Plus: "Ghostbusters" insignia repainted; Kingkow's World Trade Center mall store will reopen; a likely catering kitchen on Reade; Oculus elevator signage; "Law & Order: SVU" shoot; tonight's Video Music Awards performance. / 2 comments
This has the potential to dramatically change the flavor of Canal Street. / 16 comments
Plus: Kaffe 1668 South is getting a renovation; construction truck crashes through hollow sidewalk; could the big stage at the Oculus be for the VMAs?; climbing dome at Peck Slip; the entrance to 111 Murray is open (but the sidewalk isn't). / 1 comment
Plus: Inside the Color Factory pop-up; history of the building where L'Angolo is; the stalled Battery Maritime Building conversion gets a new investor; a toast to Raoul's. / 1 comment
Plus: Petition against the de Blasio administration's plan to build a 40-story jail on Worth Street; forthcoming barbershop includes "Dazzler" massages; the Kati Roll Company opens today; more shoots. / 21 comments
Plus: Chefs visiting the Seaport District; 1st Precinct community event; FiDi hotel/co-working space; Sean Patrick Maloney's annoying texts. / 3 comments
Gerardo Blumenkrantz's quirky illustrations at Houseman are all the more charming for being totally unnecessary. / 5 comments
Plus: Visit to the apartment of a curio collector; local subway stop is among the city's hottest; De Maria restaurant has closed; Bareburger takes heat for being less than entirely organic. / 2 comments
Plus: What is going on at the Cast Iron House?; Robert Janz collages on view at Philip Williams Posters; Khe-Yo is cooking with gas again. / 5 comments
Plus: Alleged bank robber nabbed by cops; city to try out commercial rent control; the Brooklyn Chop House, opening in the former Denny's space.
Plus: Trump's in-laws' citizenship ceremony; restaurateur accused of "culture of fear"; local thefts; touching up the Alice in Wonderland mural; Oculus photo essay; La Monte Young and Marian Zazeela; jazz in the 1970s.
I was prepared for Il Mulino's new Tribeca outpost to be expensive, but $14 for a dish of olives? $65 for branzino? If the food is good, that might be justifiable. But what if it's not? / 19 comments
You're better off reading about why the counterfeit vendors persist. https://www.city-journal.org/article/canal-street-fake-counterfeit-bags-vendors — James Bogardus / In the News: Strolling Canal Street
The Canal Street article is behind the NY Times paywall, so I could not read it. But in the flash... — Marcus / In the News: Strolling Canal Street
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