Newsletter: Feb. 9
American Flatbread Closed for Renovations • Another Locally Owned Business Forced Out • Beyoncé and Jay Z moving to LA • First Impressions: Bar Hugo • Mugging on Greenwich • More
In the News: Fire Above the Odeon
Plus: New Malaysian restaurant; SeaGlass carousel update; Brookfield Place shops; Girl Scouts and NYPD intelligence moving in; White Street building for sale; Spring Street park renderings; new Southbridge Towers bakery.
Another Locally Owned Business Is Forced Out
Gill & Lagodich Fine Period Frame Gallery on Reade is closing its doors. / 5 comments
Seen & Heard: Blue Smoke Now Serves Brunch
Plus: Signage up at Almond; trivia night at the Dark Horse Tavern; JCP Downtown's Purim carnival; Battery Park update. / 1 comment
First Impressions: Bar Hugo
The rooftop bar is a fantastic spot to take a group—there are nooks aplenty—or anyone who enjoys admiring the city's skyline. / 1 comment
In the News: Mugging at Greenwich and Harrison
Plus: Beyoncé and Jay Z moving to L.A.; ice falling all around the World Trade Center and Brookfield Place; new bar and restaurant on Spring Street; Ed Burns's memoir; remembering Jordan Gruzel; Aloft hotel. / 5 comments
Newsletter: Feb. 5
Loft Peeping: Zak Profera • Art Fair on Pier 26 • New Art for Tribeca Park • Gourmet Garage Update • Plea from a Local Business Owner • Laughing Man Bench • More
Loft Peeping: Zak Profera
Domino featured the Tribeca one-bedroom of textile designer Zak Profera, who's not afraid to hang an upside-down floor lamp over his dining table. / 1 comment
Seen & Heard: Gourmet Garage Update
Plus: New information about Laight Street truck traffic; Laughing Man's sidewalk bench to actually involve taking over a parking space; Remix nightclub causing more trouble; Franklin Street loft in 1977. / 5 comments












Teaneck here! — SW / Prepping for the storm
Teaneck! — SW / Prepping for the storm
I heard that Alternate Plan #3 is to turn it into a ballroom. — SW / New plans and an alternative proposal for the White Street jail
Yes! Our firehouse on Long Island also sounded the snowday alarm -- along with a noon whistle every day that... — Tribeca Citizen / Prepping for the storm
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