Field Trip: Governors Island (Reprise)
The island is only open through the end of the month, but the great thing about going now—especially on a weekday, if you can swing it—is that nobody is there. My ferry had maybe 100 passengers on it, but once we disembarked, they must have turned invisible. / 1 comment
In the News: The Battle for Franklin Place
Plus: Buildings to be lit orange in an effort to woo Amazon; Landmarks violation on Beach Street; communal living as art. / 3 comments
Seen & Heard: Phone-Payment Test at Subway Turnstiles
Plus: Eataly shifts space away from food; Grand Banks extended its season; a meeting about storm resiliency; above-the-law behavior from someone in the state attorney general's office; fixing the error at the Jewish Museum; film/ad shoot. / 4 comments
The New Building at Chambers and Church
The temporary plan for a two-story building has been abandoned; now 108 Chambers is going straight to ten.
In the News: Blue Moon Fish Cookbook
Plus: Equitable Building to get renovated; Department of Buildings saw nothing wrong at 143 Fulton, site of Styrofoam snowstorm; what's entailed in restoring old buildings; the colorful fashion of Malcah Zeldis.
Seen & Heard: Five & Dime Is Serving Alcohol
Plus: The Woolworth Building unsheathed; NFL meetings this week at the Conrad to discuss anthem rule change; cyanotype exhibit; shoot on Hudson. / 1 comment
Le Dû’s Wines Isn’t Moving Here Anymore
The State Liquor Authority rejected Jean-Luc Le Dû's application for a liquor license after four neighboring wine stores testified against it. / 16 comments
In the News: The Battery Maritime Hotel Is Back On
Plus: More on the recent Styrofoam snowstorm; Community Board 1 to convene a housing subcommittee; Charlotte Gainsbourg is living in Tribeca.
Seen & Heard: The Far Right vs. Tribeca Grill
Plus: Black box locked up on Duane Street; the bulkhead at 24 Leonard; demolition at Monk McGinn's pub; too many fireworks? / 5 comments
Show Us Your Roof: The Municipal Building
For the past 12 years, I've lived in an apartment with a view of the (David N. Dinkins Manhattan) Municipal Building, wondering what it'd be like to be up there. Thanks to Open House New York, now I know! / 7 comments
Newsletter: Oct. 16
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Shinola had a cafe in the front when it opened, but then the cafe part closed, like, 10 years ago.... — PGCNYC / Seen & Heard: Drip coffee at Shinola
Similar background, the same thought. Saddens me a bit. I haven't tried the Utopia Bagels shop on 34th, which may... — Mulciber / Bagel Wars: Ess-a-Bagel coming to Murray Street
The best non-bagel shop bagel is Starbucks. I remember Florence when I worked down the block from 51st Street. Loved... — Sherri Rosen / Bagel Wars: Ess-a-Bagel coming to Murray Street
Glad to read the clarifying comment by Judy Epstein Gage, and glad to hear David Gage will be staying in... — Marcus / Finlay + Gage has left the neighborhood
I grew up in a neighborhood with basement bagel, bakeries, long, narrow, bagel, ovens, bagelmeister’s, who really knew their craft.... — A. / Bagel Wars: Ess-a-Bagel coming to Murray Street
In our house the cart bagels are what we call "cake bagels", barely 1 step up from Lender's frozen bagels.... — Nicole Vianna / Bagel Wars: Ess-a-Bagel coming to Murray Street
Unfortunately this is true about virtually every public works project in the city. Take a walk around all of the... — Reademan / A progress report on the work in north Battery Park City