Plus: Spring Studios building flipped; city takes over Seaport Museum; historic ship needs grant; another FiDi conversion?; Merchants Hospitality has a bunch of new restaurants.
Plus: Bulkheads on White Street; outside seating drama at the Trading Post; Upper East Siders discover downtown. / 9 comments
Plus: Shinola opening date; 56 Walker on the market as single-family residence; price hike at 56 Leonard penthouse; eXerBlast lives on at Reade Street Prep; Smyth hearing postponed.
Plus: Colgate clock away being repaired; Century 21 basement fire; Statue of Liberty reopens; Rockaway ferry extended; Historic Front Street residents justifiably unhappy; pie thickeners.
Plus: Analyzing 36 N. Moore; 22 River Terrace likely to go condo; park benches; Fiterman Hall elevators; the Trading Post; the Dead Rabbit; road-testing Bari Studio; Millennium High School's cigar stink. / 1 comment
Plus: Opening date for Bill's Bar & Burger; a profile of Sweetgreen; Seaport crafts kiosks get the boot. / 1 comment
Also up for July on the Community Board 1 agendas: Tribeca bike lanes; a new restaurant on Chambers; Four Seasons construction update; Tribeca Landmarks Districts; Hudson River Park; Shinola party; Anotherroom; Smyth; more. / 7 comments
Plus: Tribeca history recap; 24 Hubert Wines profile; Australian coffee in FiDi; remembering James Gandolfini.
Plus: Lady Gaga speaking at Pier 26 tonight; Peck Slip construction done early; why you should sign up for Uber; Blue Marble ice cream at Pier 25; Polarn O. Pyret sale; Lilac market postponed; Danish brunch; Collect Pond Park. / 1 comment
The July Community Board 1 agendas include a liquor-license application for 451 Washington—for a restaurant that pretty much has to be Chinese. UPDATE: It's evidently related to Café China in Midtown. / 3 comments
Plus: FiDi tower landmarked; Walker Street penthouse with ambitions; Matt Bernson sale; July 4 fireworks.
Meaning Cristina Dos Santos gets a reprieve. Plus: Summer Sale Report (including today's Erin Fetherston sample sale, Calypso, and Torly Kid); Whole Foods Tribeca to launch a food cart; kids concert canceled; Maiyet opening on Crosby. / 1 comment
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