Joe Carini's obsessiveness is what makes his carpets so precious: "The color and material and care it’s made with—the conditions it’s made under—that’s its history, and that’s what you’re buying." / 2 comments
Plus: What's it like outside this morning; no Tribeca Greenmarket today; Jeff Zimmerman's excellent show at R & Company; City Winery opening another outpost down south.
Plus: This weekend's storm could bring serious flooding; robbery at knifepoint at Church Street bodega; Houseman review; Governors Island pavilion to be made from clothes hangers; not enough light at Bowling Green; 1 Wall conversion gets OKed by Landmarks.
"These are statement pieces," says interior designer Sasha Bikoff of the furniture in her new shop on Washington Street. "There's a wow factor." It's mostly midcentury French and Italian, but often with zhooshy updating.
Plus: More details on the spring replanting of the plaza outside 7 World Trade Center; Gentle Monster eyewear opening on Grand; Seaport residents protest alleged plan for a hotel complex; "Limitless" shoot. / 6 comments
The national beauty chain has chosen Tribeca for its tenth New York City location. (Plus: A real-estate teaser.) / 2 comments
Plus: Other places Street Seats could work; Broadway retail mystery; name change for Yuya Nails & Spa; Joey Pepperoni's correction; Jonathan Galassi and the "Nanny Diaries" writers at Pen Parentis salon.
The rent is insupportable, says one of the owners. / 6 comments
Plus: Still no sign of work at the Pier 26 restaurant; free event with Eva Moskowitz of Success Academy charter schools; checking in a two new delis; school overcrowding task force meeting; "Law & Order: SVU" shoot. / 2 comments
Plus: The Greek launches an online Greek grocery; "repositioning" on Broadway; two Fulton Center tenants have opened; Apexart exhibit about expeditions. / 1 comment
Plus: World Trade Center Oculus now saying it'll open in two months; Sweetgreen to open in FiDi; broken lights for months now at the ball field terrace; Municipal Art Society chairs' proposal for skyscraper planning review; WeWork's first dorm.
Plus: Monsters on Lispenard; Good Stock launches office delivery; progress at the Flea's new theater; phone store closing; jazz contest winners in concert; street-photography exhibit. / 1 comment
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