Plus: Apartment for sale with bowling alley in the sub-basement; the metal atrium roof at A Summer Day Café; feminist photo show; French fry vendor at the Fulton Center; Chick-fil-A crowds.
Plus: A new new name for the former Ritz-Carlton Battery Park; sculptural works coming to Foley Square; Jay Street condo conversion to launch sales soon. / 1 comment
Plus: Mysterious partitioning at two retail spaces; no activity at the Greenwich Street hotel; StreetEasy's Tribeca joke; signs of life at the Loopy Doopy rooftop bar; Starbucks in the Intergate telecom hotel.
Plus: Tribeca family with 18-karat gold bathroom tiles; proposed changes to the Landmarks Preservation Commission's process; the former Bush Terminal Building in FiDi. / 1 comment
Plus: Anti-choice walk tomorrow; the Leaning Tower of Tribeca; Broadway clock face illuminated; UPS making customers pick deliveries up; Liberty Street block to close for 10 weeks. / 7 comments
And free cupcakes, while supplies last. Plus: The former Wicked Juice space hasn't been rented; chocolate store opened at the World Trade Center mall; photo show with models and fruit; "Bull" shoot.
Plus: Actor Chris Evans is renting here; interview with Duane Park Patisserie's Madeline Lanciani; history of a funky little Reade Street building; Pier 17 concert promoter; estranged couple does custody hand-offs at the 1st Precinct; lost ring found; Equitable Building renovation. / 1 comment
Plus: The surcharges for wasabi and ginger at Tetsu; Pier 26 construction forecast; Wagyu sandwich restaurant to open in FiDi; the history of 60 Collister; New York City's official clock master; 140 Broadway plaza changes approved. / 7 comments
Plus: Greca to be open late starting this weekend; the two buildings under construction on City Hall Park; fado concerts at the Schimmel Center; two-day shoot. / 1 comment
Plus: Chambers Street buildings looking fine; A Tea Room by Ato opening just above Canal; Motortown All-Stars concert; that Staten Island Ferry was likely testing Midtown routes; Greenwich Street cobblestone mess.
Plus: Driverless car kills pedestrian in Arizona; Garces Group statement about the closing of Amada; studying the visitors to Battery Park City's parks. / 2 comments
The apartment of Raquel Cayre, who has a popular Instagram account about designer Ettore Sottsass, is "practically a gallery dedicated to the Memphis movement," says Architectural Digest.
Society has lost its mind letting people walk around outdoors with masks on as if it's not obviously insanely suspicious.... — person / Carjacking on North Moore has a happy ending…
I'm okay with extra reinforcing, recalling what happened at Pfizer's residential conversion on 42nd Street. Demolition could have been dusty... — Gary / Construction Update: 100 Franklin / 250 Church
I am curious how they came to the decision to rehabilitate the existing structure rather than just tear it down.... — Reademan / Construction Update: 100 Franklin / 250 Church
There is widespread agreement that the illegal Canal vendors are destroying the quality of life for local residents because they... — lowrider / In the News: More on the counterfeit vendors of Canal Street
Well said! — Robert Ripps / Demolition should start soon on the Tribeca Pharmacy building
Can we please stop calling them “vendors”!! A vendor runs a business that sells merchandise to other businesses. E.g. a... — S. / In the News: More on the counterfeit vendors of Canal Street
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