Plus: Cool new 30th-floor café; Duane Park progressive party; art show about food waste; steel cut-outs. / 1 comment
Plus: The history of a building at Duane and Hudson; Pier 17's balloon installation; the conversion of 1 Wall; Don Wagyu review; Raul Guerrero at Ortuzar Projects. / 4 comments
Plus: Big changes on Canal Street; video tour of 1 Wall; waiting list for affordable housing in the Seaport. / 9 comments
Even at two-thirds the size of the Tribeca store, it should be a game-changer for the neighborhood. / 3 comments
Also on Community Board 1's June agendas: Duane Street eviction and demolition; Pier 26 update; closing part of Peck Slip to traffic; new Park Row tower; the neverending film/TV/ad shoots; Barleycorn liquor license change; more.
Plus: Kathleen Turner is moving to Tribeca; FiDi tower with school gets landmark approval; FiDi development map; Hickey Freeman store debuts next week; new 1 Wall renderings; "rooftopping" daredevils. / 3 comments
Plus: This weekend's storm could bring serious flooding; robbery at knifepoint at Church Street bodega; Houseman review; Governors Island pavilion to be made from clothes hangers; not enough light at Bowling Green; 1 Wall conversion gets OKed by Landmarks.
Plus: The condition of the boys in the attack at the ball fields; New York Law School's financial situation; West Thames Bridge is moving to "the build phase"; tenants suing landlords over rent stabilization promised in exchange for tax abatement; no Evacuation Day honor. / 3 comments
Also on Community Board 1’s January agendas: Changes to the former Ivy's Bistro and Valley National Bank spaces; Flinders Lane Australian restaurant opening on W. Broadway; façade restoration on Reade; enlargement on Hubert; more. / 4 comments
Plus: Pretend you were an office worker on 9/11; Battery Park City's private security officers to have no real power; World Trade Center mall is leased; Whitehall/South Ferry subway station construction; 1 Wall Street conversion changes.
Plus: New rendering of Park Place tower (including the Islamic cultural center?); Balaboosta chef opening Soho restaurant; praising 56 Leonard; 1 Wall Street retail. / 2 comments
Plus: The Battery Park City preschool that misplaced a child has reopened; local experts discuss Rieslings; Tribeca highlights (with very good photos). / 3 comments
Seppe is quite good. And the wait staff is super nice. — Dee / Carbs are back in the neighborhood
None of these new places are sit with friends type of places. They are all grab and go. I don’t... — Dee / Apollo Bagels is getting closer…
To the Olio e Piu owners, sincerely: please do not blight this location with fake flowers. We will welcome you... — Cw / Mr Chow is indeed closing
Seeing as Starbucks and other chains tried and failed to replace the bagel place, that is a reasonable hypothesis. — James Bogardus / Apollo Bagels is getting closer…
I think the bagel place is replacing Starbucks and other coffee chains as a place to grab coffee and a... — Amy G. / Apollo Bagels is getting closer…
Lynda I signed up for the 5/17 class. I'll see you then!!! Here is the link to sign up if... — HB / Massive underground spa and meditation space coming to Broadway and White
Lynda I signed up for the 5/17 class. I'll see you then!!! — HB / Massive underground spa and meditation space coming to Broadway and White