Plus: Adoro Lei now delivers; Citigroup planning to build on its plaza?; Pookie & Sebastian opening; Landmarc's shadow sign; Robert Janz's arrow phase.
Plus: New pre-kindergarten seats; Community Board 1 weighs in on Chase Manhattan Plaza proposal; new Seaport fashion boutique; FiDi bike mugging; Little Park review; when parking spaces become parklets; Orlando Bloom. / 6 comments
"We're both working moms with over-scheduled children, so we're on the move constantly," say the founders of Soak. "We saw the need for a comfortable yet stylish shoe that was a step up from flip-flops."
Plus: A glimpse of the Sterling Mason; lost dog; in praise of Pixies; "For Justice" shoot; Renwick hotel update; Jorge Palacios sculpture; street art on Spring. / 1 comment
Plus: Battery Park City resident found dead; Balducci's rumor; Howard Hughes Corporation asks for after-the-fact demolition permission; downtown gets storm protection funding; visiting the loft of Isabel Rose.
Plus: Two possible names for Keith McNally's restaurant; White Street's "secret lounge"; Church Street in 1862; demolition devastation; 15 Renwick's funky roofline; plant pop-up; souvenir store survives, sort of. / 1 comment
Plus: 30 Park Place penthouse floor plan; Broadway clocktower building to have a restaurant; the mysterious White Street building; the Lululemon resale market is bananas; a Tribeca beauty executive's closet. / 1 comment
Plus: North End Grill said to be creating an alfresco bar; Marshall Crenshaw and World Party concerts; Little Park's private room; Shelter Chic pop-up shop; Global Beat Festival at Brookfield Place.
Plus: Another physical therapy office opening here; Le District party; Broadway hotel appears to be back on; city mulling zoning changes that would raise height restrictions; R & Company show. / 3 comments
Before leaving Tribeca, Urban Archaeology is auctioning a lot of its salvaged inventory. Here are a dozen highlights, all of which have a New York City provenance—and some of which are from very close to home. / 3 comments
Plus: Is the American Apparel store on the ropes?; Pookie & Sebastian signage; paying homage to a lost jazz shrine; earmarking donations to the Tribeca section of Hudson River Park.
Plus: Demolition in full swing; funky old sign on W. Broadway; Citigroup drill; Saks Fifth Avenue signage; "Doubt" TV shoot; Broadway storefront activity. / 11 comments
Based on recent openings in the neighborhood, it seems the fad has moved from cookies to savory carbs like bagels... — N / Chip City has closed permanently
The Reade St commercial parking is probably an artifact of over 20 years ago when there was plenty of commercial... — N / In the News: Hunting down parking placard abuses
SW -- I have written extensively about "micromobility" harms. I have called for reforms that could help "powered" bikes and... — Komanoff / In the News: Hunting down parking placard abuses
Looking forward to them opening, but still laughing at the idea that they are going to put seats in that... — N / Update: Carnegie Diner at 200 Chambers
I don't know what the legal speed on Chambers is, But the cameras do not trigger unless one is going... — Sandy / In the News: Hunting down parking placard abuses
Komanoff: “Driving and drivers are by far and away the bigger threat” when compared to bikes and e-bikes? I’m aware... — SW / In the News: Hunting down parking placard abuses
Thanks for article...such a ugly site walking out the front door...and wondering when it will end!!! — Vivian / Nosy Neighbor: What’s going on in the construction yard on Harrison?