a... — S. / In the News: More on the counterfeit vendors of Canal Street
There are still many free attractions on Governors Island. Well worth the trip over. — JS Miller / Seen & Heard: Ess-a-Bagel getting ready on Murray