In the News: Chipotle Menu Upgrade
Plus: Shabby behavior at Independent Plaza North; the history of 5 Beekman; inside Soho's new Smith & Mills sister restaurant; Greenhouse bottle fight; opposing diesel generator atop Sixth Avenue landmark.
Seen & Heard: Church Street Gentrification
Plus: Dylan Prime's new lunch menu; Cuban café on Broadway open; China Blue delivering; Live Well Company debuts next week; photos by World War II vets at Soho Photo; Broadway restaurant in play? / 6 comments
Nosy Neighbor: When Will 87 Leonard Be Done?
"No activity since the last summer. The interior appears nearly complete (or as complete as it was last summer). It surprises me that no one has swooped in to buy it and finish the job." —A.
New Kid on the Block: The Bullett Shop
Bullett is a digital publication, creative agency, and retail website—and now it has a brick-and-mortar shop on Walker for its audience of trendsetting twentysomethings.
Newsletter: Feb. 27
Loft Peeping: Lisa & Damon Liss • New World Trade Center PATH platform • Nosy Neighbor: Sanitation Garage • Harold Ramis Tribute • Seaport Working Group • More
In the News: Penis-Painting Revenge Plot
Plus: Seamless crackdown; Telepan Local's fried watercress; Alice Feiring wine club; the Condé Nast effect; a peek inside the 93 Reade conversion; Seaport working group. / 2 comments
Seen & Heard: Harold Ramis Tribute
Plus: Ruben's Empandas has closed; salon rumor; Four Seasons construction update; Battery Dance Company event; Russell Simmons on meditation. / 4 comments
The Nicest Train Platform in Manhattan
A glamorous new platform at the World Trade Center PATH station opened yesterday.
Nosy Neighbor: What Are Those Panels on the Sanitation Garage?
"The new sanitation building has panels on the south side. It looked like they can rotate which made me think they were solar. An angry-looking construction worker barked that they were 'solar sheets.'" —Tony
Seen & Heard: Creperie Correction
Plus: Bag of brown, gunky fluid on N. Moore; 88 Leonard retail space; 28 N. Moore conversion drawings; "Where in Tribeca...?" hint. / 4 comments
Newsletter: Feb. 24
Skywing Tower • Fake Chinese Restaurants • New Building Coming on Vestry • Café Clementine Protest • Smith & Mills sister • Artist Studios • Welcome to TweeBeCa • More
Real Estate Sales Report
Who bought where, from whom—and for how much. (Includes a penthouse bought by a media honcho.)
Left rectangle ads redesigned
History of Tribeca Buildings
That's what this looks like indeed. Either horrible incompetence or actual intentional corruption. — Marcus / Participatory Budgeting voting is open now
Corner of Chambers and Reade??? Huh??? — Makes You Go Hmmmm.... / Nosy Neighbor: Why does the corner of Warren and Greenwich smell so bad?
You've already forgotten the $600 hammer from decades ago? The high cost includes all the kickbacks and graft needed to... — Makes You Go Hmmmm.... / Participatory Budgeting voting is open now
It's not only that it is a very busy pedestrian thoroughfare including to the subway entrance across the driveway, the... — Skip Blumberg / Deliverista Hub at City Hall will open soon
Add to this the northeast corner of Chambers and Reade Streets. Very often, noxious vapors come from a large grate... — Gary / Nosy Neighbor: Why does the corner of Warren and Greenwich smell so bad?
I think the PS/IS 276 playground is a bit too much. That area has plenty of open space and play... — G / Participatory Budgeting voting is open now
These prices seem insane. $350k for a commercial dishwasher? I just checked online and the rates for commercial dishwashers =... — Marcus / Participatory Budgeting voting is open now