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
Plus: Martha Stewart's daughter cuts the price of her apartment again; "smokin' hot" shoemaker; New York Downtown Hospital upgrades; Alycea Ungaro in the New York Times Magazine.
Fitness guru Alycea Ungaro of Real Pilates on where her husband got mercury poisoning, how she keeps her kids occupied, and the "little castle" in Tribeca that she'd love to own. / 1 comment
Plus: Cathie Black brouhaha; Goldman Sachs's in-house barber; Ethan Cohen's museum plans; jazz at 92YTribeca; kids' sports overcrowding
Plus: Grimaldi's flameout; FiDi real-estate is back; Park51 imam bowing out?; Rector Square sells; Hudson River Park's boat plans; "Real Housewife" Jennifer Gilbert. / 1 comment
I’m officially a senior citizen and I have to tell you if me and my buddies from the Bronx had... — John Gallagher / Carjacking on North Moore has a happy ending…
Blame those in charge, including our mayor. Mamdani pledged support for NYC street vendors. Now they’re facing a crackdown. https://gothamist.com/news/mamdani-pledged-support-for-nyc-street-vendors-now-theyre-facing-a-crackdown... — Marcus / In the News: More on the counterfeit vendors of Canal Street
UN report on counterfeiting and organized crime: https://www.unodc.org/toc/en/crimes/counterfeit-goods.html — Marcus / In the News: More on the counterfeit vendors of Canal Street
Society has lost its mind letting people walk around outdoors with masks on as if it's not obviously insanely suspicious.... — person / Carjacking on North Moore has a happy ending…
I'm okay with extra reinforcing, recalling what happened at Pfizer's residential conversion on 42nd Street. Demolition could have been dusty... — Gary / Construction Update: 100 Franklin / 250 Church
I am curious how they came to the decision to rehabilitate the existing structure rather than just tear it down.... — Reademan / Construction Update: 100 Franklin / 250 Church
There is widespread agreement that the illegal Canal vendors are destroying the quality of life for local residents because they... — lowrider / In the News: More on the counterfeit vendors of Canal Street