In the works for three years, the diminutive restaurant is close to opening. / 3 comments
Plus: carp spotted swimming downtown; a Black Fox runs uptown; Hudson Square adds some color to its light poles. / 2 comments
Plus: How the original La Colombe in Philadelphia is different; new look for MTA buses; activity at Reade Street storefront; glass balcony shattered; "Billions" shoot. / 3 comments
Plus: The best BLT around; checking in on the Japanese restaurant coming to Warren; Il Mulino brunch; disappointing windows on Bjarke Ingels's otherwise fabulous High Line buildings; graphic novelists at Pen Parentis.
Plus: Interior work happening at Warren Street Japanese restaurant; what the Seaport District has going on this summer; Tribeca's Finest Misspelling; a walk through Hudson Yards. / 3 comments
A rep for the Japanese restaurant coming to 20 Warren referred to it as a "high-end omakase sushi bar," but the sample menus indicate kaiseki, possibly as a showcase for beef from Hokkaido.
Also on Community Board 1's April agendas: Letting light in under the Sterling Mason's metal canopy; the so-called "privately owned public spaces"; more Seaport District liquor licenses; helicopter lobbyists; much more.
Despite all of the hints that something beefy is opening at 20 Warren, the floor plans and drawings posted in the window indicate it'll be a sushi restaurant.
Plus: Fire at 108 Leonard; the Four Seasons spa now offers clairvoyance treatments; Shigure is serving lunch; "Motherless Brooklyn" shoot; Spring Studios cladding. / 3 comments
On Hudson, Warren, and in the former Denny's space. Also on Community Board 1's March agendas: The helicopter situation; another Tribeca building gets WeWorked; new art for Foley Square; more. / 2 comments
It appears to be a partnership between a Japanese beef company and a designer of Brushstroke.
There has been a lot of depressing news in the past year, and we likely haven’t heard the last of it, so let’s focus on the positive (for one post, anyway). Here are 34 things to look forward to in Lower Manhattan.
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Yes, and the vagrants on Canal Street need to go, too. — James / Seen & Heard: Wayfinding for a counterfeit bazaar
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