Plus the Aloft hotel in Fidi breaks ground; Postmasters gallery opens an outpost in Rome; another Hole in the Wall; and Let There Be Neon is lighting things up.
Plus The Real Real goes public; Crown Shy is open for lunch?; Osteria della Pace is open for brunch; construction at 200 Liberty; and Klein Epstein Parker moves across the street.
Plus a Battery Park City pup is stolen by a Wag dog walker; Citigroup is leaving 111 Wall; 56 Leonard penthouses sell; Sawada coffee gets an Eater review. / 1 comment
Plus Paul Hovitz leaves Community Board 1 after three decades; neighbors keep vigilant on illegal parkers; BPC gets a traffic light; and Racine's is named as a top wine restaurant. / 3 comments
Plus 111 Murray's public plaza is coming together; Michele Lopriore shoes opens at the Oculus; a local documentarian is voted into the Academy of Motion Pictures. / 1 comment
Le Board is a modern take on the traditional department store, but with a twist: all the retail products are by and for women. / 17 comments
Plus the Pearl Street Marriott is closing in; RFP for 5 World Trade is almost ready; the MTA has a grand scheme for retail underground; and this shocking (wink) news: Jay-Z is a billionaire. / 7 comments
Plus the Aloft hotel breaks ground in Fidi; the giant entertainment space in Brookfield called Convene has CB1 worried.
Plus 108 The Store gets some attention in Ireland; common spaces in luxury buildings keep residents busy; could a Mister Dips open here? / 3 comments
The store was required to remove two registers on the local, Warren Street side in order to construct a Prime Now packaging area for online shoppers only. / 5 comments
Plus the new Essex Street Market opens; a review of the Sheraton on Canal; a sort-of milkman at Brookfield; a red room renovation at One Wall. / 6 comments
Plus Industry West is opening a Soho store; the borough president is hosting a mural competition for barriers at the Seaport; have drinks on the Lilac; Pride is inflated at the Oculus.
Joke or not, that sign has to go. — Marcus / Seen & Heard: Wayfinding for a counterfeit bazaar
Second that; thank you for the compelling history of this building (and our neighborhood)! When available, would be great to... — Reader on Reade / 54 Laight Street in the Tribeca North Historic District is for sale
Congratulations for staying in business in Tribeca. I had a storefront in Tribeca with my family for over 50 years... — Amy Bergenfeld / Spotlight: Greenwich St. Jewelers at 50
Apparently Chip City shuttered all 20+ of its retail locations this week. — James Bogardus / Cookies coming to 325 Greenwich
Sorry, but to whom should businesses cater, if not the neighborhood families who live and raise children there? — K / Starbucks at West Broadway and Chambers will close tomorrow
Even though the location was busy, the setup isn’t aligned with the renewed architectural focus of the brand. There is... — Matt / Starbucks at West Broadway and Chambers will close tomorrow
Spas……we need more nail spas. — Francesco / Starbucks at West Broadway and Chambers will close tomorrow