The sidewalk shed going up around 142 Watts (or 457 Washington) is prepping the building for a conversion from office and multiple dwellings to a single family residence on the second through fifth floor, with a new sixth floor to be used as part of the residence. / 1 comment
Plus an exhibit on Auschwitz planned for the Museum of Jewish Heritage; a local expert talks about chronic illness in the Times; more on Weinstein's Tribeca office.
Plus Harvey Weinstein's office at 375 Greenwich sells; the luxury market dips; FiDi's studio-rich housing stock makes it the focus of what Streeteasy calls the "singles tax." / 3 comments
For sale at 44 Laight: a 4,000-square-foot three-bed, 2.5-bath loft with a steel catwalk and tons of exposed stuff: bricks, ducts, cast-iron columns, wood beams, pipes, you name it. / 2 comments
The sidewalk bridge that has covered the south side of Warren Street from West Street almost to Greenwich is coming down today after FOUR years. / 6 comments
Plus the man who was caught napping and showering at Taylor Swift's house has been sentenced; Downtown (men's) Glee Club seeking singers; NYU kids review our Target. / 3 comments
Kudos to the owners of 121 Chambers for removing the derelict awning and cleaning up the security gates on the front of their otherwise handsome building. / 1 comment
City records show that an LLC purchased the deed on Jan. 31 for $7.3 million for 327 Greenwich or 187 Duane, and tenants have been asked to be out by April. / 31 comments
A piece of downtown history is resurrected by the Times and Mo Rocca; driver indicted for murder in cause of December accident; 66 Leonard scooped up. / 13 comments
Plus big investments at 49 Chambers and Truffles Tribeca; an interview with the architect of 30 Warren; a photo essay on Church Street Boxing gym.
The parking lot on the north side of Warren just east of Gee Whiz is a parking lot no more, poised instead for the next (smallish) development on the block.
The storefront at 121 Chambers Street does not have to look as derelict as it does while owners develop two extra floors and restore the building. / 5 comments
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