It was long and ugly, with hot topics including a rooftop bar at the new hotel on Broadway, 60 Hudson's noise and sidewalk shed, closing a block of Varick for a day, sidewalk cafés on side streets, and more. / 3 comments
Also on May’s Community Board 1 agendas: Another hearing on the Barleycorn bar on Park Place and Murray; Gay Pride dance noise; Church Publick sidewalk seating; more. / 2 comments
Plus: Melt Shop opening in FiDi; Hudson River Park air rights recap; Broadway building changes hands; pro-development blogger; Tribeca galleries; fast-food fire. / 1 comment
Plus: Planting for extreme weather; Broadway building nearly sold (and condo plans up in the air); graphic designer Richard Hollis exhibit.
Plus: Broadway's residential boom redux; Tracy Anderson now offering her services to men; stolen bikes.
Eight conversions are currently underway, bringing nearly 500 new residential units to the six-block stretch between Canal and Worth—and that doesn't even include the site that's rumored to be making way for a 14-story condo. / 3 comments
Courtesy of StreetEasy, these are the properties whose sales were "recorded" by the city in the past seven days (ending 01/19/13).
After the roundup of new buildings, it made sense to look at the many buildings being converted into condos. The total number of units from these conversions? Around 350.
Now taking reservations. Plus: More on 396 Broadway; Damon Dash's thrift shop; 9/11 Memorial subway signs. / 1 comment
Learn all about the new building destined for Greenwich, an improvement to the East River Waterfront, whether 87 Chambers will be a hotel or residential, hot tubs, and cell-phone antennas. Plus: Bad blood over 396 Broadway and tough decisions at 46 Warren.
Plus: 9/11 health-benefits boundary extended; 396 Broadway going condo; why FiDi dining is so weak; 135 William on sale; Seaport Museum officials wimp out; 70 Pine landmarked; school composting. UPDATE: Added report about big Broadway building going condo.
It was supposed to reopen after filming of the Netflix series "The Black Rabbit" ended in the fall, but so... — Luis Vazquez FiDi Fan Page / Seen & Heard: Powell Building gets preservation award
Happy to see the neighborhood get a bagel upgrade with Pop Up Bagels! Zuckers on Chambers finally gets much needed... — Tribeca Dad / Seen & Heard: Popup Bagels to open this summer
I don’t like the toll but to say the same amount of traffic is popping up elsewhere cannot be true.... — Tyler / Tunnel Traffic: How it started; how it’s going
Recalling another oldest bar has anyone heard of any updates on The Bridge Café? — JPL / Seen & Heard: Powell Building gets preservation award
Jk Singer (talk about atrocious punctuation! Jk? Reading too much ee cummings? bell hooks?) must be a very lonely person... — Bruce Ehrmann / Sneak Peek: Printemps
Congrats Laura Starr! well done-well deserved! I voted! — madeline c lanciani / Seen & Heard: Vote for the Battery Playscape
Thanks for taking the time to share this. And thank you for doing all that you do for this community.... — A Tribeca Parent / Sneak Peek: Printemps