Plus: 250 West penthouse sold for way under ask; South Street Seaport air-rights purchase; World Trade Center name rights settlement; religious exemptions for vaccinations. / 4 comments
Plus: Sixth Avenue's permanent sidewalk café; where the criminal summons court is ending up; Hudson loft analysis; another Merchants restaurant; girls' softball team gets funding.
And Saks, too. Plus: New renderings of the 24 Leonard garage conversion; Haus Alkire fashion house; father-son real estate drama; Lispenard condo boom; Community Board 1 stiffed on Sandy relief. / 4 comments
Discussed at this month’s meeting: The controversial seasonal café on the street outside Laughing Man; the long, ugly reconstruction of Worth Street; plans for the 101 Murray tower; various street-activity permits. / 7 comments
The most notable feature is the giant retractable skylight, which turns a mezzanine terrarium into a recessed terrace. But the details are just as memorable, and much of the decor was sourced locally. / 3 comments
Plus: More on Almond; artist Azikiwe Mohammed; Little Park review; event designer DeJuan Stroud moved out; Broadway retail condo sold; turmoil at the Museum of Jewish Heritage; how those old Harrison Street houses got there. / 6 comments
Plus: New Malaysian restaurant reviewed; another cheap, ugly hotel in FiDi; damage left over from the 1920 attack on 23 Wall.
Plus: Local school cafeteria goes vegetarian; BPCA earned $167 million last year; publishing exec Judith Regan; a baby bat was trapped inside a Chase branch.
Plus: Dates for this year's Taste of Tribeca and Tribeca Family Festival; Hotel Particulier has closed; Joan Armatrading in concert; Taymour Grahne exhibit. / 2 comments
Plus: New Malaysian restaurant; SeaGlass carousel update; Brookfield Place shops; Girl Scouts and NYPD intelligence moving in; White Street building for sale; Spring Street park renderings; new Southbridge Towers bakery.
Domino featured the Tribeca one-bedroom of textile designer Zak Profera, who's not afraid to hang an upside-down floor lamp over his dining table. / 1 comment
Plus: Truck traffic on Laight Street; Tribeca Watch Repair has been seized; those big tents on Canal Street; Kate Pierson of the B-52's in concert. / 2 comments
The Gothamist article about compass is very dumb. StreetEasy charges agents to post listings there, so it’s not as if... — Matt / In the News: Strolling Canal Street
You're better off reading about why the counterfeit vendors persist. https://www.city-journal.org/article/canal-street-fake-counterfeit-bags-vendors — James Bogardus / In the News: Strolling Canal Street
The Canal Street article is behind the NY Times paywall, so I could not read it. But in the flash... — Marcus / In the News: Strolling Canal Street
With all the hoopla over the renewed Carnegie Deli - I'm sorry it's not them!! — Bec / Update: Carnegie Diner at 200 Chambers
Based on recent openings in the neighborhood, it seems the fad has moved from cookies to savory carbs like bagels... — N / Chip City has closed permanently
The Reade St commercial parking is probably an artifact of over 20 years ago when there was plenty of commercial... — N / In the News: Hunting down parking placard abuses
Yes, and the vagrants on Canal Street need to go, too. — James / Seen & Heard: Wayfinding for a counterfeit bazaar