The owner of 267 Broadway is pitching the site for a 650-foot-tall sliver building, with hotel and residences towering over City Hall Park. / 7 comments
Plus: Swim team helps Puerto Rico; Frenchette recipe for steak au poivre (and an opening forecast); more on the underground farm on Worth Street; Tribeca artist Red Grooms vs. Derek Jeter. / 3 comments
Plus: Broadway redevelopment site put on the market; the story of the loft with a Keith Haring mural; more thefts and a police officer was assaulted with mace; Rammellzee art exhibit. / 6 comments
It's better than the previous version, but it's possibly even taller. / 7 comments
The building is mainly glass, with a setback off the street and balconies and draped gardens on the top half, culminating in what looks like an air-traffic control tower. The bottom third will be a hotel. / 18 comments
Know where this was shot? Prove it. / 2 comments
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Would love to help. Honest question. What can we do? — Randy / What can be done about counterfeit vendors?
"Zero tolerance" is right. That requires consistent enforcement: Every time police see this happening, seize the goods, fine the vendor.... — Marcus / What can be done about counterfeit vendors?