Plus an award for the designers for WMP; Launch F18 gallery opens show on cultural identity; Eric Bogosian and TPAC tonight; more from the Good Works department.
Plus Taylor's good investment on Franklin; more restaurants at 70 Pine for Crown Shy chef; Uber and Lyft causing problems in San Francisco.
Plus events this weekend on the Lilac at Pier 25; contemporary art show at the Museum of the American Indian; Frenchette snags honors for food and glasses.
The building Lennon acquired as part of a satirical scheme to avoid deportation is being reimagined as a vertical restaurant and wine bar with the same name. / 10 comments
Laughing Man, the diminutive coffee shop on the south side of Duane Street at Greenwich that opened in 2011, is expanding into the space next door. / 2 comments
Plus a high-tech plan for protecting downtown from flooding: sandbags; a negative review for Au Cheval; evaluating affordability in Battery Park City; Airbnb gets into the hotel business. / 2 comments
Vongerichten has opened a new seafood restaurant – his first – called The Fulton, located at Pier 17. The chef now has 36 restaurants across the globe.
This is real blow to the neighborhood, and to anyone with a well-informed sweet tooth. / 13 comments
Ambassador has closed; Tribeca Art+Culture Night seeking volunteers; the Brooklyn Battery Tunnel gets resurfaced; Girl Scout troop will set up shop on Duane. / 1 comment
The bar and restaurant at 20 Murray whose building has been vacated ever since the collapse at 21 Park Place, has decided to close permanently. / 1 comment
If you like vanilla soft serve, then you will love the new ice cream trend out of South Korea that is sweeping the globe (really) and is now installed in Chinatown.
Plus Battery Park City hosts a free version of a hit play from The Flea at the Irish Hunger Memorial; learn mahjong at the China Institute. / 1 comment
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SW -- I have written extensively about "micromobility" harms. I have called for reforms that could help "powered" bikes and... — Komanoff / In the News: Hunting down parking placard abuses
Looking forward to them opening, but still laughing at the idea that they are going to put seats in that... — N / Update: Carnegie Diner at 200 Chambers
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Thanks for article...such a ugly site walking out the front door...and wondering when it will end!!! — Vivian / Nosy Neighbor: What’s going on in the construction yard on Harrison?