Plus: All three ballot proposals approved; Jerry Nadler as head of the Judiciary Committee; recent local muggings and thefts; Lobster GoGo opened in the Seaport. / 2 comments
Plus: There's a Taim on Maiden Lane; Confederate memorials at Soho Photo; Diwali family event at Everafter; 108 Leonard at night; wrong-way drivers on W. Broadway. / 6 comments
Plus: Review of Primo's bar; actor bought $19 million Tribeca apartment; Il Mattone to open a third outpost; Nike leases office space at Pier 17; more on Duane Street topper.
Can you identify these 10 deceased restaurants, as once described in the Tribeca Citizen Restaurant Guide? / 11 comments
Plus: Vote no on the community board proposal; Physique 57 opened on Sixth Ave.; Watts Street parking vigilante; Staple Street photo solved; 130 William's facade panels. / 3 comments
Plus: Popcorn pop-up; more on the development of the Tribeca Cinemas building; alley painter; why Cynthia Nixon is running against Deborah Glick; fast-casual Chinese in FiDi; Savannah Guthrie; vote no on the three proposals.
Also on Community Board 1's November agendas: Four-story addition proposed for two-story building on Franklin; two existing restaurants appear top be getting taken over; booze at the Dirty Lemon store; Alamo Drafthouse; more.
Plus: A magnificent courthouse dome; the brewpub opening on Vandam; a treat for Australians; then-and-now construction photo project. / 1 comment
Plus: Favorite Halloween costume; Park Place tower crests buildings to the north; Spring Place opened a Beverly Hills outpost; "NSFW" art exhibit; homeless people in Fulton Center; "Search Party" shoot. / 5 comments
Plus: The menu for Whitmans burger restaurant; something moving into the old Subway sandwich shop on Hudson; more on the three-day Smorgasburg at the Oculus; more of 91 Leonard revealed; Canal Street art mural. / 1 comment
Plus: Best Market's owner on the store's closing; recent muggings and thefts; big playpen bar opens in FiDi; that annoying ad barge and similar signage at Brookfield Place. / 2 comments
Plus: New toy store, Starbucks, and benches at the World Trade Center mall; Laughing Man staff pays tribute to Hugh Jackman; much-needed traffic island installed; painting exhibit. / 10 comments
With all the hoopla over the renewed Carnegie Deli - I'm sorry it's not them!! — Bec / Update: Carnegie Diner at 200 Chambers
Based on recent openings in the neighborhood, it seems the fad has moved from cookies to savory carbs like bagels... — N / Chip City has closed permanently
The Reade St commercial parking is probably an artifact of over 20 years ago when there was plenty of commercial... — N / In the News: Hunting down parking placard abuses
Yes, and the vagrants on Canal Street need to go, too. — James / Seen & Heard: Wayfinding for a counterfeit bazaar
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
I don't know what the legal speed on Chambers is, But the cameras do not trigger unless one is going... — Sandy / In the News: Hunting down parking placard abuses