Two speed cameras on West Street are flashing directly into neighbors living rooms and bedrooms, waking them up at night and making their apartments almost unlivable.
Plus: Chipotle isn't reopening for at least a month; Maman's café in Northwest Tribeca will be smaller than assumed; no progress at the Martignetti brothers' bar at W. Broadway and Canal; former clinic for rent. / 1 comment
"Why, yes, I'd love to see your roof," I posted on Instagram last month, when the owner of a Franklin Street building offered me a peek. That led a resident of 200 Chambers to invite me over to see his roof terrace.... / 5 comments
Plus: Helicopters for America's Cup; plywood up at a Broadway storefront; flood-protection efforts on Warren; Junie B. on stage. / 4 comments
Plus: The board member who lives in New Jersey has apparently left the BPCA; another two-story topper on Jay; pharma profiteer Martin Shkreli ordered $120 tea at Brushstroke to impress a date; alleged FiDi con artist; 86-story tower for Broad Street; Tokyo's Hotel Okura.
Who bought where, from whom—and for how much. (Includes a penthouse bought by a media honcho.)
Who’s buying where, from whom—and for how much. (Including Jason Biggs and someone who now owns a rotunda.) / 2 comments
So happy for Ghislaine. She did our apartment, Love her style. — t / Seen & Heard: Get your hands dirty
Hear, hear! I used to deliver groceries to IPN in the 70's from the West Village. Best tips of the... — LongTime, FirstTime / Designer of Independence Plaza dies at 82
How dare you call IPN an eyesore. The residents of IPN inhabited this neighborhood when nobody else wanted to live... — jezz / Designer of Independence Plaza dies at 82
Not easily... — Tribeca Citizen / Finding a vaccine in the neighborhood
I also believe Westway would have been taken over with development - much as West Street is now. Can you... — G / Designer of Independence Plaza dies at 82
@Scott -- since you asked. Westway was basically a taxpayer-financed swindle disguised as a park that would have *worsened* traffic... — Komanoff / Designer of Independence Plaza dies at 82
It's a shame he succeeded with Independence Plaza and failed with the Westway. The end result is two eyesores that... — Scott / Designer of Independence Plaza dies at 82