Plus: "Model Woman" shoot, about the modeling industry in the 1970s; midcentury Brazilian mirrors; street-level rendering for the Beekman Hotel's condo tower; 1 World Trade Center light show.
Plus: Only one kindergarten waitlist downtown; Con Edison recovers Tribeca woman's bracelet; Warren condo gets financing; snack shack to open under the FDR.
Plus: Raccoon Lodge's anniversary party; the Django jazz bar now has music earlier in the evening; Caviarteria has closed; a neat installation at Front Art Space; concrete treatments for the new building at Franklin and Sixth. / 1 comment
Plus: Ferry operator and routes announced; the history of 108-110 Franklin; Blackstones salon to open this month; Smorgasburg will return to the South Street Seaport, but inside this time.
It'll be "two stories." Plus: More demolition shots of 456 Greenwich; "Limitless" and a legal drama based on Dr. Phil are shooting here; antique Japanese porcelain exhibit; new City Vineyard opening forecast.
Plus: Best Made goes to Brazil; acting school on Leonard; the annual Tribeca Open Artist Studio Tour; "Law & Order: SVU" is back again; PS Fabrics closing sale; the entrance to the new building at Washington and Desbrosses. / 2 comments
Plus: Dwindling stock at American Apparel; Citi's plaza revamp; demolition in northwest Tribeca; the Tommie hotel on Canal (and its meat-and-three restaurant); Pier 17 is taking shape. / 5 comments
Plus: Local politicians call for construction coordination; work happening in the former Dean's space; Bluemercury store progress; renovation at 381 Broadway. / 1 comment
Plus: Kathleen Turner is moving to Tribeca; FiDi tower with school gets landmark approval; FiDi development map; Hickey Freeman store debuts next week; new 1 Wall renderings; "rooftopping" daredevils. / 3 comments
Plus: Gwyneth's likely guest apartment also hits the market; Squadron pushes the state senate to insist on local representation for the Battery Park City Authority; New York City Half Marathon street closures; art exhibit of and about drawings. / 1 comment
Plus: A truce in the Peck Slip School breakfast battle; Pier 40 construction update; Pace dormitory put up for sale; FiDi shantytown. / 3 comments
Plus: The interest in Alexander Hamilton's grave; when Cortlandt Street was Radio Row; the Battery Park City Authority gives itself failing grades; a look back at the Pogues. / 1 comment
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