Also on Community Board 1's July agendas: The pedestrian plaza between Sixth Avenue and Church; event space on Broadway; block party on Reade; Chick-fil-A garbage; big Seaport development; much more. / 4 comments
Plus: Shoofly reopened in the Catskills; Robert De Niro bans Trump from Nobu; funky resale shop reviewed; Lower Manhattanites relatively healthy, except for the drinking; 14 White and 100 Franklin. / 9 comments
Plus: Trader Joe's confirmed that its Soho store won't sell wine; 100 Franklin's unneighborly design; Primo's accepts reservations; lighting store opens next week. / 5 comments
Plus: The likely location for Seamore's at Brookfield Place; Hudson Street restaurant said to be a sushi bar; cute Kaffe 1668 illustration; activity at big Warren Street storefront; 100 Franklin update; those ugly plastic bags. / 5 comments
Plus: Orphan mural getting covered up; Frenchette signage; new storefronts on Reade; "Power" extends its shoot. / 6 comments
Plus: The northern half of 100 Franklin is rising quickly; the other condominium going up by the Holland Tunnel; Carine Roitfeld's magazine is now based on Greenwich Street; grant for one local business; 1st Precinct Community Council meeting. / 4 comments
It can be hard to keep track of all of the new buildings under construction in Tribeca. This should help: renderings for the projects where work is currently happening. / 9 comments
Plus: Animated lights on the base of 1 World Trade Center; activity in former café space; checking in on the progress of 100 Franklin; new building blocks much of Trump Soho; two days of "Power" shoots. / 5 comments
Plus: The spa at the Four Seasons Hotel New York Downtown; peeking down into the 100 Franklin construction pit; a novel (if temporary) view of the Oculus; ad shoot; a screening of Andy Warhol's "Blow Job." / 5 comments
Plus: No more reopening signage at Acappella; refugee children being whitewashed; Cosmopolitan Hotel's entrance; the silverblob's plaza. / 5 comments
Plus: Anti-development street art outside 443 Greenwich; great old trees cut down; location confirmed for Espasso's second Tribeca shop; two more World Trade Center mall stores have opened; Fiftytwo sample sale. / 2 comments
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Would love to help. Honest question. What can we do? — Randy / What can be done about counterfeit vendors?
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