Plus: The best BLT in the area; La Colombe's draft latte in cans; New York Transit Museum outpost in FiDi; the renovation of Soho Square; Greenwich Street building conversion. / 1 comment
Plus: Tribeca Art+Culture Night is coming up; Landmarc's reinvention as an event space; new restaurant at the Trump Soho hotel; 91 Leonard from the west; the sales office in the former Matsugen space; counterfeit vendors in curb cuts; two-tower building at the Holland Tunnel. / 5 comments
Plus: FDNY confirmed that the fire started in Pho King's ductwork; Tribeca radio personality arrested for fraud; Jay Street condo conversion after allegations of toxic mold; video of the city council candidates; Frenchette would seem to be delayed; St. John's Terminal project has been sold.
Plus: Israeli fashion pop-up on Greenwich; no reopening date yet for Bar Cyrk; "Sphere" sculpture finally unveiled at Liberty Park; dance studio for adults opened in Tribeca; matching donations for "Tribute in Light"; what looks like an Adidas store on Sixth Avenue; exhibit of fashion illustration.
Plus: Councilmember Margaret Chin wants to be able to tinker with zoning; developer gets construction loan for lot it just cleared; St. Nicholas church secured a lease with the Port Authority; noodle house to reopen on Bowery. / 1 comment
But that doesn't mean it won't be torn down. Plus: Mulberry & Vine got renovated; mini golf tournament on Pier 25; NYPD continues to park illegally; Swiss Institute appears to have left; Church Street vape shop has opened; Quick Cryo clarification.
Plus: Tribeca restaurants in the 1980s; Hundred Acres restaurant in Soho is no longer; shrimp farmer at the Tribeca Greenmarket; Deustche Bank said to be interested in the World Trade Center; INColour interview. / 2 comments
Plus: Bulletproof Coffee closed after just three months; glimpse of the balconies at the funky new Franklin Street building; street art on Lispenard; lost pet. / 1 comment
Also on Community Board 1's September agendas: Parking in north Battery Park City; update on Buddha Bar; an apparent change at the Paris Café; turning a FiDi street into an open-air mall; new Chinese restaurant; more. / 1 comment
Plus: Inside the Flea's new theater complex; a tour of Mariah Carey's closet; thefts at Brookfield Place and the new Mailroom nightclub; Zabar's bar in Chinatown.
Plus: The new chef at the restaurant formerly known as Ichimura; another building to go up near the Holland Tunnel; Queens ferry service launches today; Drake's menswear shop.
Plus: The likely explanation for the name of Holy Ground restaurant; a report on the state of cobblestone streets; "Oops" at R & Company; answer to last week's "Where in Tribeca...?" stumper. / 1 comment
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