In the News: The Battery Park Carousel Is Delayed
Plus: Tribeca gym owner tells of racial taunts while a police diver; Gateway Plaza residents mobilizing; custom perfumer on Franklin; big plans for a FiDi building; Bogardus Plaza.
In the News: Developer Still Trying to Get BMCC To Move
Think of the condos! Plus: Duarte Square gets a pop-up garden; app developer Georg Petschnigg; new recording studio.
Seen & Heard: 56 Leonard Is Taking Shape
Plus: Temporary boiler on Thomas; a Whole Foods gripe; Sole di Capri suggestion; DAIN street-art exhibit.
Dean’s Pizzeria Has Closed
The new tenant, as close readers realized in January, will presumably be a bakery and possibly restaurant called Hawaii Cupcake Factory. / 3 comments
Newsletter: Mar. 3
New Kids on the Block: The Bullett Shop and Cafe Boca Ciega • A Landmark Reborn • Nosy Neighbor: 87 Leonard • Return of the Gay Pride Pier Dance • City Hall Park Art Show • Worth Street Construction • Chipotle • More
Seen & Heard: El Vez Is on the Building
Plus: Five R stations getting renovated; Hudson storefront mystery (and availability); is 443 Greenwich stalled?; eating pizza for charity; 87 Leonard update. / 2 comments
In the News: Cafeteria Restaurant May Yet Happen
Plus: Biker-gang beatdown charges; inside glorious 5 Beekman; west Soho hotel to have rooftop bar; Seamless scam update; affordable housing in Hudson Square; heated sidewalks. / 6 comments
A Landmark Is Reborn
Parts of 502 Canal—long neglected, then finally renovated—have been unveiled. It's looking wonderful! / 2 comments
Worth Street Is About to Go One-Way
But it's only for three months (or so they say...). UPDATE: It's just one block, so you can probably not get too worried about this. / 2 comments
Left rectangle ads redesigned
Robert Ripps book
History of Tribeca Buildings
In Whole Foods today, not only was there an incredibly long line to check out at the self check-out registers,... — Merle Temkin / Let the hoarding begin
Hmm,.. reminds me of Covid days but at least there is Toilet paper! — SONIA STOCK / Let the hoarding begin
I really cannot wait. I miss the big storms that we used to get. Back in 2022 storm, my friend... — malcolm / Prepping for the storm
Logistics and isolation. There is a single bridge connecting the island, and they'd also have to work around an existing... — malcolm / New plans and an alternative proposal for the White Street jail
Thank you for all this info. Those sellers are also selling lots of fake "Apple" products, from the looks of... — Marcus / Seen & Heard: Hauling counterfeit loot
I grew up in Bergen County and snow days were "announced" by the town-wide fire horn (usually used to call... — N / Prepping for the storm
Of course the cost has already doubled, and the timeline will keep stretching into infinity, as anyone who has lived... — Marcus / New plans and an alternative proposal for the White Street jail