In the News: SeaGlass Carousel Opening Date
Plus: New ballet-inspired fitness business; soccer star buys on Broadway; small Fulton Street building to make way for 26-story hotel; Battery Dance Festival; Whole Foods admits to overcharging. / 4 comments
Seen & Heard: Don’t Give to Charity Muggers
Plus: Pop-up "fireworks" stand; Ghostbusters emblem updated; Euphoria Spa; Bastille Day activations at Brookfield Place; Water Street Greenmarket is back. / 12 comments
Has Il Giglio Closed?
The gate is down, the phone is dead, and OpenTable shows no availability ever. UPDATE: A reader says the 26-year-old restaurant is "definitely closed." / 12 comments
Newsletter: July 2
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In the News: Update on W. Broadway Restaurants
Plus: East River tower appears to be moving forward; a two-headed review of Taryn Toomey's fitness class; Tribeca Kitchen opens on the Lower East Side; NYPD officers assaulted. / 1 comment
Seen & Heard: This Feels Like the End of an Era
Plus: Trader Joe's rumored for Hudson Square; Cercle Rouge's annual Bastille Day party and petanque tournament; two more advertising shoots; northwest Tribeca's near-vacant lot; Indian food recommendations? / 4 comments
New Kid on the Block: Houseman
When chef Ned Baldwin decided to open his own restaurant, he kept asking himself, "What's in the restaurant that I want to go to?" Drawing on fifteen years of working and eating in New York City, he came up with Houseman. / 3 comments
Baluchi’s Has Closed
That corner has become far more desirable in the last 12 years—in good part to Whole Foods—and one has to imagine that the rent went up accordingly. / 25 comments
Seen & Heard: New Mural at Washington Market Park
Plus: More of 290 West revealed; Tara of Tribeca's liquor-license hearing; new Wyeth outpost to be two floors; Soho's Taka Taka has closed; update on big new Hudson Square building.
In the News: 100 Franklin Gets the Go-Ahead
Plus: Parm's menu; the Pope's visit will include the 9/11 Memorial; review of the One World Observatory restaurants; Battery Park City preschool lost a child. / 3 comments
The Film Shoot Problem and Thoughts on How to Fix It
The issue is not whether these shoots should happen. We simply demand more notice, greater transparency, and some sort of accountability. Plus: Getting productions to donate to local causes. / 27 comments
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