Plus: Increase in reported rapes; Laurie Anderson; music executive buys at 250 West; Woolworth Building history.
Plus: Dylan Prime status; sexy shoeshine in FiDi; the Odeon's good old days; ZenSational penthouse; Verizon frescoes. / 2 comments
Plus: Furniture store closes; Isabella Rossellini in the flesh; W. Broadway townhouse for sale; Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf on its way; Marshall Crenshaw; time capsule; watercress; chocolate-covered matzoh.
Plus: Torly kid book swap; 13-17 Laight developer; Pier 40 lights back on; P.S. 234 Spring Auction; "All the Buildings in New York" book; New Museum phone calls; Tribeca Film Festival's closing-night choice.
And the neighbors don't like it. Plus: Lawsuit over 200 Chambers penthouse size; Skylofts penthouse on market for $44 million; Hummus & Pita Co. opens tomorrow; FiDi building condemned; Little Syria. / 6 comments
Must be something in the air today, because readers sent over two wonderful Tribeca artifacts (that couldn't be more different). / 9 comments
Plus: Boat burglarized at Pier 25; the history of Park Theatre, once on Park Row; hammer-wielding FiDi resident; man buys fixer-upper on Walker; 56 Leonard sales bonanza; a little get-together to which you're invited.
Plus: City Council hearing about Pier 17 and the other Seaport buildings; the history of 120 Broadway; boorish behavior at JPMorgan Chase.
Plus: Hudson Square rezoning moves forward; St. John's looking to sell Murray building; all about the Clock Tower Office Building; Fulton Center and the Corbin Building; Chase Manhattan Plaza contretemps; WeWork leases on Broadway; groping thief; Lotus Blue review; Abramcyk hotel.
The New York Transit Museum runs occasional tours of the decommissioned station one stop south of the Brooklyn Bridge stop. It just happens to the most beautiful station in the system. / 3 comments
Plus: Making the case for New Amsterdam Market; Tribeca then vs. now; Greenwich townhouse back on the market; chef Andrew Carmellini; Best Made shop; scrap metal thieves; rendering of new building on Nassau (to be called The Lara); Aux Epices. / 1 comment
Curious to see Independence Plaza under construction? The elevated railway that ran up W. Broadway? Step right up.... And let me know if you have any photos to add. / 7 comments
The crossing on the west side of the intersection of Canal and 6th Av is very long. There is a... — Heide Fasnacht / Canal Street ranks as one of city’s deadliest
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