City Hall Park is open. Plus local preschools will host a virtual fair; outdoor movies are already sold out at the Oculus; but the beer is coming. / 2 comments
Bogardus Plaza is finally coming into focus, nearly three years to the day of the start of construction, and could be completed this month?! / 9 comments
An hour's drive gets you to Croton Gorge Park, a piece of the Old Croton Aqueduct that once supplied the city with its drinking water. / 3 comments
You can now take your compost to Pier 25, where it will be reused someday in the park's garden beds; or get a pickup service and support a Hell's Kitchen nonprofit at the same time. / 5 comments
Plus 16 Handles is open on Chambers; Pier 26 is ready for its closeup; several storefront windows are smashed on Worth Street. / 4 comments
The pier park that extends west from City Vineyard opened this afternoon and includes a playing court, deck chairs, swings and a deck that extends down over an engineered wetland.
A 17-mile route takes you over the Brooklyn, Manhattan, Williamsburg, Pulaski and Queensboro bridges, with an option of adding on a train and a tram. / 3 comments
Poets House has installed fragments of 53 poems throughout the park, making for an inspirational weekend -- or anytime -- activity. / 1 comment
Tomorrow marks the two-month anniversary of the city's occupation of City Hall Park -- meaning it has been closed to the public twice as long as it was closed for the protests. Enough. / 13 comments
Plus a mystery fence explained; an urban getaway in Battery Park City; a 26-year-old explains why masks are important. / 1 comment
...for good and bad reasons. Century 21's liquidation sale is drawing lines down the block, as is minigolf at Pier 25. K&M moves to BK; construction halted at 86 Warren. / 12 comments
Retailers at the Oculus are coming back, slowly; sketching the neighborhood; a ring found on Greenwich; good clean fun in the park. / 3 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