Plus: Amusing rendering of 440 Washington; "Tribute in Light"–style memorial on the West Coast; new shows at Sapar Contemporary and Bortolami.
Plus: Opening forecast for Au Cheval restaurant; Italian soccer player buys at new FiDi tower; history of a White Street building.
Plus: The new, more approachable menu at Racines; increased funding for 9/11 memorials; fin-tech firm expands at the World Trade Center. / 1 comment
Plus: Sunday Night signage on Jay; Giorgia will share space with another boutique; longtime sidewalk shed finally coming down; T. Kang Taekwondo has moved to a new location; 55 Broadway improvements; Battery Park City condo offering. / 6 comments
The Brazilian hotel company is taking over an existing property, with renovations expected to be completed in 2021.
Plus: A coworking chain is taking over most of the Saks Fifth Avenue store; rental bouquets at the Manhattan Marriage Bureau; Don Wagyu starts dinner service. / 2 comments
Plus: Inside a spacious apartment at 443 Greenwich; the driver in last week's hit-and-run was going 100 miles per hour; Cuomo nixes full shutdown of the L train.
Plus: Opening forecasts for Los Tacos No. 1's Tribeca restaurant and Luv Michael's granola kitchen/shop; more of 91 Leonard revealed; Downtown Express is posting online elsewhere.
Plus: Bogardus Mansion is back on the market; NY Waterway crew members help thwart a suicide attempt; Church Street Boxing staffer gets into shape; "eco park" at Pier 35 on the East River has partially opened. / 1 comment
There has been a lot of depressing news in the past year, and we likely haven’t heard the last of it, so let’s focus on the positive (for one post, anyway). Here are 42 things to look forward to in Lower Manhattan. / 2 comments
Plus: The sorry state of City Hall Park; how to recycle your Christmas tree; renovation of the little building on Walker Street; what's up with Breads Bakery at the World Trade Center mall? / 7 comments
Also on Community Board 1's January agendas: Exterior renovation for Leonard Street residential conversion; Pace University signage at two subway stops; Seaport Blockhouse bar; new bar on Murray; Church Street pocket park; the changes at Greca; much more. / 3 comments
You can start by enforcing paying fares, how much that that cost a year? — S / The future of congestion pricing is “now or never”
James! Thank you ! I love the photo. — Native NYer / Upon the Palace has opened
So by extension, ill will toward the future employees of Hobby Lobby? — Bobbie / Seen & Heard: Hobby Lobby construction happening?
Smartphones and doom scrolling has sucked the life out of our kids. Sometimes you need reminders like this to really... — hmmm / Capturing the lives of Tribeca youth before smartphones took hold
How many times, on a summer afternoon, did I sit on the doorsill at Dudley's Paw with Dudley beside me.... — John Willenbecher / Seen & Heard: Hobby Lobby construction happening?
Yum yum. Looking forward to going here! — SW / Upon the Palace has opened
Yes!!!! My lady and I have been BEGGING for one of these!!!! — Jack Gaff / Chambers Street Wines is opening a wine bar on… Chambers