The City Wants to Build a 40-Story Jail on Worth Street
"The de Blasio administration is eyeing 80 Centre St.—now home to the city’s marriage bureau—as the perfect location for a high-rise detention center as part of a sweeping plan to close Rikers Island," reports the Daily News. It might also include affordable housing, because who wouldn't want to live above a jail? / 31 comments
Seen & Heard: Arcade Bakery’s Summer Break
Plus: Seamore's to-go menu; Café Forgot pop-up opening party; activity at a Laight Street storefront; amazing architecture show at MoMA. / 1 comment
In the News: Pedestrian Bridge Delayed Again
Plus: Huge oyster found under Pier 40; local thefts; history of a Canal Street building; can the community and the Howard Hughes Corporation reach a deal on the next big Seaport development?
Seen & Heard: Remembering Salvatore the Barber
Plus: Maison Kayser no longer serves dinner; Church Street sidewalk sinkhole; another store closed at the World Trade Center mall; first glimpse of the next City Hall Park sculpture exhibit; "Law & Order" shoot. / 3 comments
Tribeca Then and Now: Lower Greenwich Street
In the last post in the then-and-now series of Jane Freeman's photos from the 1980s, we take a look at lower Greenwich Street, where the changes have been among the most dramatic. / 4 comments
Newsletter: Aug. 2
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Nosy Neighbor: What’s Happening in This Vacant Lot?
"Anyone know what's going in on the southeast corner of Spring and Hudson? Lots of diggers there." —M. / 1 comment
In the News: Fire at the Greenwich Hotel
Plus: History of a Duane Street building; two new ferry routes debut this month; Oaxacan menu at Añejo; commercial storefront available in Taylor Swift's building; another Issey Miyake store. / 1 comment
Seen & Heard: The Former Bouley Space Has Sold
Plus: Beautification of a Chambers Street building; Mmuseumm catalog; Franklin storefront activity; advice on how to thwart ADA-abusing lawyers.
In the News: Drama at the Hair Salon
Plus: The New York Times names Yves a "Critic's Pick"; Beekman Street restaurant would seem to be up in the air; the Seaport District's Tin Building has been dismantled. / 3 comments
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