Plus Spruce Street first graders get a tour of Thalassa; the China Institute offers Go classes; bike lane extended on Lafayette; one more look at the Mill Street Synagogue. / 6 comments
Plus luxury housing selling at a discount; single tickets on sale for film festival; NYPD opposed placard plan; an analysis of plan to fill in Seaport; Car & Driver evaluates congestion pricing. / 3 comments
A proposal for an 87-foot building with five apartments and retail on the ground floor has been permitted at 321 Church, which they are calling 31 Lispenard, natch. / 5 comments
Plus the land use process for the jail on White Street begins; the city is suing the company behind the floating billboard; Peter Sacks gets a profile in the New Yorker. / 1 comment
The pop-up store that opened at 49 Warren between West Bway and Church last summer, now has a real lease and offers unique products made in Japan, or made by Japanese artisans living in New York.
Plus Frenchette staff helps arrest a very bad man; updates on the city's efforts to ban development voids; land use process to start for proposed White Street jail. / 3 comments
Plus One Beekman Street rising; Star sightings at Frenchette (mais bien sur); Brookfield gets a smell-full tenant; Instacart gets pushed out of Whole Foods / 3 comments
Plus Dead Rabbit in the running for James Beard award; 443 Greenwich penthouse sale; more on filling in the Seaport; comparing real estate value across the city.
Plus some stats on commercial rentals; Escape Games rises to the top of its genre; the Flea gets a feature; DeNiro's mail bomber pleads guilty; dog runs as an example of the city's class divide. / 1 comment
The national hospitality chain Convene will take 73,000 square feet and use it for two large catering halls that will seat 500 people each, plus several other smaller meeting rooms. / 4 comments
City Winery has (almost) secured a new location, but won’t have it fitted out and ready till January, meaning there will be a few dark months without the concert space in the neighborhood. / 4 comments
The Times and Crain's report that the case against the developers of 108 Leonard to protect the building's clock tower -- a rare city interior landmark -- is pending in the state's highest court. / 3 comments
Well said! — Robert Ripps / Demolition should start soon on the Tribeca Pharmacy building
There are still many free attractions on Governors Island. Well worth the trip over. — JS Miller / Seen & Heard: Ess-a-Bagel getting ready on Murray
This is organized crime - it requires Federal investigation and enforcement. Every one of us should report it to the... — SoHo / In the News: More on the counterfeit vendors of Canal Street
Survey isn't saving answers -- error message saying the survey was modified by the creator pops up instructing users to... — N / New group to explore the potential of a Tribeca Business Improvement District
Yet another bagel shop? We'lll have to change the neighborhood name from Tribeca to Tribagel — Geroge Bacon / Seen & Heard: Ess-a-Bagel getting ready on Murray
Funny how the view from the window in the second photo will be drastically changed in the next year or... — George Bacon / New Kid on the Block: Blank Street at 32 Avenue of the Americas
Marcus, What's your evidence for these claims? "Does the article mention how these entrepreneurs are part of organized crime networks,... — MG / In the News: More on the counterfeit vendors of Canal Street