In a memorandum filed with the New York County Clerk, the condo buyers at 5 Franklin Place ("including many families with young children") are claiming the developer wasn't clear enough about the situation regarding the street. / 27 comments
Plus: Tetsu is now serving lunch; CTL Electronics and the fight to save cathode ray tube televisions; Fourteenjay founder on opening a salon in the city; more thefts; big new FiDi pub; affordable housing (and the lack thereof). / 1 comment
Plus: Udon restaurant coming to Macdougal Street; White Street storefront listing; Odin menswear shop has closed; the doors of downtown; trash mountain in the Oculus. / 2 comments
Plus: Cuomo wants to add restrictions to the Battery Park City Authority governance bill; more on the gallery opening on White Street; Brooklyn Bridge Beach is still stalled. / 2 comments
"Is it a lightning rod mechanism? Is it from the time window washers got stuck on the building? Is it a window that can be removed from the inside to evacuate?" —A.
Plus: Houseman's chef is working on a cookbook; Franklin Street mystery officially solved; renting a gallery for your pop-up; 1 Beekman is three-quarters to the top.
Someone has dramatically overpaid for #2N at 155 Franklin—and the evidence points, if lightly, toward Swift. (Update: Now the New York Post says "sources confirmed" it was her.) / 8 comments
Plus: Racines's new chef on his plans for the restaurant; proposed changes to 140 Broadway plaza tabled for now; politicians push city to start up Seaport redevelopment talks; FiDi street co-naming effort.
Plus: Bottega Falai closed; a glimpse of the single-family home under construction on Greenwich; reader seeks managing agent recommendations; historical rent data; manhole advertising. / 3 comments
Plus: Sixth Avenue pocket park is open; the sliced-off corner of 11 Beach; Worth Street reconstruction; gym's new Muybridge mural; Maybelline shoot. / 1 comment
Also on Community Board 1's February agendas: Citigroup construction; accusations of bad behavior at Haus; more retail at Brookfield Place?; Bogardus Plaza weekend work; more wi-fi kiosks; Sons of Thunder opening FiDi restaurant; ADA ramps; 52 Thomas rooftop compressors. / 4 comments
Plus: Conflicting reports about storefront at Hudson and Duane; twin-towered 565 Broome; New York Vintners is holding classes at Terroir; still no sign for renamed Trump Soho hotel; "Billions" shoot. / 2 comments
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