Plus: Poke restaurant to serve liquid nitrogen ice cream; Tribeca music/film tour; a peek inside Ladder 8; dance festival; new Spanish restaurant on Grand; "Dreams of the Kings" exhibit.
Plus: Grand Banks sibling restaurant/bar in Brooklyn Bridge Park; one mother's crusade regarding Ground Zero hazards; New York Nautical.
Plus: A survey about Pier 40; Roxy Cinema closed for renovations; Canal Street building bought; another smoke shop is opening here; "Hot Air" filming today; "Isn't It Romantic" filmed last night.
Plus: Skidmore Owings & Merrill is designing 91 Leonard; a review of the Wooly Public; Chase branch robbed of $1000. / 2 comments
Plus: Addressing the Google Maps issue with Vestry Street; Thom Browne's women's store is open; One Beekman is rising quickly; Bar Cyrk is closed for some renovations. / 11 comments
The great citywide poke boom—or bubble?—has finally reached the western half of Tribeca. / 3 comments
Plus: "Herbal blessings" from David Bouley; update on two Seaport ice cream shops; Arcade Bakery's month-long break; Alumnae shoe boutique; fashion showroom moved to L.A.; the Civil Service Book Shop keeps surviving. / 2 comments
The restaurant under construction in the former Cercle Rouge space is aiming to open this September—and chef-owners Lee Hanson and Riad Nasr plan to take the menu into unfamiliar territory. / 4 comments
Plus: Still no activity at the Trader Joe's Hudson Square store; first floor of 1 White revealed; Janovic in Soho reopened; two teens have started a macaron company; Joe at the World Trade Center mall. / 3 comments
Plus: Homeless people living in FiDi hotels are unhappy that the neighborhood is so expensive; an ode to Bouley; lost Greek Revival church; ways to get out on the water. / 10 comments
Another Chinese restaurant has taken its place. Plus: 91 Leonard appears to have topped out; pop-up gallery coming to Broadway; new Brookfield Place tenant; tattoo parlor on Lafayette; Harrison storefront; Jane Lynch's Christmas show; "Instinct" shoot.
Plus: More details on the Hudson Square Smorgasburg, opening soon; the neon-sign boom at restaurants; Tribeca model stars in the Weeknd's new video; man on a food-poisoning mission. / 1 comment
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?
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