Plus: Rendering of Trinity Church's proposed metal canopy; soccer player lists his apartment; Battery Park City church shuts its doors; concerns about turning a street into a pedestrian mall. / 9 comments
Plus: Creative corner-cutting at 11 Beach; Trinity Church wants to add a modern canopy on one side; Westbourne restaurant opens tomorrow in Soho; Chambers Street subway humor. / 1 comment
It can be hard to keep track of all of the new buildings under construction in Tribeca. This should help: renderings for the projects where work is currently happening. / 9 comments
Plus: A new neighborhood emergency-response team; curtailing development in the Two Bridges area; subway decay; kakigori at Canal Street Market; the history of 20 Exchange Place.
Plus: Stocking issues continue at Whole Foods; the massive topper coming to a Greenwich Street building; Untuckit is open at Brookfield Place; "Law & Order: SVU" shoot. / 21 comments
Plus: New subway tunnel to Red Hook proposed; city to install 1,500 bollards over the next few years; phone snatched; residents oppose subway elevators on grounds of the terrorism threat; Caviarteria tries again; David Bouley selling his place on Duane. / 4 comments
Also on Community Board 1's January agendas: Tenant for the former Santos Party House on Lafayette; Five Boro Bike Tour; Walker Hotel Tribeca's liquor license; Jay Street storefront renovation; Rector Street Bridge demolition; much more.
Plus: More thefts in the area; actors Cobie Smulders and Taran Killam are trying to sell their Battery Park City apartment.
Plus: Anthony Bourdain's street-food court in Hudson River Park isn't happening; Tribecan received dog as gift; one Pace University worker stabbed another. / 3 comments
Plus: Quest for a coin-counting machine; construction activity at stalled hotel site; the holdouts at 67 Vestry; future tenant on Church. / 17 comments
The other night, I attended a party in a raw space on the fourth floor of Pier 17, the tent-pole attraction at the reinvented South Street Seaport, now calling itself the Seaport District. There were spectacular views in three directions, but of equal interest was the journey to and from the event.
Plus: Thierry Despont art exhibit; extensions to ads on pay phones; Frenchette paint job; the State Liquor Authority hearing about Town Stages; Soho Art Materials is moving; Classic Car Club space has been leased. / 6 comments
It evidently was an art project- I wish that I had seen it!!! — Merle Temkin / Crowd Sourcing: Who saw the Twin Towers drone show on Wednesday night?
It IS sort of weird, but remember that drone shows are often constructed so you can only make out the... — J / Crowd Sourcing: Who saw the Twin Towers drone show on Wednesday night?
Thanks for covering this. It's so very strange! — malcolm / Crowd Sourcing: Who saw the Twin Towers drone show on Wednesday night?
Amazing photo of Tribute in Light! — SW / Seen & Heard: Kyuramen is open on Gold
The bus I was on zipped by One Park Row so fast that I couldn't be sure, so I verified... — Gary / TurboTax opening an office on Greenwich and Warren
What is the seating for this performance tonight September 10th? I have the required tickets. Is it self seating on... — Steve Tintweiss / Bill T. Jones to commemorate 9/11 at Wagner Park
I swear I saw them opening on Park Row as well! — Heather / TurboTax opening an office on Greenwich and Warren