In the News: Filthy Water Towers
Plus: A Tribeca loft with a lot of patterns and colors; the White Street building where corsets for toddlers were made; what the Howard Hughes Corporation would have to do to build tall on its new Seaport lot; video of last weekend's Jet Ski parade. / 1 comment
Seen & Heard: Plywood Down at Summer Day Café
Plus: Interior work happening at Warren Street Japanese restaurant; what the Seaport District has going on this summer; Tribeca's Finest Misspelling; a walk through Hudson Yards. / 3 comments
Inside R & Company’s Spectacular New Gallery
"We wanted more space, but we never thought we'd find this," says Zesty Meyers about R & Company's beautiful new 8,000-square-foot annex on White Street. "Makers, artisans, designers—they can dream in two directions now, from small to big."
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In the News: The NYPD Opposes Placard Reform
Plus: The plan to water down Stuyvesant High School; 9/11 rescue workers can sue the Battery Park City Authority; a falcon in FiDi; actor's son beaten up by bullies. / 1 comment
Seen & Heard: Is Jill Lindsey’s Store Still Happening?
Plus: The mysteries of the old Tribeca Cinemas building; Kazumi Yoshida show; Ladybug Day and a concert at Washington Market Park; new Indian restaurant on Lafayette; full demolition on Greenwich.
An Attempt at Placard Reform
As we all know, the abuse of parking placards, both real and fake, is rampant in this area (and all of Manhattan, no doubt). Finally, someone is trying to do something about it. / 5 comments
In the News: $44 Million Penthouse Buyer Revealed
Plus: Another ice cream shop; politicians push Cuomo to put locals on Battery Park City Authority board; area thefts; photos inside 3 World Trade Center.
Seen & Heard: Il Mulino Is Coming Together Fast
Plus: Danny the ice man was spotted in Soho; Maxwell's moves away from plastic straws; Tipsy Shanghai is now on Thompson Street; no tenant yet for storefront at W. Broadway and Worth; "The Maid's Tragedy."
Battle for the Heart of the Seaport
You know that huge parking lot in the Seaport, across the street from Peck Slip School? The Howard Hughes Corporation bought it for $180 million. / 6 comments
Basketball Court Could Be Closed for Years
The Metropolitan Transportation Authority wants to build a substation underneath the Grand Canal Court park at Canal and Sixth Ave. / 2 comments
In the News: Manhatta Bar at Street Level?
Plus: P.S. 89 anniversary celebration; the apartment of a yoga studio founder; Lower Manhattan sublet glut; Q&A with a booze marketer.
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Bravo!! — Queens Girl / Catching up with Adger Cowans on his 90th birthday
Beautiful story and interview. Thank you so much for posting. It’s a privilege Learning about our artistic neighbors. Looking forward... — DSSA / Catching up with Adger Cowans on his 90th birthday
Relative to other parts of the city FiDi has comparatively little green space, let alone trees on the streets. Further,... — Heide Fasnacht / City moving forward with development of 100 Gold
A lot of NIMBYism in these comments. Financial district is basically the birthplace of the skyscraper, has always been crowded,... — Cd / City moving forward with development of 100 Gold
One solution to the lack of common areas and too much traffic: close streets to cars/trucks permanently, and convert them... — Ben / City moving forward with development of 100 Gold
Typo: before 2010 (not 2020) — stm / City moving forward with development of 100 Gold
Before 2020, the area was still mostly office (personally I would not describe as moribund) and actually less traffic. There... — stm / City moving forward with development of 100 Gold