City Hall Park is back online (well, almost)
Closed since Occupy City Hall took over the east plaza in early June, City Hall Park is finally open again, and it's about time. / 22 comments
Seen & Heard: Mr. Chow is back
Plus Sushi of Gari is now offering delivery; Citi Bike is offering free rides to first-timers; and the Downtown Alliance is offering a free seminar on the Black community in the 1650s. / 1 comment
Brooklyn Robot Foundry will close its Tribeca space permanently
Finding a lot of success online -- and with the future of indoor classes still uncertain -- the makerspace has decided to take its program fully online. / 1 comment
Seen & Heard: Preparations at Square Diner
Plus reflections on the bean; Aire Ancient Baths are back open; hotels are coming back online; a stuffed cat who misses his owner. / 2 comments
Community Board 1 agendas for September
There's lots of high-level, long view issues on the agendas this month: school reopenings, the Civic Center jail, congestion pricing, biking issues, and more! / 1 comment
New bakery coming to the Maison Kayser space
All signs seem to point to a bakery from the Flatiron taking over the Maison Kayser space at Greenwich and Harrison. / 18 comments
Washington Market Park tennis is now first come, first served
City Parks suspended the use of permits for the 2020 season, so the 7a signup sheet at the park is no longer required, at least through this year.
Sweaty Betty closes all US stores
The London-based chain opened here in 2017 and had a dozen stores across the country that they have now closed due to the pandemic. / 3 comments
Newsletter: August 31
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Field Trip: Astoria Pool
Perhaps one of the perks of a coronavirus summer is a 54,000-square-foot pool limited to 70 percent capacity. It's an hour's trip by subway. / 1 comment
Patron of the New patrons robbed at gunpoint
Three men were robbed at gunpoint on Tuesday in front of the store, with the suspects escaping by car with $14,000 worth of cash and goods. / 19 comments
Left rectangle ads redesigned
Robert Ripps book
History of Tribeca Buildings
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Am I imagining this in my dotage but did Gorsart ever have a place on Duane St because I had... — Jean Grillo / In the News: What Andrew Carmellini can’t live without
1st Precinct cars and vans do this all the time from White Street, turning north against traffic on West Broadway,... — James Bogardus / Looking back on a year of congestion pricing
An observation and question re: NYPD Thurs. and Fri. evenings, during 6-6:30 time, NYPD cars run their sirens on congested... — NoMoore / Looking back on a year of congestion pricing
No joke, but I'm taken several people to that stop since it is one of the creepiest places in downtown.... — James S / Chambers Street J/Z station to get makeover