Plus: Real estate hunt involves Tribeca; Independent art fair is happening now; revised accounting regarding 133 Greenwich sale; Maman has left the ICP Museum.
Plus: J. Crew's Mickey Drexler chops loft price by $15 million; Jacques Torres opening a chocolate museum at his store; graphic designer Rodrigo Corral; Tamarind's no-kids-under-eight policy; school tax proposed on real estate developments.
Plus: A staging company's photos for the event space at 144 Duane; late-night construction on Hubert Street (and how to use the Department of Buildings website); LEO Design in the West Village is closing; new hotel by the World Trade Center has opened. / 3 comments
Also on Community Board 1’s November agendas: Mariachi's has found a new home; temporary art installations at Finn Square and Capsouto Park; women's shelter opening in FiDi; changes to the Pearl Paint building; more. / 4 comments
Plus: Peeking inside Maison Kayser; Houseman restaurant gets an awning; the sanitation garage's spiffy sign; update on big Courtyard by Marriott on Greenwich; financial aid for preschool.
Plus: Dylan Prime should reopen by fall; no human remains found alongside 9/11 plane wreckage; 48-story apartment building coming to Fulton; Courtyard by Marriott. / 3 comments
Plus: Pianist living in Independence Plaza failed to disclose his Hamptons house; another New York Ranger lives here; Matt Bernson's store; new members of CB1; 1WTC has a logo; another FiDi hotel.
Plus: World Trade Center sphere heading to storage; the early word on Atera; Greenwich South plot sold; the 1WTC observation deck.
The headline on each of these were perfect. "The Newbie" — yes!! I would add that whenever I see "street... — Noah / Update on the Dinosaurs of Tribeca: Unfinished buildings and abandoned lots
Park Place Partners Development (the owner of 45 Park Place and the adjacent 51 Park Place lot) filed Chapter 11... — Peter G / Update on the Dinosaurs of Tribeca: Unfinished buildings and abandoned lots
BIDs are the harem eunuchs of the real estate world -- all responsibility and no authority. — James Bogardus / New group to explore the potential of a Tribeca Business Improvement District
Don't we already have the Tribeca Alliance doing this work? How would this BID differ. We certainly don't need two... — BT / New group to explore the potential of a Tribeca Business Improvement District
I've been to Friedman's several times and agree with your evaluation of the food. It's very good, and I think... — Toni / New Kid on the Block: Friedmans
Read the story. — Tribeca Citizen / Carjacking on North Moore has a happy ending…
How is this a happy ending? I am confused by this headline as a car was stolen. — Rob / Carjacking on North Moore has a happy ending…