Plus a new gallery comes to the old South's space; Merchants is now Mezze; Washington Market Park holds its last concert of the season.
Plus: How the former Souths building could be reimagined; the strange guy hanging outside a pediatrician's office; new tenant for W. Broadway storefront; how to search this site. / 2 comments
Plus: The Souths building is back on the market; reader seeks French instruction; no peddlers yesterday; yet another shoot this week; stores offering luggage storage; Chinatown street to be closed to cars for three months; Bowery café; neat old sign. / 4 comments
Plus: Trader Joe's confirmed that its Soho store won't sell wine; 100 Franklin's unneighborly design; Primo's accepts reservations; lighting store opens next week. / 5 comments
"Of course we hoped Souths would last forever, but it just wasn’t in the cards," wrote Souths co-owners Johnny Griffin and Roger Herr in the announcement. "Please know we tried." / 17 comments
Plus: Cake maker Sylvia Weinstock is selling her Tribeca building; old Ragu sign; top restaurants' baked sale for Planned Parenthood; Soho trattoria Savore to become Altesi; New Yorker magazine cover; Bâtard's new pastry chef; subway gropings; another poke joint. / 30 comments
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