Newsletter: June 27
New Kid on the Block: The Butterfly • Nosy Neighbor: BMCC Trailers • Close-Up: Thomas Street • Hudson River Park Legislation and Smoking Ban • Broadway Reconstruction • More
In the News: Seaport Museum Left to Sink
Plus: 56 Leonard penthouse sells for downtown record; Exerblast closing today; child assaulted at Pier 17; All Good Things burglary; FiDi lobby retail.
Seen & Heard: Smoking Banned in Hudson River Park
Plus: A close-up of the Pier 26 restaurant; free tennis clinic; 449 Washington listings; WeightWatchers in FiDi; P.S. 234 flash mob. / 10 comments
New Kid on the Block: The Butterfly
When was the last time you ate at a restaurant where the servers wore pocket protectors? Or frilly aprons? The Butterfly, chef Michael White's homage to Wisconsin, feels delightfully un-focus-grouped. / 5 comments
Seen & Heard: New Restaurant Plans for Lispenard
Plus: A 93 Worth reunion at 15 Renwick; Franklin subway entrance finally reopened; new deli; Marc Forgione Bloody Mary mix; Balcony Café progress. UPDATE: Lispenard restaurant not necessarily happening. / 1 comment
What’s Replacing Working Class
Before we get to the new tenant on Duane Park, something just as important: Almost everything at Working Class Emporium is now 60% percent off.
Close-Up: Thomas Street
A look at the patterns, details, textures, and scars that make Thomas Street distinctive. / 4 comments
Seen & Heard: Hudson River Park Legislation Is Passed
Plus: The reopened Bikini Bar's funky new menu; "Tribeca Animal Totem"; NYPD ticketing Citi Bikers. / 6 comments
In the News: Broadway Reconstruction
Plus: A sassy business; what to call 1 World Trade Center?; election drama at Stuyvesant; bees in Battery Park; overheard in Tribeca; street vendors miffed at Citi Bike; "scary sale" at 19 Hubert.
Nosy Neighbor: When Will the West Street Trailers Be Removed?
"Any idea when BMCC will finally rid us of the trailers skirting the West Side Highway? Aren't they obsolete now that the new Fiterman Hall has opened?" —N. / 1 comment
Newsletter: June 24
First Impressions: Distilled • Remembering James Gandolfini • 56 Leonard Views • Summer Sale Report • Hudson River Park solution • South Street Seaport • More
In the News: Restaurant Wine Markups
Plus: "Semi-private" party at Los Americanos; weekending on the North Fork; Hilton hotel in FiDi.
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Thanks for covering this. It's so very strange! — malcolm / Crowd Sourcing: Who saw the Twin Towers drone show on Wednesday night?
Amazing photo of Tribute in Light! — SW / Seen & Heard: Kyuramen is open on Gold
The bus I was on zipped by One Park Row so fast that I couldn't be sure, so I verified... — Gary / TurboTax opening an office on Greenwich and Warren
What is the seating for this performance tonight September 10th? I have the required tickets. Is it self seating on... — Steve Tintweiss / Bill T. Jones to commemorate 9/11 at Wagner Park
I swear I saw them opening on Park Row as well! — Heather / TurboTax opening an office on Greenwich and Warren
Thomas was in the same class as Micah, I believe. Ronnie was an exceptional third grade teacher and went on... — Elspeth Schell / PS 89 principal Ronnie Najjar will retire this summer
Fully agree with previous comments: WE WANT GIGINO'S! Tired of waiting! Especially with the restaurants around the North Cove being... — S. Rennie / Nosy Neighbor: What restaurant is coming to the pavilion at Wagner Park?