Plus: The Downtown Alliance is soliciting proposals to beautify the New York Stock Exchange area; profile of Mysterious Bookshop; L'Appart restaurant at Le District; man attacked by stroller-pushing couple wielding a box cutter.
Plus: Taryn Toomey's "intentional" new fitness studio; nic-fit theft; public art commemorating Little Syria in new FiDi park.
Plus: Uniqlo is said to be mulling a massive FiDi store; student in hit-and-run accident; the history of a Chambers Street building and western Canal Street; Gateway Plaza drama; steam vents. / 1 comment
Plus: When Governors Island opens a month early, it'll have a Grand Banks sister restaurant; shellfish theft; World Trade Center arts center to host rock concerts; film director lists apartment.
Plus: The reveal of 14 White has been postponed; blowout salon opens this weekend; sailing club owner accuses new North Cove Marina operator of industrial espionage; art via Argo Electronics on Canal; knife pulled during Duane Reade antacid robbery. / 1 comment
Plus: Where By Chloe and Scotch & Soda will be in the Seaport; woman dragged by would-be bag-snatcher; Governors Island wants to create a plaza in front of the Battery Maritime Building; man slashed on subway.
Plus: Neat photo from 1914; North Cove Marina update; Fowler & Wells now serving weekday lunch; hat stolen off man's head; metal debris crashes into hotel window; Alexander Hamilton Tavern opening in FiDi; Best Western in the Seaport has closed. / 3 comments
Plus: A rave for Augustine; more on the closing of Parigot; equipment stolen from the World Trade Center Oculus; other area thefts; Brooklyn-Battery Tunnel construction to end early.
Plus: Marc Forgione's Lobster Press now open at the World Trade Center mall; the Oculus light show; another big theft at Duane Reade.
Plus: Man mugged on Leonard; salons that offer membership plans; jacket stolen from bar. / 1 comment
Plus: Poet Max Blagg's solstice celebration; Knicks player Lance Thomas lives here; Calvert Vaux, designer of two Tribeca parks; appreciating artist James Rosenquist
Plus: The New York Post mentions the Walker Street attack; leg caught between subway and platform; Weather Up's parent company opened a restaurant.
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