Plus: The latest condominium in the HoTun neighborhood; temporary chili at Shake Shack; Taste of the Seaport; how Facebook plans on putting the screws to small publishers. / 1 comment
Plus: The massive McDonald's air conditioner on Chambers Street; Edible Arrangements and Pirch have closed; correction about the Reade Street Pub building; the loft squatter's whereabouts. / 4 comments
Designed by Skidmore Owings & Merrill and Hill West, the 19-story building is meant to "reinterpret the classically inspired facades of Tribeca's cast-iron warehouses and lofts." / 6 comments
Plus: The history of a Broadway building (and one that didn't survive); Battery Park City supermarket space is on the market; Arcade Bakery's babka recipe; more on the MTA's next payment system; artist Claes Oldenburg.
Dating from sometime in the 19th century, the building at 135 Reade is being promoted as a "development opportunity"—meaning it could easily be torn down. UPDATE: The owner categorically denies it. / 6 comments
Plus: Walker Street galleries partnering on Artists Space benefit; Greenwich Street parking; Suitsupply's women's line; Desbrosses post-production studio; Hazelden's W. Broadway facility for students; the two-towered condo at the Holland Tunnel. / 3 comments
Plus: More on the phone-payment subway test; Italian restaurant and rooftop lounge slated for FiDi; a mentalist lives here.
Plus: New York City included Lower Manhattan in its Amazon bid; how North End Grill was affected by the no-tipping policy; World Trade Center Health Program forum. / 1 comment
Plus: Woody Allen film shoot; restaurant serving kids for free on Halloween; Warren Street topper; sad dead tree. / 3 comments
Plus: Buildings to be lit orange in an effort to woo Amazon; Landmarks violation on Beach Street; communal living as art. / 3 comments
The temporary plan for a two-story building has been abandoned; now 108 Chambers is going straight to ten.
Plus: Equitable Building to get renovated; Department of Buildings saw nothing wrong at 143 Fulton, site of Styrofoam snowstorm; what's entailed in restoring old buildings; the colorful fashion of Malcah Zeldis.
It evidently was an art project- I wish that I had seen it!!! — Merle Temkin / Crowd Sourcing: Who saw the Twin Towers drone show on Wednesday night?
It IS sort of weird, but remember that drone shows are often constructed so you can only make out the... — J / Crowd Sourcing: Who saw the Twin Towers drone show on Wednesday night?
Thanks for covering this. It's so very strange! — malcolm / Crowd Sourcing: Who saw the Twin Towers drone show on Wednesday night?
Amazing photo of Tribute in Light! — SW / Seen & Heard: Kyuramen is open on Gold
The bus I was on zipped by One Park Row so fast that I couldn't be sure, so I verified... — Gary / TurboTax opening an office on Greenwich and Warren
What is the seating for this performance tonight September 10th? I have the required tickets. Is it self seating on... — Steve Tintweiss / Bill T. Jones to commemorate 9/11 at Wagner Park
I swear I saw them opening on Park Row as well! — Heather / TurboTax opening an office on Greenwich and Warren