Plus: The Chambers/Church stench is back; Juice Generation opening in FiDi; addition to Community Board 1 Landmarks agenda; potato chips. / 5 comments
It's by the artist JR, who also did the black-and-white mural of the dancer at Hudson and Spring. / 1 comment
Plus: Diner en Blanc was indeed on Pier 26; Arcade Bakery's summer vacation; Urban Archaeology's imminent closing; Modell's has moved (and isn't combining); new intake at Seaport Studios; 2015 tree census.
Plus: Parm's menu; the Pope's visit will include the 9/11 Memorial; review of the One World Observatory restaurants; Battery Park City preschool lost a child. / 3 comments
Plus: A glimpse of Le District's outdoor seating; fireworks on Saturday night; pop-up gallery on Broadway; classical concert at City Hall restaurant. / 4 comments
Discussed at this month’s meeting: Variances requested by the developer of 100 Franklin; the noise and inconvenience of Church Street Tavern's basement club; 11 Sixth Avenue atrium; karaoke bar liquor license. / 5 comments
Also on November’s Community Board 1 agendas: 100 Franklin zoning variance; W. Broadway development; 60 Collister rooftop addition; Sixth Avenue sidewalk seating; more. / 4 comments
Could the entire building be getting developed? Given the trend of things on the southeastern stretch of Church, it would hardly come as a shock. / 11 comments
...as the WTC performing arts center wants to be known. Plus: Remembering the Wetlands; 100 Franklin developer pushes back the closing; old map of Lowest Manhattan.
Plus: John Robshaw textile sale; 100 Franklin's owner; Pier 17 holdout to be evicted; Pier A likely not opening in spring; FiDi love stabber. / 1 comment
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