Newsletter: Feb. 23
TCQ&A: Joya Dass • Cooking from Aarón Sánchez's new cookbook • Battery Park City fire • Jeremy Lin • Lilac disappearance • Polkadot What • Much more
Nosy Neighbor: What Happened to the Lilac?
"Any idea what happened to the SS Lilac that was tied up at Pier 25? Thought it was there yesterday—now it's gone?" —M.
In the News: Jeremy Lin
Renting in FiDi. Plus: The cause of the recent BPC fire; Andy Cohen's "What What Happens Live" set; generator delivery; 150 Nassau personal best. / 3 comments
TCQ&A: Joya Dass
"Chicken hearts at Churrascaria Tribeca are a recent enthusiasm," says TV news anchor Joya Dass. "Most people assume that I must be vegetarian because I'm Indian. This should dispel that notion." Her first documentary film, "First Sight," screens in Tribeca next month. / 1 comment
In the News: Roof Deck Fire
Plus: New hair salon; Koko's take-out window; redistricting Lower Manhattan; community theater. / 1 comment
Cooking Like Aarón Sánchez
On Saturday, we cooked from "Simple Food, Big Flavor," the new cookbook from Centrico chef chef Aarón Sanchéz. / 2 comments
Seen & Heard: Polkadot What
Polkadot who? Polkadot What! Plus: Super Linda's taqueria and El Jockey matches; J&R CDs; progress on 137 Franklin.
In the News: Fulton Street Transit Center
New renderings. Plus: City Hall restaurant and minimum wage; church hopes to keep using school.
Newsletter: Feb. 20
Photo Essay: Shadowland • TD Bank rumor • Café closed • Sean Avery's reincarnation aspiration • Coming up • Recent real estate sales • More
In the News: Katy Perry
She's outta here. Plus: American Express Carriage House penthouse; New York City Opera's George Steel; White & Church bartender moves on.
Coming Up: Sondre Lerche, Suzzy Roche, and Ceramic Beauties
Not to mention Nanci Griffith, Sloane Crosley, curable blindness, and a lot of art.
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Lovely and well deserved -- keep up the good work, Adger! — John Willenbecher / Catching up with Adger Cowans on his 90th birthday
FIDI is ringed along the coastline by terrific green space; has green pockets like Bowling Green, the Elevated Acre, City... — Manhattanmommie / City moving forward with development of 100 Gold
I do wonder about all of the new residences going into FiDi given there is virtually no green space, very... — Heide Fasnacht / City moving forward with development of 100 Gold
Zucker's is still my go to bagel source! — Robert Ripps / Bagel Wars: Ess-a-Bagel coming to Murray Street
Shinola had a cafe in the front when it opened, but then the cafe part closed, like, 10 years ago.... — PGCNYC / Seen & Heard: Drip coffee at Shinola
Similar background, the same thought. Saddens me a bit. I haven't tried the Utopia Bagels shop on 34th, which may... — Mulciber / Bagel Wars: Ess-a-Bagel coming to Murray Street
The best non-bagel shop bagel is Starbucks. I remember Florence when I worked down the block from 51st Street. Loved... — Sherri Rosen / Bagel Wars: Ess-a-Bagel coming to Murray Street