Plans have finally been filed to double the size of a five-story building. That makes five projects in the works on a three-block stretch—along with three others completed on Washington in recent years. / 1 comment
Plus: Hugh Jackman film shooting here; Holland Tunnel traffic mess; Urban Archaeology's new showroom has opened; more on the kids' store coming to Greenwich Street; demolition on W. Broadway; "Law & Order: SVU" is back again. / 6 comments
Plus: Prominent Canal Street topper can't clear the Landmarks Preservation Commission; arrest made in series of FiDi bar thefts; Rockaway ferry to be the first of the new routes to launch; "Breaking Bad" pop-up restaurant. / 6 comments
Plus: Correction about the progress of Citigroup's renovation; the roofline of 70 Vestry; new Baron von Fancy billboard; pop-up antiques shop inside Gary Graham's atelier. / 3 comments
Plus: Justin Timberlake and Jessica Biel reportedly bought in Tribeca; Augustine review; Landmarc wins its trademark fight with the Seagram Building restaurant; potential $100 million funding shortfall for the World Trade Center performing arts center. / 2 comments
Plus: The argument against "Fearless Girl"; new façade (with glass bricks?) for a Leonard Street building; residential conversion on Greenwich; reserving a bar stool on OpenTable; an exhibit of "wood worms." / 5 comments
Plus: White Street restaurant isn't coming back to life; a photo of Saturday's jet flyover; fashion designer moving out; the big new rental building on Hudson; exhibit of work by a fashion photographer. / 3 comments
Plus: Soho Pharmacy is changing its name; stone panels are being applied to 70 Vestry; film shoot on Reade; exhibit about the art of glass pipes; Hudson storefront getting reactivated; the ground floor of 56 Leonard. / 8 comments
Plus: Big Gay Ice Cream is opening in the Seaport District; when a clown school was on Chambers; the Battery Park City Authority's resiliency study; remembering David Rockefeller. / 1 comment
Plus: Blue Moon Fish is back; update on the Four Seasons hotel's plaza; a fashion insider's "garage sale"; great old photo of 100 Barclay; 56 Leonard lighting and second-floor cantilevers; art show on Varick. / 3 comments
Plus: More on the early education center opening at Greenwich and Reade; Goodie Girl Cookies being sold at Starbucks; Tribeca Citizen T-shirts; what if 111 Murray had a crest? / 3 comments
Plus: A New Orleans steakhouse was considering an outpost here; lawsuit over lot-line windows on Washington; the Anne Frank Center has left; changes at Khe-Yo's Khe-Yosk; doodads on 19 Park Place's western side; new art exhibition space. / 3 comments
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
Well said! — Robert Ripps / Demolition should start soon on the Tribeca Pharmacy building
Can we please stop calling them “vendors”!! A vendor runs a business that sells merchandise to other businesses. E.g. a... — S. / In the News: More on the counterfeit vendors of Canal Street
There are still many free attractions on Governors Island. Well worth the trip over. — JS Miller / Seen & Heard: Ess-a-Bagel getting ready on Murray