What was discussed: J&R's street-naming request; City Hall Bike Path; Save Our Seaport; Foley Square wayfinding signage; Samsara Café's liquor license application. UPDATE: Now with Foley Square signage.
Plus: Columbine's new new name; 88 Franklin penthouse raises its price; special CB1 Landmarks meeting about Governors Island; clay party; gluten-free beer. UPDATED 7/21 with a bit more wine-store info. / 4 comments
That's what Nicola Formichetti says. Plus: SouthWestNY finds a new home; fashion designer Sally LaPointe; kosher slaughter; WTC noise complaints; nanny turned baker; Wooly's Ice; Setai on sale again.
Guess what's coming to Church and Murray (go on, it's not a hard one). Plus: Moomah deal; La Colombe bottled coffee; 77 Reade storefronts revealed. / 7 comments
Plus: Pop-up gallery; exercise party; Jazz Wednesdays; mini golf; week-long 9/11 remembrance (including reunion for first responders); Greenmarket forecast. / 1 comment
Plus: Compose's new name; Bastille Day recap; City of Water Day tomorrow; West Thames Park; W Downtown hater; East River Waterfront video; protesting Dominique Strauss-Kahn; stolen art recovered.
Bottled coffee. Plus: Lolë update; Shawn Colvin and the Mekons coming to City Winery; whence comes Whole Foods' produce?; a music video filmed at Acappella. / 1 comment
What was discussed: The bar and restaurant planned for 116 Duane (it got heated); behavior outside M1-5; the Village Light Opera Group's war with its neighbors; Zutto's reboot; JCP's event; the Rescue Mission's addition; Franklin Caffé Buon Gusto; more. / 15 comments
Plus: 9/11 survivors not invited to 9/11 event; more fast food in FiDi; East River Waterfront; "smoke monster" building; gastrobrewery; Fish Aggregating Device; artist-painted pianos.
The man who "elevated the open sandwich to a gastronomic art form" is opening a café in Tribeca; it's an offshoot of his acclaimed restaurant in Copenhagen. / 11 comments
Plus: Brushstroke reviewed; Reade57 trying to be affordable and luxurious; 395 Broadway loft sale; suits at sea; teens awarded for service; green lake gone.
There are a lot of reasons to love Tribeca, so I figured I’d occasionally point them out.
Cars are not allowed to make right and left turns? — Marcus / The neighborhood’s camera infrastructure
Please, let me shed a tear for the poor driver who can’t make u-turns or speed. Yeah cyclists don’t pay... — Cd / The neighborhood’s camera infrastructure
A nightmare for Chinatown neighbors (and perhaps Tribeca too, if these ever open). These foolish and too small mini-jails were... — Marcus / Halting overnight work on the supertall jail on White Street
We can consistently be for: - stricter traffic enforcement against cars - stricter traffic enforcement against bicycles It's not either/or.... — Marcus / The neighborhood’s camera infrastructure
Yes, please. Wasn't this in the works? — Marcus / The neighborhood’s camera infrastructure
Whom should we be contacting then? Who has the power of these matters? Our congress and senate reps, or some... — Marcus / Canal Street ranks as one of city’s deadliest
We want Venetian gondolas — Marcus / Canal Street ranks as one of city’s deadliest