Plus the Hatzigeorgiou family celebrates 20 years in the restaurant biz; a meet & greet for local businesses; Jazz at Church Street; news on The Greek. / 1 comment
Plus Frenchette goes west for the Oscars; Millennium High School goes green; Marc Forgione goes north to take over a 20-year-old Italian favorite.
Plus another boutique hotel tops out, this time in Fidi; a belated note on the reviews of the Jay-Z biography; Michelle Obama at Frenchette.
Plus amFAR holds its gala in Fidi; losses at 56 Leonard; local Dem club endorses Grace Lee.
Plus Meryl Streep finally unloads her loft; Anna Wintour hosts at Locanda Verde; a new chair for Soho Rep; a designer opens up his Soho apartment for customers. / 3 comments
Plus a local doc weighs in on a big issue in the presidential campaign; a feature on Downtown Dance Factory; an expose on the Trump SoHo that will shock everyone.
For six or seven years, Bill Gunlocke has stood quietly in front of the Department of Education headquarters with a sign that spells out his simple brief for the city's school kids. / 3 comments
Plus a poetry reading at Pen Parentis; a preview of the bean; how you spell Tribeca at Puffy's; how pier workers take a siesta.
For the inaugural Q&A in a new series, the former PS 234 principal writes about missing SoulCycle, laughing with the staff of PS 234 and learning to have no expectations. / 8 comments
Plus Cardi B. shoots in the jenga building; Rossignol opens in Soho; the re-opened Artists Space reviewed.
Chosen for having made a major commitment to this neighborhood – its people, places or both. There’s no formula for what qualifies someone as the Citizen of the Month, only that you will know him when you see him. / 7 comments
Carlos Herrera came to Gee Whiz 11 years ago and has been adding to his Christmas display ever since, harvesting decor from around the city to make the diner a Christmas spectacular. / 3 comments
To the Olio e Piu owners, sincerely: please do not blight this location with fake flowers. We will welcome you... — Cw / Mr Chow is indeed closing
Seeing as Starbucks and other chains tried and failed to replace the bagel place, that is a reasonable hypothesis. — James Bogardus / Apollo Bagels is getting closer…
I think the bagel place is replacing Starbucks and other coffee chains as a place to grab coffee and a... — Amy G. / Apollo Bagels is getting closer…
Lynda I signed up for the 5/17 class. I'll see you then!!! Here is the link to sign up if... — HB / Massive underground spa and meditation space coming to Broadway and White
Lynda I signed up for the 5/17 class. I'll see you then!!! — HB / Massive underground spa and meditation space coming to Broadway and White
Lynda I signed up for the 5/17 class. I'll see you then!!! — HB / Massive underground spa and meditation space coming to Broadway and White
I hate to be so blunt, but this strikes me as racially motivated, not unlike the brouhaha over the courts... — malcolm / Grand Canal basketball court should be back by end of summer