Plus: The condition of the boys in the attack at the ball fields; New York Law School's financial situation; West Thames Bridge is moving to "the build phase"; tenants suing landlords over rent stabilization promised in exchange for tax abatement; no Evacuation Day honor. / 3 comments
Plus: Janet Delaney's 1980s photos; licorice history on N. Moore; discussing Oregon pinot noir; Battery Park City couple opened a tearoom; Fulton Center video; Trinity Church sells Hudson Square stake; bank robbery. / 1 comment
The security guard was useless. Plus: What's next for Shinola; condo across from the Holland Tunnel entrance will be even bigger; Community Board 1 asks Cuomo to appoint locals to the Battery Park City Authority; police blotter. / 14 comments
Plus: The board member who lives in New Jersey has apparently left the BPCA; another two-story topper on Jay; pharma profiteer Martin Shkreli ordered $120 tea at Brushstroke to impress a date; alleged FiDi con artist; 86-story tower for Broad Street; Tokyo's Hotel Okura.
Plus: The story behind the Gothic building on Lafayette; theories about City Hall's closing; city to close office that coordinates Lower Manhattan's endless construction projects; nail polish theft; new underground espresso bar; Grandma's House reopened in Brooklyn; Jacob Riis photos.
Plus: Massive art installation on Wall Street; more on City Hall restaurant's closing, and how it served the homeless a free lunch; when Trinity Church was the New Year's Eve gathering point; homeless couple with 10 cats; theft at FiDi Mexican restaurant.
Plus: Another phone snatching; opening date for Lower East Side arthouse cinema; Soho steakhouse closing; Gansevoort Market owner plans a food hall in Lower Manhattan.
Allegedly. Plus: Christmas tree vendors hit with rent hike; Regal Cinemas projector smokes during "Star Wars" screening; dubious real-estate renderings; another possible contender for Sheldon Silver's seat.
But he was eventually found. Plus: Local politicians to take over School Overcrowding Task Force; Saks Men's Store to emphasize "experimental shopping"; the recipe for Houseman's roasted-squash salad. / 1 comment
Plus: Using 460 Washington to explain the 421-a tax abatement; Howard Hughes's new Seaport District plan (also, it bought the Peck Slip Best Western); Trinity Church ticked off an artist by moving his sculpture; Rector bridge elevator semi-fixed; shoplifters steal gum, threaten stabbing; Woolworth Building in Harry Potter spin-off. / 6 comments
It cost less to build. Plus: Park Place tower moves forward; big new Starbucks on Broadway; art collector Martin Z. Margulies; band of youths allegedly attack Seaport woman; outer-borough politicians oppose East River tolls; St. Nicholas church presentation. / 4 comments
Plus: Four Seasons restaurant isn't coming downtown; elected officials protest the Battery Park City Authority's security shift; missing Sheldon Silver; Citi executive admits accepting construction-related bribes. / 4 comments
Joke or not, that sign has to go. — Marcus / Seen & Heard: Wayfinding for a counterfeit bazaar
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Apparently Chip City shuttered all 20+ of its retail locations this week. — James Bogardus / Cookies coming to 325 Greenwich
Sorry, but to whom should businesses cater, if not the neighborhood families who live and raise children there? — K / Starbucks at West Broadway and Chambers will close tomorrow
Even though the location was busy, the setup isn’t aligned with the renewed architectural focus of the brand. There is... — Matt / Starbucks at West Broadway and Chambers will close tomorrow
Spas……we need more nail spas. — Francesco / Starbucks at West Broadway and Chambers will close tomorrow