Ten sales were reported in the last week, including two in the new building at W. Broadway and N. Moore.
Plus: Occupy Wall Street; pro wrestler-turned-artist Phillip Thies; "Stunt Lab" gets a rave; Don Hill's.
Plus: NYPD overtime for Occupy Wall Street; Seaport rental building; 2 Renwick to be two hotels; soccer-mom-madam lawyer; food truck stolen; artifacts under Fulton Street; Worth Kitchen restaurant. / 1 comment
What was discussed: More on Maritime (taking over Ivy's Bistro); the rampaging hordes at the sushi restaurant in Independence Plaza; Tribeca Grand's sidewalk seating; Smith & Mills rebuff; Tiny's; Zutto; parking at a new building; and churros. / 2 comments
Public hearing tonight. Plus: The restaurant plans for Pier 26; inside the proposed renovation of Pier 17; Tribeca-raised artist Elizabeth Behl; goodbye, Goldman Sachs; art-world humor; FiDi soup sadness. / 2 comments
Plus: The prices at 50-52 Laight, a.k.a. Laight House; stationery store possibly opening in Tribeca; One Direction causes girlgasms.
Plus: Big sale at Dietz Lantern Building; One York in the "cold light of now"; the lawsuit against New York Law School; the BPC library's new manager.
Just six sales (in four buildings) were reported in the past two weeks.
The goal is to make locals go there. Plus: World Trade Center Performing Arts Center hires someone. / 1 comment
Plus: Chipotle reopen; Seamless, Sarabeth's Tribeca, and Mehtaphor; 11 N. Moore. / 4 comments
Plus: Alexander Wang denies sweatshop; Michelle Obama coming to Tribeca fundraiser; Ewan McGregor looking around here; Atera; North End Grill's wine list; school meals; historic wine vault.
(No, that's not a new boutique.) Plus: White powder sent to local school; Occupy Wall Street's "rebirthing ceremony"; Artisan Lofts lawsuit; antenna at One World Trade Center.
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Blame those in charge, including our mayor. Mamdani pledged support for NYC street vendors. Now they’re facing a crackdown. https://gothamist.com/news/mamdani-pledged-support-for-nyc-street-vendors-now-theyre-facing-a-crackdown... — Marcus / In the News: More on the counterfeit vendors of Canal Street
UN report on counterfeiting and organized crime: https://www.unodc.org/toc/en/crimes/counterfeit-goods.html — Marcus / In the News: More on the counterfeit vendors of Canal Street
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…
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