Seen & Heard: Ghostbusters Sign
Plus: Another CB1 meeting about 100 Franklin; more construction on Leonard?; jewelry store closing; Woolworth Building penthouses approved; 66 Leonard restaurant update.
In the News: De Blasio Transition Event
Plus: Broadway buildings to get converted; more on St. Nicholas Church; Battery Park City's post-Sandy review; NYC Police Museum's temporary home; Verizon's flood wall; FiDi man attacked by guy with big stick.
First Impressions: Tablao
The new Spanish restaurant Tablao is among the most designed establishments in the area—from the wall of mirrors to the colored LEDs to the trompe l'oeil bedazzled lizard wallpaper. / 9 comments
Newsletter: Oct. 31
First Look: Calatrava's St. Nicholas Church • John WIllenbecher's Sandy Memoir • New Kid on the Block: The Little Gym • Clocktower Gallery • Tartinery • Taryn Toomey • FiDi Probation Office • Creative Juice • More
In the News: Two New Landmarks
Plus: There's a Tribeca magazine?; NYPD and Port Authority disagreeing about World Trade Center security; Synagogue for the Arts. / 3 comments
Seen & Heard: “Talking Transition” at Canal and Varick
Plus: Funky mystery buildout on Broadway; Soho Photo contest winners; what's happening at 172 Duane? / 3 comments
New Kid on the Block: The Little Gym
"We're a legitimate gymnastics facility, with the added benefit of a playspace," says Kate Kennard, director of the Little Gym outpost that just opened at Hudson and Ericsson.
Seen & Heard: Creative Juice
Plus: New liquor store; construction starting at big Hudson Square site?; sidewalk piano recital; Community Board 1 testimony; Pen Parentis lineup; Corbin Building neighbor; trick-or-treating among the dead. / 5 comments
In the News: FiDi Probation Office
Plus: Preserving Sandy's scars; 70 Pine developer promises decent restaurant; 90 Franklin analysis; Lou Reed and David Bouley; new FiDi barbecue joint.
First Look: Santiago Calatrava’s Design for St. Nicholas Church
The architect "set out to provide a building and sequence of spaces that would directly address the traditional Greek liturgy while creating a spatially varied architectural procession.” / 42 comments
Sandymonium
After Hurricane Sandy struck New York City, artist John Willenbecher wrote a memoir about life during the aftermath. It's a thoroughly charming, valuable account of a week of powerlessness—with long days and even longer nights. / 4 comments
In the News: Tartinery at Brookfield Place
Plus: Tribeca fitness phenom Taryn Toomey; leaky pipes (and a hefty bill) at Asphalt Green; Banksy rants against 1 World Trade Center. / 3 comments









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