Plus drain your lymph in Soho; more details on the group that had a climate die-in at the bull; luxury condo buildings taking inventory loans and rentals to bridge the sales gap.
Plus the Gural Family will renovate 7 Hanover Square; the last big chunk of Governors Island is put out to bid for a climate change center; BPC wants to keep its rentals.
"I have been waiting to see if they are refurbishing the beautiful clocks on the two Broadway corners. There is a box next to the dismantled one…I’m hoping it contains some parts for repair." / 2 comments
Plus the city changed the speed limit on West Street: it is now 30 as of Saturday!! and Gourmet Garage is sold to a ShopRite operator; the millions of dollars of art in BPC; a memorial to tourists eaten by wolves.
Plus tenants on Hanover Square are suing for rent stabilization; building on Liberty will be a 30-story hotel; Governor narrows sites for Hurricane Maria memorial. / 1 comment
Plus local editor chats with Michael Chabon; Macao building is for sale; '70s politics seen in art; a knighted Canadian fashion designer takes a space on Leonard and Church.
The hotel being developed at 86 Warren will be part of the Firmdale hotel chain -- picture the Crosby Street Hotel in Soho and the Whitby in Midtown -- giving Warren Street a new angle on cool. / 1 comment
Plus street closings for tomorrow; Tribeca Trust loses an appeal to expand the historic district; Lekka -- the vegan burger spot -- may open in October. / 1 comment
Plus new stretch studio - Outer Reach - opens on Greenwich; Japanese on Warren is coming along; Meryl Streep's digs on Laight are relisted and reduced in price.
Plus a video walk-through of Lee Mindel's swank place at 56 Leonard; the Daily News disses the jail plan; the concrete facade of 30 Warren gets some attention. / 2 comments
Plus Malibu Farm opens at the Seaport this week; the teen climate activist Greta Thunberg sails into Battery Park City from England; 121 Chambers gets the ok to add two stories.
Plus Uber founder settles at 565 Broome; Soho and Brownsville have something in common; Wendy Williams has a night out on Murray; an insurance exec moves into the Woolworth building. / 1 comment
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