Looking Forward: Pier 26 still on track with enviro-tech features
Pier 26 construction is moving ahead despite some initial delays and logistical challenges due to the pandemic. It's back on track to be finished late summer. / 4 comments
Two Hands is back and has added a specialty market
The Australian cafe is open for takeout and delivery, and has also used the pandemic as an opportunity to start selling its specialty items and staples to go.
Welcome Back! A few more doors are open
Takahachi is back after 10 weeks; Tamarind is now serving lunch and dinner; Serafina has expanded its lunch menu; and Biscuits and Bath on Hudson has reopened for grooming only.
The return of the old guard: Reade Street Pub and The Patriot are serving
The old-school old timers have joined the local bars now serving again, with drinks passed through their doors and windows.
Newsletter: June 5
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Messages around the neighborhood to support the cause
Local businesses took to social media and to their own storefronts to support Black Lives Matter, even if it meant adding messages to their boarded up windows.
Seen & Heard: It’s a girl!
A socially distant welcome for one of the newest downtowners. Plus a local Girl Scout troop hosts a prom photo op; Varick may get cordoned off near precinct; Smith & Mills is serving.
In the News: Putting money behind anti-racist causes
Plus the work of ESPO is Soho is now being stolen; an A train separates as it enters the Chambers Street station; a Met gets sued by local landlord. / 1 comment
Gotan was ready to open; now it is boarded up
The cafe across from the Franklin Street station had just opened on Monday for the first time in 10 weeks. Now the owners aren't sure what the future holds. / 8 comments
Valley Tribeca is closing permanently
The women's clothing store on Greenwich, opened by two locals in 2013, couldn't weather the blow delivered by the government shutdown of small business. / 1 comment
A view of a shuttered neighborhood
As if local businesses hadn't had it tough enough these past three months, the looters have forced them to board up their storefronts to protect what's left. / 12 comments










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