Coming up at Brookfield Place. Plus: Graffiti Earth restaurant opening pushed back a week; Soho home decor store Aero is moving uptown; pedestrian passageways at construction sites; Miss Paradis lounge. / 2 comments
If it seems like there's a new building going up on every other block, that's because there is. Here's a recap of the 19 new buildings under construction in Tribeca—all but one are residential. / 6 comments
Plus: The Five Boro Bike Tour is this Sunday; hotel construction takes over a lot of Desbrosses; exterior demolition on Broadway buildings; new Community Board 1 members; two shows at Taymour Grahne Gallery.
It'll be "two stories." Plus: More demolition shots of 456 Greenwich; "Limitless" and a legal drama based on Dr. Phil are shooting here; antique Japanese porcelain exhibit; new City Vineyard opening forecast.
Plus: Dwindling stock at American Apparel; Citi's plaza revamp; demolition in northwest Tribeca; the Tommie hotel on Canal (and its meat-and-three restaurant); Pier 17 is taking shape. / 5 comments
Plus: A large roll of bills was lost; shipping store moving out; specialty donuts at Best Market; two exhibits opening at Taymour Grahne Gallery; recital at Soho Photo.
Architect Stephen B. Jacobs presented the plans for the six-story hotel at 456 Greenwich, which spans an entire block of Desbrosses. Check out the architectural details, roof massing, floor plans, and materials. / 2 comments
Also on Community Board 1’s July agendas: The big hotel being built on Greenwich will have "rooftop features"; Keith McNally's Beekman restaurant; more construction on Leonard; FiDi is getting a Le Pain Quotidien; Atera's bar; W. Broadway pedestrian plaza. / 4 comments
Plus: Possible architect for big, fancy hotel in northwest Tribeca; what Steven Alan employees wear to work.
Bigger than before, and goodbye single-story restaurant. / 8 comments
The Landmarks Preservation Commission was pleased with the revised plans for the single-story garage at Desbrosses: It won't be white, and it won't have a high wall around the front yard.
The Landmarks Preservation Commission sent that white Greenwich Street restaurant back to the drawing board—possibly for something taller. And included in the proposal was the first look at the 11-story hotel under construction on Washington. It, too, is white.... / 1 comment
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