Plus: The view from atop 1 World Trade Center; is Park51 moving?; PATH platform critique; Well + Good profile; Battery Park City's cold war; Hotel Particulier pop-up gallery; no school "collocation."
Plus: Seamless crackdown; Telepan Local's fried watercress; Alice Feiring wine club; the Condé Nast effect; a peek inside the 93 Reade conversion; Seaport working group. / 2 comments
Plus: Denny's liquor license approved; 19th-century douche found at City Hall; $31,000 in cash stolen from van on W. Broadway; Flea theater rendering; Woolworth Building's old neighbors. / 7 comments
Plus: JCP Downtown's Purim carnival; Ann Hood and Rick Moody at Pen Parentis; sloppy crosswalks.
Plus: Ice still falling from 1 World Trade Center; Park51 still stalled; Road Runners Half Marathon ending elsewhere this year; nightclub art. / 1 comment
Plus: Ice keeps falling off World Trade Center buildings; City Hall restaurant building sold; a week of Brookfield Place jackhammering; police blotter.
Plus: Pizzeria opening in old Antarctica space; Tribeca Grand's art-humping package; Daniel maître d' update; falling ice from 1WTC; where Tracy Anderson eats.
Plus: Checking in on 56 Leonard; Tutto il Giorno progress report; 1 World Trade Center's spire; FiDi construction report. / 2 comments
Plus: Megu's new neighborhood-friendly lounge; Seaport pop-bar and concert venue; Lenny's sandwich shop is open.
Plus: Photos of the Great Hall at 25 Broadway; New York Nautical is setting sail; Barry's Bootcamp now in Miami Beach; more construction art from Dianne Talan. / 1 comment
Plus: Mapping the gentrification of Tribeca; closed doors at Battery Park City Authority; World Trade Center think piece; 443 Greenwich lawsuit; Trinity Church's music director. / 3 comments
Plus: Fireworks tonight; Khe-Yo open Sundays; caroling with Torly Kid; Franklin Place construction update; possible penthouse addition on Broadway; wanna buy a sketchy home theater? / 8 comments
Apparently Chip City shuttered all 20+ of its retail locations this week. — James Bogardus / Cookies coming to 325 Greenwich
Even though the location was busy, the setup isn’t aligned with the renewed architectural focus of the brand. There is... — Matt / Starbucks at West Broadway and Chambers will close tomorrow
Spas……we need more nail spas. — Francesco / Starbucks at West Broadway and Chambers will close tomorrow
You are absolutely right. Tribeca has become a soulless land of chain cafés, spas and orthodontists. All about Tribeca moms... — R. / Starbucks at West Broadway and Chambers will close tomorrow
Looking at other people = fun. Being looked at = not so fun. This is (still) a gross invasion of... — Downtown Dad Again / Giving new meaning to nosy neighbor
The photograph begs the question: when is that scaffolding coming down? Seems a very very long time that it has... — George Bacon / Starbucks at West Broadway and Chambers will close tomorrow
ITS BACK BETTER THAN EVER! BEST LOCAL PLACE FOR A DRINK AND GOOD FOOD!!! CANT WAIT FOR LUNCH!!! — AA / North Bar is closing for the summer — and will reopen as something new