The Harrison Street location's last day is this week, but offsite lessons will still be available.
Plus: Is Ichimura's leave not temporary?; more glass at Citi's revamped headquarters; estate sale on Vestry; seeking a management company and a window washer; Cadillac shoot. / 3 comments
Plus: West Thames Bridge to be named for Robert Douglass; octogenarian assaulted on Broadway; affordable housing to be extended at 88 Leonard; city needed to charter two more ferries to keep up with demand; architect says his 1 World Trade Center design was stolen. / 1 comment
"It looks like some type of food establishment is opening at 303 Spring. Do we know anything about it?" —M.
Color specialist Martin Kesselman has opened a new paint showroom/store on Lafayette. Color consultation is surprisingly intimate business, he says: "You're in people's homes, their bedrooms, their closets. I love that connection you make."
Plus: Another store at the World Trade Center mall has closed; Bar Works has opened; sidewalk cafés are allowed on Chambers; Downtown Wine & Liquors is nearer the end. / 17 comments
Plus: The Bar Works on White appears to not be happening; the name of the Chibeca paint store; Water Street Greenmarket; insidious new form of graffiti; Verizon store on Canal. / 3 comments
Plus: Someone claimed that $24 million lottery ticket; layoffs and other cost-cutting measures at the Trump Soho Hotel; the Manhattan U.S. attorney's office is a dump. / 3 comments
Plus: The Smile Newsstand's story has changed; real-estate sales office on Leonard; progress on new Starbucks on Chambers; Bar Works co-working space is nearly ready; 1st Precinct Community Council meeting. / 4 comments
The Alamo Drafthouse complex will be three levels below ground, with "ten-plus cinema screens and up to 600 seats," says the New York Post.
Plus: Open mic at Anotheroom; dance party at the Greek; the 45-story building under construction on City Hall Park; souvenir schlock on Warren. / 6 comments
The marina at Pier 25 is being run by the crew behind the popular Grand Banks restaurant/bar and the Atlantic Yachting sailing school on the Upper West Side. / 1 comment
How about bike stop light camara at the entrance to Pier 40! Hardly any bikers, especially the delivery bikes, pay... — Makes You Go Hmmmm.... / The neighborhood’s camera infrastructure
SOUND CAMERAS!!! — Pier / The neighborhood’s camera infrastructure
Redesigning Canal Street? First they need to address the illegal vendors on all the surrounding streets as well. It’s just... — R. / Canal Street ranks as one of city’s deadliest
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It must be admitted, they're terrific at knocking down beautiful old buildings in our neighborhood. Replacing them...not so much. — Will M / Construction Update: Southeast corner of West Broadway and Warren
Would appreciate info from City about chronic super speeders and repeat unlawful drivers - like the woman who was super... — parent / The neighborhood’s camera infrastructure
I'm all for it. — Marcus / The neighborhood’s camera infrastructure