Plus: Big sale at Scott Jordan Furniture in advance of its move; news from the World Trade Center mall; part of the Spring Street Salt Shed is not wearing well; "customer-service atrium" at the Department of Buildings; Milo Hess in a Seaport art show. / 20 comments
Plus: Tribute to Aretha Franklin at the Franklin Street subway station; a better look at the sad state of the Cast Iron House penthouse; Tribeca Film Festival dates; tennis activities at Brookfield Place. / 4 comments
Plus: History of a Duane Street building; two new ferry routes debut this month; Oaxacan menu at Añejo; commercial storefront available in Taylor Swift's building; another Issey Miyake store. / 1 comment
Taylor Swift has applied for a curb cut outside of 153 Franklin, the townhouse adjacent to the building where she owns the penthouse and a second-floor unit. / 2 comments
Plus: Cuomo wants to add restrictions to the Battery Park City Authority governance bill; more on the gallery opening on White Street; Brooklyn Bridge Beach is still stalled. / 2 comments
Someone has dramatically overpaid for #2N at 155 Franklin—and the evidence points, if lightly, toward Swift. (Update: Now the New York Post says "sources confirmed" it was her.) / 8 comments
Plus: Helmut Newton show in the dazzling lobby of 49 Chambers; loungewear pop-up in a 30 Park Place apartment; the history of a Pine Street building. / 18 comments
Plus: There is a system to the sidewalk markings; color test on Franklin Street; Louise Brooks film screening; update on the big rental building on Hudson; Carine Roitfeld's headquarters. / 2 comments
Plus: City Hall restaurant's farewell note; changes to Pier 17 and Tin Building plans; Leonard Street handcuffs; new sign for the Palm Tribeca.
Plus: Condé Nast bitchfest; Franklin Street "reverse flip"; local politicians talking to other potential Seaport developers; Battery Park City woman in fatal car accident; pre-K proposals for Centre Street; Southbridge Towers lawsuit. / 3 comments
Plus: Orlando Bloom attempts a flip; SmorgasBar returns to the South Street Seaport; Trinity Church seeks community input on its tower; more on Broome Street Bar; 474 Greenwich loft analysis. / 1 comment
Plus: Fulton Center delayed for as much as three months; Steven Soderbergh lists his apartment; vacant lot would make a nice Greenmarket. / 1 comment
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