Plus: The mysteries of the old Tribeca Cinemas building; Kazumi Yoshida show; Ladybug Day and a concert at Washington Market Park; new Indian restaurant on Lafayette; full demolition on Greenwich.
Plus: Sixth Avenue pocket park is open; the sliced-off corner of 11 Beach; Worth Street reconstruction; gym's new Muybridge mural; Maybelline shoot. / 1 comment
Plus: A glimpse of what might be in store for the former Tribeca Cinemas building; Bâtard dropped lunch service; 56 Leonard's metallic curtains; Village Voice's newspaper boxes; free plants from the Downtown Alliance; more thoughts on the Nike store building in Soho.
Plus: Prominent building to be converted to offices; careless people find their stuff has been stolen; Gateway Plaza tenant spat; customizable landfill at Target; new museum on Liberty Island. / 5 comments
Plus: The former Tribeca Cinemas building will become "mixed-use office retail and lifestyle facility"; steak frites specialists to open on Watts Street; restaurateur Elio Guaitolini; downtown workforce continues to grow. / 4 comments
A sign on the door says the restaurant is "closed for the summer," but given that Tribeca Cinemas is getting the boot because the entire building is probably going condo, I think we can say "Farvel." / 1 comment
Plus: New York Kitchen & Bath on Broadway; Warren Street bar trying again; welcome improvements at Yoya's Park; another commercial shoot. / 2 comments
And the building may be torn down. Plus: Mayor de Blasio met with helicopter lobbyists but not with opponents; fitness entrepreneur Taryn Toomey; tugboat looking for new home; Thompson Street desecration. / 1 comment
Plus: Battery Park carousel lit up; Tribeca Cinemas building for sale; funky new building at Nassau and Fulton; woman hit by bus. / 2 comments
Plus: President Obama dedicates 9/11 Museum; artwork about 9/11 sky; Tribeca Film Festival headquarters on the market; Distilled recipe; ferry-horn nuisance; Fountain Pen Hospital. / 3 comments
Plus: Torly kid book swap; 13-17 Laight developer; Pier 40 lights back on; P.S. 234 Spring Auction; "All the Buildings in New York" book; New Museum phone calls; Tribeca Film Festival's closing-night choice.
Plus: Remembering Harold Reed; Sandy and Verizon; Daniel Libeskind on his apartment. / 2 comments
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