That's what I hear. In its place: apartments. Update: The music department has basically closed. Update: The company's president says it's not so. / 12 comments
Plus: Shirt store closing; Grimanesa Amorós light installation; art-critic couple interviewed.
"I grew up making stuff in the garage with my dad," says Jenny Young. "How can city kids make anything when there's no space?" That question led to her creating the Brooklyn Robot Foundry, which has a new Tribeca outpost.
Focusing on womenswear, but also with some menswear, objects and books.
Plus: Bridal designer closes up shop; "awful" noise from Hotel Hugo on Greenwich; progress at Racines NY; new street signage; Sterling Mason update. / 2 comments
"My wife and I have been wondering what's going into the old bank space on Broadway between Canal and Lispenard. It has been under construction for a while now. Do you know?" —Sam / 1 comment
Plus: The noisy hoist at 56 Leonard; Gourmet Garage signage; "Ghostbusters" screening; another closure at Brookfield Place; new FiDi sandwich shop.
Plus: Hudson River Park bike path closed; 15 Leonard placeholder site; Babesta riffs off Banksy; the Armoury. / 3 comments
"I like working with the past," says jeweler Gurhan Orhan, whose Gurhan Atelier has opened on Franklin. "My main mission is to pick up a stone or technique from history and bring it back to life."
Plus: Soccer film festival; Pier 26 boathouse update; Canal Street building.
Plus: Man lying on subway tracks is killed; apparent suicide near City Hall; Tribeca resident Vanessa Traina Snow; Duane and Greenwich in 1932; police blotter; Soho shop Kiosk is moving somewhere; 50 West update.
You're better off reading about why the counterfeit vendors persist. https://www.city-journal.org/article/canal-street-fake-counterfeit-bags-vendors — James Bogardus / In the News: Strolling Canal Street
The Canal Street article is behind the NY Times paywall, so I could not read it. But in the flash... — Marcus / In the News: Strolling Canal Street
With all the hoopla over the renewed Carnegie Deli - I'm sorry it's not them!! — Bec / Update: Carnegie Diner at 200 Chambers
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
Yes, and the vagrants on Canal Street need to go, too. — James / Seen & Heard: Wayfinding for a counterfeit bazaar
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