Peeking through the papered windows of six businesses in the works, including Au Cheval and Fish Republic restaurants.... / 6 comments
Plus: Car crashed into Broadway sidewalk shed; Seaport District rooftop ice rink and restaurant open next month; when signage blocks a sidewalk; the sculpture on a 56 Leonard balcony. / 12 comments
Plus: A Thanksgiving menu by Frenchette; new renderings for 77 Greenwich (which will have a school in the base); the exquisite lobby in the AT&T Long Distance Building; Gucci to open art-and-photography bookstore in Soho.
Plus: China Blue tried a no-tipping policy and abandoned it; more funding for the Walker Hotel Tribeca; Brooklyn Chop House finally opens tonight; changing intersections to accommodate cyclists. / 2 comments
There has been a lot of depressing news in the past year, and we likely haven’t heard the last of it, so let’s focus on the positive (for one post, anyway). Here are 34 things to look forward to in Lower Manhattan.
Plus: Opening forecasts for Blue Bottle's two Lower Manhattan cafés; actress Diane Kruger bought here; actress La La Anthony lives here; court victory for anti-porn zoning; beautifying the area around the New York Stock Exchange; Ritz-Carlton penthouse to be auctioned in Hong Kong.
A lot of news from the past week, including the Fearless Girl statue; Cipriani's new Seaport hotel; Pier 17 update; bike lanes near City Hall Park; sneaker theft; weird metaphor for breasts; and much more. / 9 comments
There has been a lot of depressing news lately, and we likely haven't heard the last of it, so let's focus on the positive (for one post, anyway). Here are 11 things to look forward to in Lower Manhattan in coming months. / 4 comments
Plus: Open studios at the New York Academy of Art; "Ghostbusters" celebration at the Tribeca Film Festival street fair; shoots for "Elementary" and "Everyone Speaks Food"; those Apt. 5 umbrellas. / 1 comment
Plus: Residents agitated over the loss of views as a result of 396 Broadway construction; 50 Murray rent-stabilization fight; Warren Street building for sale (instead of getting developed with its neighbor); Jane Freeman art exhibit. / 5 comments
Another new conversion in northeast Tribeca shows how the Cortlandt Alley area is on fire. Plus: A peek inside the big, fancy furniture gallery opening on Lafayette. / 20 comments
Plus: Renderings of the Broadway hotel and its Blue Bottle café; the first public meeting of the Tribeca Alliance; Casey Neistat tests rocket shoes and takes on the Harley-Davidson dealership; comparing 3 and 4 World Trade Center; first look at what might be included at Trinity Church's new FiDi tower.
Is there any hope to reverse the decision to legalize marijuana? Our culture is moving away from cigarette smoking as... — Marcus / Cannabis dispensary coming to Murray
96 Greenwich currently is Cat Sports Bar. 110 Greenwich has the tourist shop one the ground floor. There are already... — Dellin Betansaze / A slew of state cannabis dispenaries are coming to the district
For that kind of money we can do better than Odeon. But what you're seeing is a lot of businesses... — DGI / Cannabis dispensary coming to Murray
Yet the extortionists known as the MTA and DOT want to charge drivers who pay for parking, licenses, inspections, registration... — Sherri Rosen / A slew of state cannabis dispenaries are coming to the district
So people LOSE THEIR MIND about Charly Garcia getting a plaque, but no one says one thing about YET ANOTHER... — Alex / Cannabis dispensary coming to Murray
Not if you come down the FDR Drive to get to the bridge. — Tribeca Citizen / The Latest: Congestion pricing clears another hurdle
lol! All the comments here seem to come from friends of the landlord or the proposed business. Residents have input... — A casual observer / Neighbors fight restaurant proposal for Laight and Washington