Reflections on the City (Part 8)
More proof that I have a thing for reflected light, the way it forms patterns and shapes on city surfaces. / 3 comments
In the News: The Arcade Giveback Is Basically Done
Plus: Where to have sex in public around here; new bike rules for the Battery Park City esplanade?; good Samaritans help a guy who fell on subway tracks; gum thief threatens to shoot Duane Reade employee; new Warren condo. / 3 comments
Seen & Heard: New Store at Brookfield Place
And another store closed. Plus: Friends of Duane Park's annual Neighbors Night; Pakistan Tea House update; volleyball tournament this weekend; more poor parking by the 1st Precinct; the Four Seasons hotel's plaza. / 7 comments
New K-12 School Opening This Fall in TriBeCa
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In the News: Time for a Boston Tea Party in North Cove Marina?
Plus: Renovation of the 1st Precinct station house; Tracy Anderson opening a studio uptown; guitar maker Ric McCurdy. / 1 comment
Seen & Heard: Bouley Hits the Market
Plus: Orlando victims honored by lights on the Municipal Building; what looks like a new British sandwich shop in Soho; Pisillo's frozen espresso drink; the glassing of 19 Park Place. / 6 comments
New Kid on the Block: Kung Fu Tea
Anyone with a sweet tooth will want to head over to the new Kung Fu Tea outpost on Greenwich. Besides many variations on the signature drink, you'll find hexagonal waffles sold as a street food in Hong Kong and a case full of pudding and other treats. / 4 comments
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In the News: Croissant Travesty
Plus: The Tommie hotel gets unbranded; a bill in Albany proposes to remove size restrictions on new buildings; Taylor Swift is subletting in the West Village; Scoop is kaput. / 7 comments
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Seen & Heard: New Liquor Store
Plus: Pakistan Tea House was closed all weekend; the lack of trauma capacity in this area; valuable jewelry found; Fulton Center shopping kiosks; signage for Heyday facials and Keith McNally's Augustine restaurant.
Who’s Definitely Opening at the World Trade Center Mall
Two thirds of the stores and restaurants at the Westfield World Trade Center mall have put up signage. Here's the full list so far, with a few new additions: Sugarfina candy, Pulia Italian food, Lobster Press restaurant, and more. Plus: Part of the upper floor at the Oculus is open. / 6 comments
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History of Tribeca Buildings
thanks for this terrific info! — Mdeline Lanciani / 54 Laight Street in the Tribeca North Historic District is for sale
I hope this doesn't get built. Commenter GB said it best; Terrible for the neighborhood. Too tall, ugly does not... — jay / Plans for new tower at Independence Plaza have begun
Ironic that anyone would say those areas are not "real" Tribeca, since the original "Triangle" of Tri-beca is right there.... — Marcus / 312-322 Canal will be redeveloped as residential
Oh no! I hope he sticks around NYC. (to say nothing of the fact that we have reservations for the... — emily / Ronny Emborg will leave Atera on Worth Street this month
Why do you think that since the SNX passed in December 2021, there have been precisely ZERO new housing units... — James Bogardus / Plans moving forward for northeast corner of Canal and Broadway
It won’t go away unless people spend the time protesting and writing to elected officials, it’s been six years after... — R. / 312-322 Canal will be redeveloped as residential
Imagine the pedestrian congestion on the narrow 12’ sidewalk and the vehicular mess on perennially congested Canal that will persist... — S.S. / Plans moving forward for northeast corner of Canal and Broadway