Shelves are being emptied out, and the pharmacy has already shuttered. UPDATE: A rumor about the new tenant. / 8 comments
Plus: AT&T Long Lines plaza used for parking; Duane Reade gets a new storefront; Imperial Coffee House's temporary closing (and likely fate); cork recycling. / 4 comments
Plus: Grand Banks guys to restore a historic oyster barge; Chambers store for rent; stuntperson rappelling here next week; signage for Amada restaurant at Brookfield Place. / 5 comments
Plus: More on the Foundrae boutique coming to Lispenard; hills under construction on Governors Island; Shinola opening huge DUMBO store; Varick tower rendering. / 1 comment
Le District has lots of challenges ahead of it, the number one being quality of its merchandise (of which I tried none), but when it comes to style: tens across the board. / 10 comments
Plus: Le District opening timeline; tour three Cass Gilbert buildings; Woolworth Building tour deal; Tribeca Family Festival lineup; amazing African structures; two intriguing shows at Taymour Grahne; a "before" shot of Brookfield Place. / 5 comments
Most of the stores at Brookfield Place, as the World Financial Center is now known, are open. And it looks very nice! Here's a quick tour. / 34 comments
Plus: Menus for the market and the Beaubourg restaurant; electeds meet with Battery Park City Authority about ignoring locals; more guilty pleas from bikers in 2013 assault; fat pets.
Plus: A meadow in Battery Park City; update on Houseman restaurant; emerging designers at the Seaport; report on jazz concert at David Gage String Instruments; 1st Precinct meeting. / 6 comments
Plus: Shake Shack confirms its Fulton Center plans; NBA player Paul Pierce accused of trashing rental; Lazy Point bar in west Soho; another 50-story tower for FiDi.
Plus: Ex-Telepan Local chef's new American-Filipino pop-up; Peter Tunney's giant Polaroids; new burger place on Broome; "radical and rare lighting"; World Trade Center Transportation Hub Oculus curtain wall. / 1 comment
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