Plus: Owner of 28 Liberty decides against pursuing glass pavilions on landmarked plaza; museum exhibit about early American tattoo artist; longtime 1st Precinct officer retires.
As with the nearby Target store, it'll be mostly underground. / 11 comments
Plus: The De Blasio administration has jacked up commercial real estate taxes (and an acclaimed West Village restaurant is closing partly as a result); Cut has Sunday brunch and a lunch deal; when Broadway was Typewriter Row; East River Esplanade logjam cleared.
Plus: Proposed storefront replacements for Chambers and Reade; soft blobs at Taymour Grahne; confirmation of Agatha Ruiz de la Prada's closing; Broadway and Walker in 1912. / 5 comments
Plus: The reveal of 14 White has been postponed; blowout salon opens this weekend; sailing club owner accuses new North Cove Marina operator of industrial espionage; art via Argo Electronics on Canal; knife pulled during Duane Reade antacid robbery. / 1 comment
The 42-story building on Broadway will join four other new residential projects on the perimeter of City Hall Park. / 6 comments
Discussed at last night's meeting: The imminent Warren Street reconstruction project; Apple's event space on Duane; weekend construction at 24 Leonard condominium; expanded outdoor seating at Laughing Man; the loud start of the Five Boro Bike Tour; CB1's street fair scheduled for Warren; Maxwell's sidewalk café. / 11 comments
Plus: The history of a Franklin Street building; 70 Vestry penthouse in contract; photos of 30 Park Place penthouse; new CFO at the Battery Park City Authority; review of Paul's Casablanca nightclub on Spring.
Plus: Brookfield Properties chooses Cuomo friend's company to run the North Cove Marina sailing school; 111 Murray passes halfway point; Starbucks to end its beer-and-wine program.
Plus: Gary Graham sample sale; two Warren Street buildings are evidently not getting torn down; Antique Garage signage; "Power" shooting again; FiDi group meeting in rumored Danny Meyer restaurant space. / 2 comments
Plus: Class-action lawsuit against Jungsik; beverage magnate has a Tribeca apartment; photos inside 70 Vestry construction site; The Fat Jew and his wife are divorcing; FiDi residents got married; cash no longer accepted at the Brooklyn-Battery Tunnel. / 3 comments
Plus: An update on the imminent Warren Street reconstruction project; Roxy Hotel's cinema slate; rooftop addition on Duane; 15 Hubert's Greenwich side; "Blue Bloods" shooting here again. / 2 comments
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
Thomas was in the same class as Micah, I believe. Ronnie was an exceptional third grade teacher and went on... — Elspeth Schell / PS 89 principal Ronnie Najjar will retire this summer
Fully agree with previous comments: WE WANT GIGINO'S! Tired of waiting! Especially with the restaurants around the North Cove being... — S. Rennie / Nosy Neighbor: What restaurant is coming to the pavilion at Wagner Park?
Translation: Hello Mikey Flowers, for 25 years now, you and your team have been providing a white rose for the... — Tribeca Citizen / Mikey Flowers and the 9/11 Memorial keep a tradition alive