Plus a shoutout to newcomer restaurants with design cred; Spirals and the woman who cuts them; an analysis of 421-a tax abatement building sales. / 3 comments
Plus Tribeca MedSpa adds a Flatiron location; retail or restaurant coming to 111 Murray; the DOT seems to be using holiday-themed boots. / 2 comments
'Tis the season to welcome a new non-profit to the neighborhood: at Luv Michael on Walker, autistic adults produce specialty granola that is sold in dozens of stores across the city and beyond.
The new Walker Hotel Tribeca adds a Blue Bottle coffee shop and an expansive lounge and roof deck open to neighbors. And there are hotel rooms too. / 1 comment
Plus Miss Rachel adds an Upper West Side studio; OMNY system expands to South Ferry; a boy is assaulted by teens on Canal; lofts double as party spaces.
The space has 36,000 square feet designed by Morris Adjmi, with three restaurants, a spa, an expansive gym and more set in the uptown social club model. / 4 comments
Plus Walker's is also back open; TriBeCa Therapy turns 10 and brings on five new therapists; Ryan Roche sample sale at 72 Warren till Thursday; a peek out of the penthouse at 100 Barclay.
The national preschool network has opened its fourth New York City franchise here, with 11 classrooms and room for 142 kids.
Plus drain your lymph in Soho; more details on the group that had a climate die-in at the bull; luxury condo buildings taking inventory loans and rentals to bridge the sales gap.
Sammy Acevedo, who worked at Gotham Bikes at both of its former Tribeca locations for 19 years, has set up a mobile bicycle shop that he parks on Greenwich and Chambers. / 8 comments
Fidi resident Aimee Cho started stretching to fix a injured shoulder; she has been devoted ever since. Her new studio on Greenwich aims to convert others to the practice.
Curly hair guru Lorraine Massey, who opened her first salon here in 1993 and went on to travel the world talking about curls, has opened Spiral (x,y,z) in the former Calypso space. / 6 comments
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