Also on Community Board 1's September agendas: Worth Street wine bar; Spring Studios wants looser regulations; pedestrian plaza between Church and Sixth; Issey Miyake signage; Chefscape food hall; the jail tower; much more.
If the Anish Kapoor sculpture coming to 56 Leonard lives up to its renderings, I think it'll turn into a symbol of Tribeca. And even though it's technically private art, it got me thinking of public art over the years—and in particular, the installations that really dazzled. / 9 comments
Plus: Registration open for Paul Ruggeri Gymnastics; Jupioca confirmed its new location; checking in on the hotel under construction in Northwest Tribeca; more fireboat tickets; "architectural crime scene." / 1 comment
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
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