Plus: Chambers Street Wines profile; Canal Street Market on "Cheap Eats" list; movie producer summering in Tribeca; state senator introduces legislation about neighborhood names; Good Samaritan attacked at McDonald's; a day of car-free Chinatown; more co-working in FiDi. / 9 comments
Plus: More on the World Trade Center 1 train station; Alamo Drafthouse confirmed its FiDi plans; Josh Hartnett listed his penthouse; please don't leave your dog tied up on the street while you shop. / 2 comments
The Alamo Drafthouse complex will be three levels below ground, with "ten-plus cinema screens and up to 600 seats," says the New York Post.
Plus: Sing for Hope's public piano program returns in June; fire in a Pace University basement; sandwich pop-up at Piora in the West Village. / 1 comment
Plus: J. Crew's Mickey Drexler chops loft price by $15 million; Jacques Torres opening a chocolate museum at his store; graphic designer Rodrigo Corral; Tamarind's no-kids-under-eight policy; school tax proposed on real estate developments.
Plus: Owner of 28 Liberty decides against pursuing glass pavilions on landmarked plaza; museum exhibit about early American tattoo artist; longtime 1st Precinct officer retires.
Plus: Where By Chloe and Scotch & Soda will be in the Seaport; woman dragged by would-be bag-snatcher; Governors Island wants to create a plaza in front of the Battery Maritime Building; man slashed on subway.
Plus: Gary Graham sample sale; two Warren Street buildings are evidently not getting torn down; Antique Garage signage; "Power" shooting again; FiDi group meeting in rumored Danny Meyer restaurant space. / 2 comments
The word from FiDi Fan Page is that restaurateur Danny Meyer is close to signing on for a restaurant high up in 28 Liberty—to go along with the event space he has already agreed to run elsewhere in the building.
Also on Community Board 1's October agendas: The plan to change White Street restaurant into more of a sports bar; Pier 26 update; visible rooftop addition on Thomas; White storefront redo; M1 bus extension; much more.
Plus: Community Board 1 weighs in on the proposed changes to a landmarked plaza; Battery Park City woman sues divorce lawyer for sexual coercion (includes the come-on of the year). / 1 comment
Plus: Rumored nightclub underneath the Beekman hotel; "The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe" on stage; Seaport warning; Peter Murphy in concert; donated studio space for artists. / 7 comments
The NYPD 1st and 5th precinct have scheduled community council meetings that the public can attend and ask questions. I... — Randy / In the News: More on the counterfeit vendors of Canal Street
Yes they use the Manhattan Mini-Storage at 78 Walker also. That seems a natural target for enforcement then. — Marcus / In the News: More on the counterfeit vendors of Canal Street
these criminals meet up at the Post office on Canal Street. This mayor is allowing much more to happen. Like... — Native / In the News: More on the counterfeit vendors of Canal Street
Well said, Marcus - completely agree. Convoluting immigration with illegal street vending is a distraction from the real issue. Enforcing... — JT / In the News: More on the counterfeit vendors of Canal Street
We have now had several mayors in a row who clearly don't care about this problem, or even implicitly support... — Marcus / In the News: More on the counterfeit vendors of Canal Street
Yes, they have been massively expanding both up and down Broadway from Canal, so it's also changing the character of... — Marcus / In the News: More on the counterfeit vendors of Canal Street
these criminals because that is exactly what they are are storing their counterfeit goods in storage places all over the... — Native / In the News: More on the counterfeit vendors of Canal Street