Newsletter: Apr. 28
New Kid on the Blocks: Prime Essentials and Patron of the New • Another Starbucks • Tribeca street typography • Pop-up gallery • 9/11 documentary • More
In the News: Drop That Bag!
Counterfeit-bag buyers might start getting penalized. Plus: Battery Place Market coming to GS complex; Don Hill's closing (for real this time); 3.1 Phillip Lim moving to Hudson Square; beer garden unlikely; 99 Reade. / 2 comments
New Kid on the Block: Prime Essentials
Prime Essentials' first store is opening this afternoon. It's a little Macy's, a little Bed Bath & Beyond, a little Duane Reade, a little Whole Foods, a little corner deli.... / 3 comments
Seen & Heard: Pop-Up Gallery
Plus: Discounted tickets to the Tribeca Film Festival; Worth Kitchen's Cinco de Mayo dinner. / 1 comment
New Kid on the Block: Patron of the New
"I wanted a store that created dreams," says Al Abayan, who just opened Patron of the New. "Sure, there are fancy expensive clothes, but there's also $10 mosquito spray. There can be anything as long as it's the right taste level." / 3 comments
In the News: 9/11 Documentary
...by a 14-year-old Lower Manhattan filmmaker. Plus: Farmer's market expansion; funky staircase; Conrad in progress; Trump Soho restaurant disintegration; Anne Frank tree delay; Calatrava cost rising"; baby falcons.
Seen & Heard: Arbitrage
Richard Gere and Susan Sarandon watch in effect. Plus: Deals on Puffy's and art books; 55 Warren.
In the News: Candy Raid
Seriously. Plus: Manhattan Youth is hard up; tall ships rotting; a funny cartoon.
Manhattan Types
"I'm a sucker for typography in the street," says Tribeca photographer Ellinor Stigle.
Newsletter: Apr. 25
New Kid on the Block: Brushstroke • Artist Bill Barrett • Sing for Hope's Pop-Up Pianos • Real-estate sales report • Anne Frank Center USA • Royal wedding • More









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