Plus: Hairstylist Chaz Dean teased a Tribeca salon; Houseman's opening delayed a bit; LuliTonix's first retail store; inside the Walgreens under construction; a glimpse of Burrito Bar. / 1 comment
Plus: Leonard Street refurbishment unveiled; old signage uncovered on Beach Street; brickwork on Vestry; concerts at Washington Market Park.
Plus: Homes with "safe rooms"; Battery Place Market's Nepalse staffers' fundraising drive; "Law & Order" fans are reviewing Manhattan Criminal Court online.
It's a good thing this is a long weekend, because you're going to lose hours exploring OldNYC.org, a site that makes the New York Public Library's historical photos of the city incredibly easy to browse. / 4 comments
Plus: Mudd Club projection; "Curious George" musical; change at 24 Hubert Wines; Jewish culture festival; "Where in Tribeca...?" still unguessed; Tribeca drug trial.
Plus: Hudson Street bus stop returns; a branch of Simit + Smith appears to have closed; terrific W. Broadway sketch; preservationist walking tour of Tribeca; Lafayette storefront starting to be unveiled; movie recommendation. / 1 comment
Plus: Rendering of forest-topped tower in FiDi; "Goodfellas" got Martin Scorsese barred from a Tribeca restaurant; push to rename West Thames Bridge; body pulled from Hudson River. / 1 comment
Plus: New Chambers streetlights; Scoop opening forecast; By Suzette's big expansion plans; 111 Murray teaser site; old Maiden Lane signage; more atrocious parking by UPS; Riverrun. / 3 comments
Plus: Gehry building to get a café; "ten best" restaurants in Tribeca; Wall Street historical marker to acknowledge slave market. / 1 comment
Plus: The history of Franklin Place; young man gets nudie mags covered up; neighbors opposed to light-up Hotel Indigo; inside historic old hotels on Schermerhorn Row; Battery Park City's new buzz. / 4 comments
Plus: Downtown services lag behind population growth; female impersonators attempt theft; White Street renovations; West and Chambers in 1936; midcentury Jewish designers; Planned Parenthood moving to FiDi; teenagers attack newsstand owner; Seaport tower.
Plus: Modell's sporting goods rumor; Boomerang Toys Easter egg hunt; inside the Jungwon raincoat pop-up; new FiDi hotel's façade lights up like a clock; Underground Railroad tour; Good Stock soup. / 3 comments
K sez: Will be interesting to watch how they shore up the neighboring buildings - which were tilting/falling after the... — K / Construction Update: Southeast corner of West Broadway and Warren
No surprise. I've almost been run over multiple times by red-light running speeders. There should be: - speed bumps -... — Marcus / Canal Street ranks as one of city’s deadliest
all sorts of things could be done to the entrance/exit ramp to the Manh bridge.This is def one of the... — jfrankp / Canal Street ranks as one of city’s deadliest
There needs to be an MTA crosstown bus route added on Canal Street. As for widening sidewalks, likely just more... — stm / Canal Street ranks as one of city’s deadliest
But there is space Wall Street and south - that should be target if building housing — stm / Seen & Heard: Big reno for east side of Pace campus
Yes I use those other subways plus bus. Do you use 2/3? The platform is already dangerous — stm / Seen & Heard: Big reno for east side of Pace campus
Relax. This building isn't in Tribeca. (Although the developer will market it as Tribeca.) — Thomas Hagen / Construction Update: 65 Franklin