Newsletter: May 22
New Kid on the Block: Arcade Bakery • Danny Meyer's 9/11 Museum Restaurant • First Impressions: Il Principe • Park Place Tower • Cafeteria Rendering • 30 Park Place Interiors • Saks Off Fifth • Brooks Brothers • La Garçonne • Tuto Il Giorno • More
Renderings for 30 Park Place
Those floor plans for 30 Park Place—a.k.a. the Four Seasons Hotel and Bulwark Against the Revolution—just got easier to imagine: We now have renderings of the interiors. / 2 comments
In the News: Brooks Brothers Is Going to Close
...and Saks Off Fifth is taking its place. Plus: Bâtard menu and photos; Pier 40 proposal update; the Onion on the 9/11 Museum restaurant; a Vince boutique at Brookfield Place; gala outrage; China Blue cocktail; Broadway building not going residential. / 1 comment
Seen & Heard: Tutto Il Giorno Is Opening Imminently
Plus: Naomi Watts, Tribeca fan; 56 Leonard suddenly visible from everywhere; Café Clementine's latest health-grade protest; table-tennis parlor closed; Marks & Spencer shoot; "Meet the Fishes" with River Project.
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Another Danny Meyer Restaurant in Lower Manhattan
But not where you'd expect.... / 1 comment
First Impressions: Il Principe
The terrace is spectacular, among the best outdoor dining downtown. But can the food live up to the yachty decor and grand ambitions? / 2 comments
In the News: A 39-Story Building for Park Place
Plus: Marc Forgione's bar snack; Lispenard building to launch sales; the Flea wins Obies; Rescue Mission now accepting women; cool skydiving video.
Seen & Heard: La Garçonne to Open Any Day Now
Plus: Brookfield Place food court to open June 3; Bâtard taking reservations; Haus nightclub lighting; "Boardwalk Empire"; Brazilian film fest; Tribeca Retail Club; kids' tennis; "Chinese Puzzle." / 2 comments
In the News: Cafeteria Rendering
Plus: Skydiving pix; Washington Market Tavern forecast; Wickham Boyle's Just Shea; when Battery Park City had a wheat field; peregrine falcons' FiDi nest; Patron of the New; Church Street School. / 1 comment
New Kid on the Block: Arcade Bakery
Roger Gural—who used to live on the roof!—has created a European-style bakery in a grand, vaulted hallway of 40 Worth. It's one of the most interesting spaces to open in a while. / 15 comments
Seen & Heard: Why Is the Municipal Building Dark?
Plus: Haus nightclub will have two DJ booths; Just Salad open on Hudson; Café Noir goes behind the plywood; City Hall Park cat; One Art Space exhibit.
Left rectangle ads redesigned
Robert Ripps book
History of Tribeca Buildings
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So by that logic we introduce a "prevent food service clause" across all buildings in Tribeca and close most restaurants... — Will / The sad and disappointing saga at 111 Hudson
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Yes. Merns is where I went in 1972 when I got a job at NYC EPA (predecessor of DEC; so... — Komanoff / In the News: What Andrew Carmellini can’t live without
Not custom clothing, but at one time both Syms and Merns were located nearby on Vesey Street, between Broadway and... — Gary / In the News: What Andrew Carmellini can’t live without