In the News: Cafeteria Rendering
Plus: Skydiving pix; Washington Market Tavern forecast; Wickham Boyle's Just Shea; when Battery Park City had a wheat field; peregrine falcons' FiDi nest; Patron of the New; Church Street School. / 1 comment
New Kid on the Block: Arcade Bakery
Roger Gural—who used to live on the roof!—has created a European-style bakery in a grand, vaulted hallway of 40 Worth. It's one of the most interesting spaces to open in a while. / 15 comments
Seen & Heard: Why Is the Municipal Building Dark?
Plus: Haus nightclub will have two DJ booths; Just Salad open on Hudson; Café Noir goes behind the plywood; City Hall Park cat; One Art Space exhibit.
Newsletter: May 19
9/11 Memorial Plaza • Broadway Hotel Details • 60 Hudson • Pier 40 Deal • Nosy Neighbor: New Ferry Terminal? • W. Broadway Nightclub • Jake Gyllanhaal • Skydiving Stunt • More
In the News: Brookfield Place Food Court
Plus: Jill Abramson; 9/11 Museum gift shop; south Tribeca development; "Dream House"; Fulton Center progress; "Frozen" cakes; new performing arts school. / 2 comments
The 9/11 Memorial Plaza Is Open for Real
In my opinion, the demilitarization of the WTC zone is far more momentous than the opening of the 9/11 Museum, because it's the second major step—after the creation of the plaza—in bringing the area back to life. / 5 comments
Seen & Heard: W. Broadway Nightclub
Plus: Arcade Bakery opens Monday; 93 Worth storefront; Tin Building meeting; JEM Fabrics rave; Downtown Boathouse opens on Pier 40 today; CD and record sale; City Hall Park tree uprooted. / 2 comments
Bonkers Skydiving Stunt Tomorrow Morning
They'll be landing on a barge in the Hudson River. / 1 comment
In the News: Broadway Landmark Hotel Details
Plus: City Hall Park artwork stolen; Bâtard forecast; driver crashes into NYPD headquarters; Chambers closure on Monday. / 1 comment
A Deal to Save Pier 40
...at the expense of riverfront real estate. No clue if they're remotely recent or under consideration, but I found some renderings, from a noted architect, of how the new development might look. / 4 comments
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Let's see the 14th St. repair that took 10 years. Delayed by bad selection of contractors with poor paving materials.... — Allen / Construction making progress on Greenwich?
Are they really not adding any street trees to the new expanded BNY sidewalk? — person / Construction making progress on Greenwich?
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Bank of New York sold their retail banking business to Chase/JP Morgan many years ago, which is why that branch... — Reademan / Chase bank branch taking Gee Whiz and Joe & The Juice space
It felt awkward and a little bit rude to walk to the Bank of New York headquarters building and only... — Thomas Hagen / Chase bank branch taking Gee Whiz and Joe & The Juice space