There are new sidewalk bridges running along the length of the AT&T Long Lines Building on both Thomas and Worth. / 2 comments
AT&T, which owns the monolithic Long Lines Building on Church, has applied to the city for a permit to develop the private lot just east of the building. / 10 comments
No more outdoor space for walking, eating, sitting, pondering. It doesn’t seem so neighborly for an urban center of space to be used for free parking and private usage. / 12 comments
I've been fortunate to get inside a lot of wonderful buildings around here, but there are still many that I'm dying to check out. Are you in a position to invite me over? / 1 comment
Plus: Joe & the Juice rumor quashed; Broadway storefront being used as an event space; additions to Community Board 1's agendas; midnight sidewalk construction; "Bull" shoot; wonderful Peter Hujar show at the Morgan Library. / 5 comments
Plus: Another sales office on Leonard; Washington Market Park's summer concert series; zoning forbids Pret's proposed sidewalk café; in the Seaport, an eyeglass store is opening and a kids' shop closed (and no sign of Van Leeuwen Ice Cream); Tom Hanks's fear of a Tribeca building. / 3 comments
Plus: Saks Fifth Avenue reviewed; Joe café to open in the World Trade Center mall next month; did City Hall lose a painting of Alexander Hamilton? / 4 comments
Plus: Pizza joint opens just north of Canal; 3 World Trade Center is starting to block 4 World Trade Center; the spray-painted sidewalk on Church; 56 Leonard curtain wall; new Greenwich Street condo is above ground-level. / 1 comment
Plus: AT&T Long Lines plaza used for parking; Duane Reade gets a new storefront; Imperial Coffee House's temporary closing (and likely fate); cork recycling. / 4 comments
Plus: Incessant beeping from City Hall; AT&T's refusal to regularly open the Thomas Street plaza; UPS truck behaving badly; northwest Tribeca demolition; China Blue loading dock; three landmarks looking good. / 2 comments
Plus: Strange white thing atop the AT&T Long Lines Building; Cary Building scaffolding; Pearl River Mart tea balcony and fart bombs; Albany Street Plaza; Franklin Place; Taymour Grahne exhibit; 2 Renwick; James Ellroy. / 5 comments
I agree. Put these dangerous men in a neighborhood where poor people live. PS - We're not allowed to use... — Steve C / City proposes another Safe Haven shelter for the Seaport
Makes more sense as a shelter for migrant families, especially with the school so close. — Steve C / City proposes another Safe Haven shelter for the Seaport
school is out so they slipping this shelter so parents can't fight it!! That is why the neighborhood is not... — NATIVE / City proposes another Safe Haven shelter for the Seaport
Nice, community and schools mean nothing. We have enough downtown. This should not be here. There are mentally ill and... — NATIVE / City proposes another Safe Haven shelter for the Seaport
Nice place but wish the owner would show some respect for his neighbors and park his motorcycle lawfully (at the... — Bruce Hood / Sneak Peek: Forge is now taking reservations
Happy to know about any Juneteenth celebrations in the neighborhood. Next time tell me in advance. — Tribeca Citizen / A midsummer day at Rockefeller
I have to agree here. Barely a mention.. And the park looked really bad after the Midsummer festival. Two days... — B.Thompson / A midsummer day at Rockefeller