Plus: Two Staten Island commuter bus lines will be routed through north Battery Park City; incentives to buy at the Sterling Mason and the Beekman tower; Gibney Dance expands and rebrands; Church Street School's fundraiser. / 6 comments
Plus: Unattractive building gets worse; Frenchette is almost fully revealed; report on the new Sprinkles Land ice cream shop; ball fields closed for net replacement; why can't we get this Franklin Street sidewalk back? / 4 comments
Plus: "Model Woman" shoot, about the modeling industry in the 1970s; midcentury Brazilian mirrors; street-level rendering for the Beekman Hotel's condo tower; 1 World Trade Center light show.
Plus: Pop-up toy shop on Greenwich; jack-o'lantern contest; the Beekman tower gets a hornament; where to see JR's Ellis Island film; meeting about resiliency planning in Lower Manhattan; new eyewear shop on Howard.
Plus: Harley-Davidson of NYC's use of a public plaza; Bogardus Garden's fall event; "Law & Order" is back; work starting on FiDi tower's horns; "Berenstain Bears, the Musical"; a pretty bit of W. Broadway animation. / 20 comments
Plus: Walk across the Brooklyn Bridge with Bill Murray; single-family mansion for rent; the Beekman tower's X-braces; candle holders to decorate at Da Claudio; trees planted at Liberty Park. / 3 comments
Plus: A look inside the conversion of 5 Beekman and its condo tower; Sheldon Silver trial date; Seaport radio station.
Plus: A local Academy Award winner; why the Armoury is temporarily closed; new tenant for Laight Street storefront?; this month's 1st Precinct Community Council meeting; Desbrosses demolition. / 6 comments
Plus: Explanation for Bar Cyrk's name; more signage up at Brookfield Place; teenagers eligible for Community Board 1; 1st Precinct Community Council meeting. / 1 comment
Plus: Inside the Nexxus salon; potential mega-development on City Hall Park; free screening of "National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation"; Beekman hotel-condo update; pet photos with Santa; Washington Market Park holiday party. / 3 comments
Plus: Adjacent construction impacts loft sale; northeast Tribeca loft analysis; another rendering of Nassau tower.
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