Plus: The economics of film festivals; Wyeth and its owner, John Birch; hit-and-run driver to face prison time; looking back at the city's first railroad line; push-polling incident gets weirder. / 1 comment
Plus: When Alexander Hamilton's doctor's mansion was on Chambers; break-dancing tournament finals; design charrette for the Water Street arcades; rowing across the Atlantic.
Plus: New app for historical photos of New York City; N. Moore wall uncovered; brand orgy on Warren; "Charlotte's Web"; 346 Broadway community space; Seaport District summer programming. / 1 comment
Plus: "Leadership rumble" inside Community Board 1; new Cortlandt Alley condo rendering; the Tribeca loft of artist Grimanesa Amorós; Gyllenhaal/Swinton film shoot.
Plus: The Battery's oval lawn will open in June with a local market; Brushstroke's 600-calorie lunch; Q&A with Amada chef Jose Garces; the history of Dietz lanterns.
Plus: Proposal to tax developers to fund schools; finding takers for the Liberty Street bridge panels damaged in 9/11; woman attacked at Growler Bar; motorcycles stolen.
Plus: A Tribe Called Quest at the Square Diner in 1993; another vacate order; Robert Janz animal sculptures; meeting of the Financial District Neighborhood Association; "Atel" shoot tomorrow. / 2 comments
Plus: Man bitten during Tribeca nightclub brawl; the history of a White Street building; custom jewelry at Foundrae; more renderings of proposed megamansion on Franklin; Sing for Hope's public pianos got painted; concern about the FiDi arcade deal.
Plus: The history of 112 Franklin (and the people who lived and worked there); mugging on Chambers; Fulton Street is getting nicer; city comptroller wants Battery Park City Authority revenue to go to low-income housing. / 7 comments
It could be trouble during an emergency. Plus: What looks like a sweetheart deal for the Battery Maritime Building; remembering Peter Stanford, instrumental in Seaport preservation; when New York's first great hotel was on Broadway. / 1 comment
Plus: More on the El Internacional art restaurant that preceded El Teddy's; Le Pain Quotidien in Battery Park City closed for renovations; Ari Hest concert. / 3 comments
Plus: Ferry operator and routes announced; the history of 108-110 Franklin; Blackstones salon to open this month; Smorgasburg will return to the South Street Seaport, but inside this time.
It evidently was an art project- I wish that I had seen it!!! — Merle Temkin / Crowd Sourcing: Who saw the Twin Towers drone show on Wednesday night?
It IS sort of weird, but remember that drone shows are often constructed so you can only make out the... — J / Crowd Sourcing: Who saw the Twin Towers drone show on Wednesday night?
Thanks for covering this. It's so very strange! — malcolm / Crowd Sourcing: Who saw the Twin Towers drone show on Wednesday night?
Amazing photo of Tribute in Light! — SW / Seen & Heard: Kyuramen is open on Gold
The bus I was on zipped by One Park Row so fast that I couldn't be sure, so I verified... — Gary / TurboTax opening an office on Greenwich and Warren
What is the seating for this performance tonight September 10th? I have the required tickets. Is it self seating on... — Steve Tintweiss / Bill T. Jones to commemorate 9/11 at Wagner Park
I swear I saw them opening on Park Row as well! — Heather / TurboTax opening an office on Greenwich and Warren