Plus: Questions about that coffee cart photo; Yves is asking for a large sidewalk café; dubious subway signage at the World Trade Center mall; more on the bus-vs.-bollard battle; dogs being walked in Whole Foods; Chris Meloni TV show shoot; gently falling snow. / 14 comments
Plus: High hopes for the World Trade Center Greenmarket; expanded Lyons Den Power Yoga opens this weekend; looking at the Worth Street reconstruction project; Ford store at the WTC mall; "Where in Tribeca...?" answer. / 8 comments
Plus: Fancy watch found on Harrison this morning; activity in the former American Flatbread space?; Melissa McCarthy film shooting this week; subway entrances at the World Trade Center mall; kids' clothing drive reminder. / 1 comment
The store has been running big sales on and off for a month now, so you can likely expect more as it winds down. / 1 comment
Don't worry: There's another Duane Reade two blocks away. / 17 comments
Plus: Ice sculpture in Duane Park; Eataly sale; the façade of 187 Franklin; "Law & Order: SVU" and "Bull" filming yet again; open house at Élan Flowers's new location; Hudson River Park's blue lights. / 2 comments
Plus: Schedule and tickets for the Roxy Hotel's cinema; Houseman's seven-course Chinese New Year feast; 111 Murray now as tall as 101 Warren; the forthcoming kids' store on Greenwich; new 24-hour deli. / 1 comment
It's on one of the sleepiest blocks in the area, but then the original Simon's in Kips Bay—the oldest hardware store in the city—has always been more of a destination than somewhere you wander by and pop into. / 1 comment
Plus: Photos of the new Ichimura sushi bar; 3-D map shows the city's forthcoming buildings; FiDi supermarket close to opening; Community Board 1 votes against newsstand outside Whole Foods; Tribeca couple's art collection.
Plus: Ice rink marriage proposal; residents reportedly upset by crown sculpture; Sleepy's is now Mattress Firm; bollards crushed again; new Warren Street storefront; two more TV shoots. / 1 comment
Plus: Uniqlo is said to be mulling a massive FiDi store; student in hit-and-run accident; the history of a Chambers Street building and western Canal Street; Gateway Plaza drama; steam vents. / 1 comment
As with the nearby Target store, it'll be mostly underground. / 11 comments
Yes — Tribeca Citizen / Blank Street Coffee taking storefront at 32 Avenue of the Americas
Taking over the former Starbucks space? — Marcus / Blank Street Coffee taking storefront at 32 Avenue of the Americas
We could have Venetian-style gondolas. Though probably they would end up being used as mobile fake Rolex stores. — Marcus / Seen & Heard: Modern Bread & Bagels is moving forward
Additionally, I'm writing from Japan, where I spend about half my life, and I'm totally bewildered by the verbal and... — mulciber / New Kid on the Block: Meadow Lane
There was no canal running northwest from the "north end" of Collect Pond up to Canal Street. The Canal itself... — James / Seen & Heard: Modern Bread & Bagels is moving forward
The Starbucks at Broadway and Walker has also closed in the last 2 weeks — Ted C / Nosy Neighbor: Is the Starbucks on West Broadway and Leonard closed?
And I miss Spartina, which was in the space one or two restaurants before the Harrison. Of course if you... — Robert A. Ripps / Lines out the door and then some for Meadow Lane