"I was walking the dog tonight and noticed the lights on at 161 Duane [at Hudson]. Perhaps this long vacant space may finally be getting filled." / 1 comment
Residents of 161 Duane – which has the former Bouley space on its ground floor – successfully scared off the applicants for a 128-seat Southeast Asian hot spot. / 4 comments
Plus: Beautification of a Chambers Street building; Mmuseumm catalog; Franklin storefront activity; advice on how to thwart ADA-abusing lawyers.
Plus: New subway tunnel to Red Hook proposed; city to install 1,500 bollards over the next few years; phone snatched; residents oppose subway elevators on grounds of the terrorism threat; Caviarteria tries again; David Bouley selling his place on Duane. / 4 comments
Courtesy of StreetEasy, these are the properties whose sales were "recorded" by the city in the past seven days (ending 02/16/13)—the sales may have taken place earlier.
Courtesy of StreetEasy, these are the properties whose sales were "recorded" by the city in the past seven days (ending 11/24/12)—the sales may have taken place earlier. / 2 comments
Courtesy of StreetEasy, these are the properties whose sales were "recorded" by the city in the past seven days (ending 10/20/12)—the sales may have taken place earlier.
"Why does the building on Duane (just east of Hudson) say Whalebone?" —A. / 1 comment
Plus: The backstory on a "Loft Peeping" apartment; Ina Bernstein's tribeca; Justin Bieber. / 1 comment
Cars are not allowed to make right and left turns? — Marcus / The neighborhood’s camera infrastructure
Please, let me shed a tear for the poor driver who can’t make u-turns or speed. Yeah cyclists don’t pay... — Cd / The neighborhood’s camera infrastructure
A nightmare for Chinatown neighbors (and perhaps Tribeca too, if these ever open). These foolish and too small mini-jails were... — Marcus / Halting overnight work on the supertall jail on White Street
We can consistently be for: - stricter traffic enforcement against cars - stricter traffic enforcement against bicycles It's not either/or.... — Marcus / The neighborhood’s camera infrastructure
Yes, please. Wasn't this in the works? — Marcus / The neighborhood’s camera infrastructure
Whom should we be contacting then? Who has the power of these matters? Our congress and senate reps, or some... — Marcus / Canal Street ranks as one of city’s deadliest
We want Venetian gondolas — Marcus / Canal Street ranks as one of city’s deadliest