Plus: Rosie Assoulin sample sale; peeking into the Maharishi store; satirical novel set in Lower Manhattan; Broadway address clarification. / 1 comment
Plus: The new sculpture at Tribeca Park is up; Casey Neistat's confusing signage; "Hotel Nouvet" sign for a shoot; "Jessica Jones" is back; Soho restaurant Mamo is closed due to a fire.
Popular vlogger Casey Neistat has opened a three-level "factory" (as in Andy Warhol's): "Maybe the reason why creator community in NYC sucks so bad is because it's not centralized. What if this can become the space for all creators?" / 19 comments
"The last few weeks I've noticed increasingly larger groups of people—mostly teenagers and a few parents—waiting for something or someone in front of K&M Camera. Any idea what's going on?" —S. / 7 comments
Plus: Casey Neistat's social app takes Broadway storefront; something is happening at 74 Leonard; Pumpkin Patch party; food drive to benefit the New York City Rescue Mission. / 1 comment
Mmuseumm, the precious collection of semi-precious artifacts in an old freight elevator shaft on Cortlandt Alley, is opening an annex. / 3 comments
The owner of several Broadway buildings that still rent to creative types invited me over to look around—I got new views of Franklin Place, the 84 White penthouse, and Cortlandt Alley, and I learned how those great old Tribeca fire doors worked. / 1 comment
Zucker's is still my go to bagel source! — Robert Ripps / Bagel Wars: Ess-a-Bagel coming to Murray Street
Shinola had a cafe in the front when it opened, but then the cafe part closed, like, 10 years ago.... — PGCNYC / Seen & Heard: Drip coffee at Shinola
Similar background, the same thought. Saddens me a bit. I haven't tried the Utopia Bagels shop on 34th, which may... — Mulciber / Bagel Wars: Ess-a-Bagel coming to Murray Street
The best non-bagel shop bagel is Starbucks. I remember Florence when I worked down the block from 51st Street. Loved... — Sherri Rosen / Bagel Wars: Ess-a-Bagel coming to Murray Street
Glad to read the clarifying comment by Judy Epstein Gage, and glad to hear David Gage will be staying in... — Marcus / Finlay + Gage has left the neighborhood
I grew up in a neighborhood with basement bagel, bakeries, long, narrow, bagel, ovens, bagelmeister’s, who really knew their craft.... — A. / Bagel Wars: Ess-a-Bagel coming to Murray Street
In our house the cart bagels are what we call "cake bagels", barely 1 step up from Lender's frozen bagels.... — Nicole Vianna / Bagel Wars: Ess-a-Bagel coming to Murray Street