In the News: Shake Shack
Yep, it's opening tomorrow—with special "concrete" flavors. Plus: Sazón sues, claiming racism; DS-K's all-male cleaning staff; Luke's Lobster opening Friday; burglars with sledgehammers smash-and-grab in FiDi; firehouse petition; FiDi rents not up with the rest of Manhattan; Canal buildings for sale; new fireboat. / 3 comments
Seen & Heard: Asphalt Green Battery Park City
Plus: 4WTC getting glassed; rally for neighborhood firehouses; in praise of Mike & Son.
Starbucks: It’s Official
And it promises to be something "different." Let's take a look at what that might mean.... / 3 comments
In the News: Chez Perv
The latest at DS-K's place. Plus: Kirstie Alley; Park51 donation update; Gehry building finally losing the crane; Brushstroke reviewed; Smyth manager branches out.
Seen & Heard: Shake Shack BPC
Opening Wednesday? Plus: Read the letter that NYPD commissioner Ray Kelly sent CB1 about the stables; Pier 25 spray park is up and spraying; late-night dining; got questions? UPDATE: Photos of Hook & Ladder No. 8 saving 44 White last night. / 7 comments
Loft Peeping: Anonymous
New York Spaces has eight pages on a "sixth-story loft in a Romanesque Revival warehouse building" in Tribeca. The unnamed owners wanted to combine two units into one 4,500-square-foot, six-bedroom home.
12 Tweets of Tribeca
Welcome to Tweebeca, where a lot of us are starting to feel like Gwenyth. Or Gwyneth. Or whatever.
Newsletter: May 29
New pizza restaurant • Speakeasy in the works • Dominique Strauss-Kahn • Pig N' Whistle plans • Real-estate sales report • Sol LeWitt in City Hall Park • Street-fair ban • Aminah et les Amis • What's up this week • More
What’s Up This Week
New Amsterdam Market, Patrick Swayze, Electra Woman and Dyna Girl, and Reese Witherspoon lost in a psychosexual wilderness are just a few of the highlights on this week’s agenda. (Or make that "next week's agenda"—I'm running this early for the holiday weekend.) / 1 comment
Your Weekly Real Estate Sales Report
Seven sales—five for over $3 million—were reported in the past week. / 2 comments
In the News: Street-Fair Ban
On weekdays, anyway. Plus: P.S. 234 overflow headed to Chinatown; Shake Shack BPC; new head for Hudson River Park Trust; smoking still OK in BPC?; real-estate optimism; River Lofts; Rector Square. / 4 comments
Left rectangle ads redesigned
Robert Ripps book
History of Tribeca Buildings
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