Plus: A visit to WeWork's gym; the last-minute lottery winner; more thefts; brokers think Chibeca retail is a good value. / 6 comments
Plus: Rem Koolhaas to design New Museum extension; ICP Museum is leaving the Bowery; actors Morena Baccarin and Ben McKenzie live in Battery Park City; hook-up steals man's watch; Park Row bike path angst. / 3 comments
Plus: The history of a Lispenard Street building; the lost Franklin House Hotel; former Tribeca Grill server dishes on Harvey Weinstein. / 4 comments
Plus: The sexual-harassment allegations against Harvey Weinstein; FiDi school has a "comfort dog"; Cuomo created a panel on congestion pricing; Battery Park City's needs.
Plus: Army recruiter parking illegally; Tribeca kids competing on "Chopped Junior"; a new beer bar on Sixth Ave.; Brooklyn Diamond opening a cafe in Soho; "Like Father" movie shoot. / 14 comments
Plus: Theoretical floating garage proposed for Holland Tunnel off-ramp circle; how TV personality Savannah Guthrie spends her Sundays; smoking weed with Rohan Marley; armed robbery suspect; Streetsense question; an ode to the Nike store building. / 3 comments
The acclaimed author of "Asylum," "Spider," and now "The Wardrobe Mistress" has lived in the area for 34 years. He shares his favorite restaurants, the most romantic spot around, the new building he doesn't like, and more. / 3 comments
Plus: The amount of driving by city workers has skyrocketed under de Blasio; men sue after escalator malfunction at the Oculus; 9/11 photos more likely thrown away than stolen; area thefts.
Plus: No charges filed against driver of truck that killed a cyclist; the president of the Battery Park City Authority is leaving; the history of a Lispenard building; FiDi tower to have an observatory; Kaffe 1668 co-owner's new venture; "Charging Bull" vandalized.
Plus: Analyzing the city council vote; the Board of Elections won't count absentee and provisional ballots yet; Margaret Chin's graceless victory statement; Barry Diller withdraws plan to build Hudson River Park pier; Battery Park City resident launching a fashion line of rowing blazers. / 4 comments
Plus: The new Franklin Street mural is an ad; the former Ichimura has changed names again; the inside of St. Nicholas National Shrine; candidate Aaron Foldenauer; "reimagining education" at Portfolio School; restaurateur Drew Nieporent.
Plus: An endorsement of Christopher Marte; thefts, including one at gunpoint; rave review for Ato restaurant; Spring Studios to become Fashion Week hub; artist Rosalyn Drexler. / 5 comments
James! Thank you ! I love the photo. — Native NYer / Upon the Palace has opened
So by extension, ill will toward the future employees of Hobby Lobby? — Bobbie / Seen & Heard: Hobby Lobby construction happening?
Smartphones and doom scrolling has sucked the life out of our kids. Sometimes you need reminders like this to really... — hmmm / Capturing the lives of Tribeca youth before smartphones took hold
How many times, on a summer afternoon, did I sit on the doorsill at Dudley's Paw with Dudley beside me.... — John Willenbecher / Seen & Heard: Hobby Lobby construction happening?
Yum yum. Looking forward to going here! — SW / Upon the Palace has opened
Yes!!!! My lady and I have been BEGGING for one of these!!!! — Jack Gaff / Chambers Street Wines is opening a wine bar on… Chambers
so, no RIOTS or claims of a “rigged election”; is that the point? 🤔 — baba galacticus / It’s quiet out there