Plus: Cute alteration to Pier 40 sign; Church Street storefront has gone behind plywood; opening forecast for appliance showroom; unreliable ATMs. / 3 comments
Plus: City Hall Park's next sculpture show will involve kitchen utensils; Foundrae has plans for a men's clothing line; progress on Bronx and Lower East Side ferry routes. / 8 comments
Plus: Chipotle explanation; the Vitamin Shoppe is stocked with merchandise; Citigroup starts the final facade; progress on the plaza south of the World Trade Center Oculus; likely Hyundai commercial shoot. / 2 comments
The jewelry line Foundrae, which has chosen Lispenard for its first boutique, is best known for its cigar-band rings, pendants, and charms, predominantly based on a collection of symbols meant to serve "as a tool for self-discovery and self-expression."
Plus: The Warren Street reconstruction project moves eastward; new tenant for the former Haus nightclub space; "FBI" shoot; celebrating Betty Carter and Fat Tuesday's; 45 Park Place is a quarter of the way up.
Plus: The New York State budget forces New York City to find $50 million for Hudson River Park; the apartments coming to the Leaning Tower of Tribeca; history of the John Street Methodist Church.
Plus: Weinstein Company owes $50,000 for Tribeca rent; Battery Park City mom suing the Department of Education because her five-year-old son got dry-humped on the playground; teenage banana bread entrepreneur. / 6 comments
Plus: Battery Park Pharmacy has closed; New York Dolls to start serving lunch and dinner; "Bull" shoot; Grace Jones's "One Man Show." / 4 comments
Plus: Balloon Saloon's fun display; local thefts (not even SoulCycle is safe); "homework therapists" in Tribeca; restaurant bake sale for Planned Parenthood; the battle over the World Trade Center name; "brutalized elegance" on Canal Street. / 1 comment
Plus: Starbucks and Vitamin Shoppe look likely to open sooner than expected; Frenchette menu with prices; more on Ato restaurant's tea room and shop; opera at the Flea; Bortolami gallery show. / 1 comment
Plus: More on how the closing of Rikers Island would affect Lower Manhattan; new furniture showroom; another FiDi tower in the works. / 1 comment
Plus: Hawk enjoying its Easter lunch; Vitamin Shoppe confirmed its new Tribeca store; exhibit of artwork by neurosurgeon-turned-Bohemian painter; Tribeca Frowns. / 6 comments
We remember when it was the Living Word Church (1990s)! — Duane denizen / Restaurant and supper club under construction at Buddha-Bar space
Right. From the outset, the sensible thing would have been building new facilities at Rikers and designing as humane, therapeutic... — Lisa / Halting overnight work on the supertall jail on White Street
Cars are not allowed to make right and left turns? — Marcus / The neighborhood’s camera infrastructure
Please, let me shed a tear for the poor driver who can’t make u-turns or speed. Yeah cyclists don’t pay... — Cd / The neighborhood’s camera infrastructure
A nightmare for Chinatown neighbors (and perhaps Tribeca too, if these ever open). These foolish and too small mini-jails were... — Marcus / Halting overnight work on the supertall jail on White Street
We can consistently be for: - stricter traffic enforcement against cars - stricter traffic enforcement against bicycles It's not either/or.... — Marcus / The neighborhood’s camera infrastructure
Yes, please. Wasn't this in the works? — Marcus / The neighborhood’s camera infrastructure