Fabric designer Kazumi Yoshida's "graphic, colorful, yet eminently serene" apartment is featured in the February/March issue of Elle Décor. If nothing else, it's proof that we all need more (fake) zebra in our lives. / 1 comment
Plus: The Blue School; architect in hot water; more details on Goldman Sachs's plans; filmmaker Richard Kaplan.
Plus: Hybrid ferries; Franklin Street construction; Greenmarket composting; One World Trade Center Q&A.
Plus: World Financial Center redo; smoking ban in city parks; blind attraction; P.S. 234 kindergarten lottery; Carmine's not happening; new buildings going on sale; City Winery owner's loft; half-marathon gets dissed; Pussycat Lounge.
Plus: The Harrison's Jimmy Bradley; Verizon building sold; Sweet Lily honored; Tribeca is restaurant central.
Plus: Downtown as media nexus; "Selling New York"; new at Bouley; vendors fighting back; Locanda Verde recipe; William Beaver House; 9/11 documentary; Artisan Lofts penthouse sold. / 1 comment
Plus: Park51 homophobia; Dennis Oppenheim; the Deutsche Bank plot's future; Battery Park food kiosks changing hands; Takahachi Bakery; tennis permit fee; Sam Bradford.
Plus: LMDC lawsuit and injury; Drawing Center stays put; Weather Up Tribeca.
Having enjoyed Liat Silberman's insight and sense of humor at the meetings of CB1's Tribeca Committee, I was tickled to learn that she's the Tribeca Tarot Reader. She agreed to answer a few questions about it.
Plus: Sex-and-drugs phone booth; Kardashians; that architecture firm on Chambers.
Plus: New Amsterdam Market indoors for a weekend; 114 Liberty apartment; $750 worth of Monistat stolen from Duane Reade.
Plus: Katrina Vonnegut at RH Gallery; Tribeca Townhomes penthouse; huge new Asian restaurant planned for Canal Street; Millennium High School; No. 22 Renwick; Adeline Adeline; BPCer doing good in India; RBC's coffee maven; hating on fireplaces; affordable housing; James McCune Smith; Kardashians. / 2 comments
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