Plus For Five coffee brewing at Brookfield; Local gal Taylor Swift plays at NPR's Tiny Desk; 31 Lispenard criticized for not fitting in. / 5 comments
Plus this year's hottest Halloween candy; a hunt for the perfect $900,000 apartment in Fidi; the floating billboard of yesteryear; we are not getting more resilient.
Plus Maison Kayser declines to say why; creepy fowl on display in Hudson Square; open house at Buckle My Shoe; free wifi for Wagner, Teardrop and Rockefeller. / 1 comment
Plus Streeteasy releases its report on the glut of unsold new condos; a woman stages a funeral for her student debt in the Trinity graveyard; Amazon's sidewalk office; fall color in WMP. / 6 comments
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
Joke or not, that sign has to go. — Marcus / Seen & Heard: Wayfinding for a counterfeit bazaar
Second that; thank you for the compelling history of this building (and our neighborhood)! When available, would be great to... — Reader on Reade / 54 Laight Street in the Tribeca North Historic District is for sale
Congratulations for staying in business in Tribeca. I had a storefront in Tribeca with my family for over 50 years... — Amy Bergenfeld / Spotlight: Greenwich St. Jewelers at 50
Apparently Chip City shuttered all 20+ of its retail locations this week. — James Bogardus / Cookies coming to 325 Greenwich
Sorry, but to whom should businesses cater, if not the neighborhood families who live and raise children there? — K / Starbucks at West Broadway and Chambers will close tomorrow
Even though the location was busy, the setup isn’t aligned with the renewed architectural focus of the brand. There is... — Matt / Starbucks at West Broadway and Chambers will close tomorrow
Spas……we need more nail spas. — Francesco / Starbucks at West Broadway and Chambers will close tomorrow