Plus: Warren Street conversion; Butterfly opening date; Nili Lotan sample sale started today; new Downtown Connection buses have GPS.
Plus: Objections to Seaport City; Laurie Anderson show moved indoors; Brooklyn Bridge vandalism; solar-powered boat; crunching 79 Laight.
Plus: Gary Graham sale; F.S.C. Barber (in SoSoHo); Marc Forgione's Laotian restaurant; concert for kids; Soho Grand dog park; sublet. / 4 comments
Plus: Grassing the unfinished upland part of Hudson River Park; Water Street beautification project; My Little Sunshine sale; Asphalt Greek lockers; Lilac Preservation Project looking for vendors. / 1 comment
Mark your calendars: Sales are underway or coming up at Matt Bernson, Korin, Haus Alkire, Annelore, Pompanoosuc Mills, Cosmopolitan Café, and Working Class Emporium.
And what's replacing it is... well... unlikely to rile the neighbors. Is Tribeca really becoming the downtown Upper West Side? (Note: Cristina is planning to reopen elsewhere.) / 9 comments
Plus: The vendors (smoked eels!) at next week's New Amsterdam Market; Nassau Street gets treed; Ed Hardy in person.
The larger café, around the corner on Chambers, will remain open—"We'll relocate the spirit and aesthetics of our little café and ice cream parlor," says Craig. Pick up a piece of Tribeca history at the big collectibles sale this Wednesday.
Plus: Matt Bernson sample sale; booking at Le Restaurant; found cat; West Village blog. / 1 comment
...for the right organization. Plus: More anti-burglar tips from the NYPD; expanded hours for the Lilac; celebration of street art and break dancing; John Legend; Lovely bridal update. / 2 comments
Plus: Portraits of newlyweds; Best Made review; Historic Front Street retail; Dough Re Mi in FiDi; is Calatrava designing a church destroyed on 9/11? / 1 comment
Not only has Vestry Wines decided to stay in its temporary post-Sandy location, it has also changed its name to 24 Hubert Wines, brought in an expert in California wines, renovated, and repriced downward. / 7 comments
Work will make you stonger. — MB / Nosy Neighbor: What’s going on along Broadway south of Worth?
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They occasionally make mistakes but, for the most part, that is not what they do. I wish ICE would establish... — lowrider / Nosy Neighbor: What’s going on along Broadway south of Worth?
We had one, it was called Magoo's. — Mulciber / Demolition should start soon on the Tribeca Pharmacy building
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