The 107-year-old city institution will move from Layfayette. / 5 comments
Plus: Blue Park Kitchen is opening at 70 Pine; summoning the ghost of Pakistan Tea House; Burger N Grill and Papa Kitchen appear to be related; a building with dead plants and permanent pylons.
Besides the outstanding views, there are trees, flowering plants, and even tomatoes, peppers, squash, and apples. / 1 comment
Who bought where, from whom—and for how much. Including: A fitness guru buys big and a liquor store looks like its future is hazy.
Promised "freedom from budget constraints," local architect Steven Harris went all out, creating a dazzling 8,000-square-foot aerie with jaw-dropping views. The Cool Hunter had the story. / 4 comments
James Gulliver Hancock, of the wonderful "All the Buildings in New York" blog, let me run six illustrations of Tribeca buildings. / 2 comments
Fourteen sales have been reported in the past two weeks, including four at 471 Washington.
Eight sales were reported in the past week, from $876,000 to $5.75 million (not including the entire building at 177 Franklin).
Soon to be relaunched here. Plus: Resident wants back into former Leaning Tower of Tribeca; dissecting a sale at 270 Broadway; species of fish found in Hudson River for the first time. / 1 comment
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