A native of Denmark, the soprano has nearly sold out her first concert at Carnegie Hall.
Neighborhood folks brought their artistic talents to the Pumpkin Carving Contest, and the Lesbian & Gay Big Apple Corps Marching Band just brought it. / 3 comments
Who doesn’t love a reinvention story? And who among us isn’t trying to figure out what we want to be when we grow up? The first in a series: a math teacher turned painter. / 6 comments
Plus Streeteasy releases its report on the glut of unsold new condos; a woman stages a funeral for her student debt in the Trinity graveyard; Amazon's sidewalk office; fall color in WMP. / 6 comments
Plus a local school teacher starts a tutoring business; a city van crushes the sidewalk on Franklin Street; could there be action at the long closed City Hall? / 2 comments
Plus a look at Ken Smith's Pier 35; an explanation of why Worth Street is being cooled to -320 degrees; looking for clues for a mystery on Chambers. / 1 comment
Plus local editor chats with Michael Chabon; Macao building is for sale; '70s politics seen in art; a knighted Canadian fashion designer takes a space on Leonard and Church.
CB1's Jeff Ehrlich is retiring; a giant food hall is coming to Fosun's Plaza; Buddha Bar approved, again; Marc Forgione takes the Brushstroke space; Attraversa gets a sidewalk cafe; Convene gets the Heisman. / 18 comments
Plus the New York Academy of Art kicks off its artist talk series TONIGHT; another fast casual Mexican in Fidi; Worth Street gets a dugout, minus the team. / 1 comment
Plus family theater at BMCC's Tribeca Performing Arts Center; Nitemind opens at the Seaport; Parkour in Battery Park City; an escape room on Governors focused on climate change. / 3 comments
Plus new stretch studio - Outer Reach - opens on Greenwich; Japanese on Warren is coming along; Meryl Streep's digs on Laight are relisted and reduced in price.
Plus a video walk-through of Lee Mindel's swank place at 56 Leonard; the Daily News disses the jail plan; the concrete facade of 30 Warren gets some attention. / 2 comments
Nonna Dora’s is very special. I don’t think I’ve had better pasta anywhere else in NYC. Exquisitely prepared with just... — SW / Catching Up With New Kids: Nonna Dora’s
Happy to lend our gallery space if useful for any of the groups. — Hal Bromm / Four schools stranded after building accident on Broadway
Olio e Piu is in a phase of frantic expansion. That almost always ends badly. — J / Mr Chow is indeed closing
Nonna Dora's is such a lovely addition to the neighborhood and we go there often, both with family and friends.... — TM / Catching Up With New Kids: Nonna Dora’s
Love it! So glad to have in the hood. The food is great. Decor is funky interesting. And Nicola is... — Amy S / Catching Up With New Kids: Nonna Dora’s
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Downtown dance Factory has been amazing with their ability to pivot so quickly, find alternate rehearsal spaces, and ensure that... — Natalie / Four schools stranded after building accident on Broadway