Plus: Saluggi's Sandwich Shoppe update; South Soho stoop sale; how to reach the BPCA regarding Asphalt Green; Robert Ludlum authors; Greenmarket report; West Street lane closures. / 1 comment
Plus: The city was putting heat on Uncle Mike's; Handsome Coffee Roasters pulls out of Demi Monde; Duane Park restaurant; African Burial Ground to temporarily close; the Fulton Fulcrum; New York Rescue Mission; living in a tent in Battery Park.
Plus: Everyman Espresso opens just above Canal; more on Delboys; Glen Phillips and Grant-Lee Phillips. / 1 comment
The restaurant—a Tribeca institution, it has been on Duane Street (in one incarnation or another) for 25 years—has made an interesting deal with the Bowery Poetry Club. / 6 comments
Also on the CB1 agendas for July: Asphalt Green (maybe); North End Grill sidewalk seating; a bunch of FiDi restaurants; Bogardus Plaza; renovations to a W. Broadway façade; a new Seaport building; City Hall Park; Pier 25 issues; and more. / 7 comments
The skeeveball bikini bar on Murray—sort of a feeder bar to the New York Dolls strip club next door—appears to have closed. / 8 comments
Plus: Centrico temporarily closed; Murray Street's other new bar; Mr. Fashion himself; Diga Vision ticks me off. / 7 comments
Plus: Inside Fiterman Hall; where to buy stained Bouley chairs; man stuck in compactor found dead; Greenhouse looking at Antarctica. / 1 comment
"Yes, again," says the email that just came out, "and this time for good." So you can forget about the petitions.... / 2 comments
When did the area around Howard and Crosby become one of the coolest parts of downtown? (Probably after Opening Ceremony moved there, but that's the only time it's mentioned in this post.) Let's explore NoCa! / 1 comment
Plus: Reconsidering the Matsugen space news; Saluggi's Sandwich Shop update; Seaport Museum plan for ditching some ships; Fulton Street Transit Center's new name; Downtown Florist moves; 1st Precinct meeting.
Plus: Ad bigwig buys here; homeless shelter starts expansion; nightclubs funneling names to the police; historic ships; bike-share concerns.
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