First Impressions: Caravelli’s Pizzeria
The new restaurant from Ed McFarland (of Ed's Lobster Bar) has opened in the World Financial Center, serving "Comfort Italian." / 3 comments
Newsletter: July 21
TCQ&A: Dan Kohn • Collect Pond Park • City Hall Bike Path • Valentine No. 6 • Nicola Formichetti pop-up • Goldman Sachs wine store • Life in "the Gehtto" • Cool acrobat photos • More
CB1 Seaport/Civic Center Committee: The Unofficial Minutes
What was discussed: J&R's street-naming request; City Hall Bike Path; Save Our Seaport; Foley Square wayfinding signage; Samsara Café's liquor license application. UPDATE: Now with Foley Square signage.
Seen & Heard: Goldman Sachs Wine Store
Plus: Columbine's new new name; 88 Franklin penthouse raises its price; special CB1 Landmarks meeting about Governors Island; clay party; gluten-free beer. UPDATED 7/21 with a bit more wine-store info. / 4 comments
In the News: Panda Bears?
That's what Nicola Formichetti says. Plus: SouthWestNY finds a new home; fashion designer Sally LaPointe; kosher slaughter; WTC noise complaints; nanny turned baker; Wooly's Ice; Setai on sale again.
Collect Pond Lives Again
What might just be the crappiest park in Manhattan is finally getting a revamp. / 3 comments
Seen & Heard: New Business
Guess what's coming to Church and Murray (go on, it's not a hard one). Plus: Moomah deal; La Colombe bottled coffee; 77 Reade storefronts revealed. / 7 comments
In the News: The Gehtto
More complaints about a certain skyscraper. Plus: A fake artist; Lower Manhattan's regeneration; fish tanks; Bubby's co-founder's new company; Trinity Wall Street music. / 1 comment
Seen & Heard: Pharmacy Open
Plus: Pop-up gallery; exercise party; Jazz Wednesdays; mini golf; week-long 9/11 remembrance (including reunion for first responders); Greenmarket forecast. / 1 comment
In the News: Acrobatics
Cool pix of WFC event. Plus: remembering John and Carolyn Bessette Kennedy; new 500-unit building just south of WTC; collegiate sailing in New York Harbor?; Governors Island treehouse.
TCQ&A: Dan Kohn
"My wife and I were blown away by the private magic show at the Theater Bar. I'm somewhat of a connoisseur of sleight-of-hand tricks, but even sitting three feet from the magician and taking part in each trick, we had no idea how he did any of them."
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