Plus a supertall for Fidi is scaled down; art that honors Little Syria; mid-century at 70 Vestry. / 1 comment
Plus: More on the new building at 1 Beekman; subway elevators approved outside 45 Broad; stuff a Tribeca model likes. / 2 comments
Plus: Community Board 1 voted in favor of subway elevators on Broad Street; Supreme Court nixed Sheldon Silver's attempt to avoid a retrial; Tribeca Therapy quoted. / 9 comments
Plus: Opening forecast for Jill Lindsey's Tribeca shop/café; Canal Street redesign approved; Sunshine Cinema closed; explanation from owner of François Payard Bakery; subway elevator brouhaha; storm resiliency. / 1 comment
Plus: New subway tunnel to Red Hook proposed; city to install 1,500 bollards over the next few years; phone snatched; residents oppose subway elevators on grounds of the terrorism threat; Caviarteria tries again; David Bouley selling his place on Duane. / 4 comments
Plus: Bouley Test Kitchen has moved uptown; the Department of Transportation will reverse traffic on several FiDi streets (and add a diagonal crosswalk); ferry riders forced to wait an hour because boats were full; Wagner Park plan upsets Community Board 1 members; Brooklyn Bridge drill causes concern. / 2 comments
Plus: Developers using the American Disability Act to their advantage; Community Board 1 on 28 Liberty plaza pavilions; housekeeper allegedly stole handbags; musician Alan Vega. / 2 comments
Plus: New design for the Hubert Street mansion; North Cove Marina tenants unhappy with new management; Park Place tower funding, details; illegal ticket vendors arrested; FiDi sidewalk shed relief; Broad Street tower to be second tallest building in Lower Manhattan. / 2 comments
Plus: At home with Tribeca art collectors; gaudy tower going up on Broad Street; people are buying furnished new apartments; Seaport gallery to also be a bar. / 1 comment
Plus: The board member who lives in New Jersey has apparently left the BPCA; another two-story topper on Jay; pharma profiteer Martin Shkreli ordered $120 tea at Brushstroke to impress a date; alleged FiDi con artist; 86-story tower for Broad Street; Tokyo's Hotel Okura.
Plus: Num Pang to open two FiDi locations; Municipal Archives exhibit on Robert Moses's plan to ruin Tribeca; 65-story tower to be built on Broad; arguing against the World Trade Center performing arts center. / 9 comments
They are absolutely thinking in the right direction. The streets need a massive road diet and the community would benefit... — FiDiGuy / Friends of Duane Park is seeking input on a bigger footprint
I'd like to see Friends of Duane Park advocate for a fourth option - closing at least one side of... — Kathleen / Friends of Duane Park is seeking input on a bigger footprint
Beautiful, exquisite. Definitely deserves a book. Congratulations Linda! — Jean Grillo / From the Lens of Linda Pollak
Took my wife to Tsubame for her birthday and it was excellent. — Jason / In the News: Saving Chinatown
Why in the world should someone living within the zone be charged to go home? To say they are all... — CWS / Clarity — finally — on one angle of congestion pricing for Downtown residents
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Thanks so much! — Brian / Eataly coming soon to Soho