Plus: Charming hardware store signage left up; Leonard Street townhouse renovation uncovered; more of restored Clocktower Building revealed; "Billions" shoot.
Plus: A peek inside Augustine; Municipal Building cupola tour; checking in on Ward III's progress; learn to shuck from an expert; new Broadway storefront; new lighting store.
Plus: FiDi resident Yuh-Line Niou won the state-assembly primary; "the Jerry Seinfeld of France" bought in Tribeca; Viking ship to visit Battery Park City; Chuck Schumer had to skip event honoring him. / 1 comment
Plus: The former Matsugen space is going to be a three-level store; digging out dirt on Leonard; townhouse renovation (and enlargement); "Lost Jazz Shrines" concert; Transportation Alternatives street fair to involve artisanal food; event space with piano. / 2 comments
The plans call for two more stories and a bulkhead, taking it from 39.5 feet to 62 feet, along with a Skyframe penthouse and a Greenscreen in back.
Also on Community Board 1’s July agendas: The big hotel being built on Greenwich will have "rooftop features"; Keith McNally's Beekman restaurant; more construction on Leonard; FiDi is getting a Le Pain Quotidien; Atera's bar; W. Broadway pedestrian plaza. / 4 comments
Plus: Test-driving a Lamborghini in Tribeca; Scholastic closing sale; the World Trade Center leasing situation; Sheldon Silver re-elected; L'Ecole restaurant to close after 30 years.
Plus: Howard Hughes to reveal revised Seaport plan tonight; P.S. 234 pop-up shop now open on Greenwich; Verizon Building conversion renderings; Telepan Local cakes; 70 Pine extended-stay hotel.
Plus: "Tenant or squatter" at Leonard Street building; architect Q&A about loft renovation; reviewing the Hanover Square food carts.
Plus: Remembering Liz Berger with a plaza; rapper Lupe Fiasco's art show; Bavaria Bierhaus in FiDi; holiday train show; PR person's loft; 363 Greenwich analysis; Walmart's Occupy Wall Street posters; "Nutcracker" review; Fulton Center "Sky Reflector Net."
Plus: Another CB1 meeting about 100 Franklin; more construction on Leonard?; jewelry store closing; Woolworth Building penthouses approved; 66 Leonard restaurant update.
Know where this was shot? (I'm obsessed with this building, though I've never mentioned it here.) Say so in the comments. UPDATE: I win.
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