Plus: Aahar Indian Cuisine is open; Pakistan Tea House took another day off; interesting wall at 110 Chambers; 2,200 signatures on petition to increase local representation at the Battery Park City Authority. / 1 comment
Plus: The media discovers Arne Svenson's photos of his neighbors; inside 93 Worth; Colin Quinn's pad; Seaport wine and beer bars to pop up at Pier 17; police blotter; 55 Warren penthouse; Front Street trauma; BPC gustnado; Pace dorm; Ikea ferry frequency.
Courtesy of StreetEasy, these are the properties whose sales were "recorded" by the city in the past seven days (ending 12/22/12)—the sales may have taken place earlier.
Plus: Retail storefronts at 55 Warren and 55 Murray; art installation on the Lilac.
Plus: Rampaging Santas; Battery Park City Authority president defends firings; 55 Warren.
Plus: 33 Vestry sells a unit; CB1 on school zoning; Tribeca Twelve. / 3 comments
Finally on the market. Plus: New café/poetry space?; new Asphalt Green timeline; RHX, still closing.
I took a semi-vacation last week, and when I came back today, I immediately went for a walk to see what had changed. Plenty! Updates on 77 Reade, Ted Muehling, the BOFFO pop-up, Columbine, Tribeca Tap House, 55 Warren, and Hidden Treasures.
Including luxury condos, the fastfoodification of lower Church, the Goldman Sachs Dining & Entertainment Complex, Asphalt Green, the BPC ball fields, a nail salon, and more. UPDATE: Now with details on Dr. Michel Cohen's W. Broadway restaurant.
[Snickers.] Plus: New pan-Asian restaurant opens; 55 Warren getting closer; AT&T Wireless Center debuts; a bit of scruffy old Tribeca is at risk. / 1 comment
"I heard that 55 Warren is being turned into full-block (that means going to the other side, to 55 Murray!) condos with a windowed atrium at the center of each of the units. If so, that would be pretty cool. Do you know anything about it?" —Nichole W.
Yes, it seems more and more so. What happened, for example, to "Don't block the box" and enforcement against red-light... — Marcus / Another smoke shop coming to Church
@Larry, thanks for saying in under 30 words what would have taken me 300. @Jeff, thanks for your kind words.... — Komanoff / There’s an election this month!
The Smoke Shop at 321 Broadway across the street from the Federal Building was just busted on Thursday. — FiDiGuy / Another smoke shop coming to Church
We live in a completely lawless city, where obvious criminal activity is just ignored. Our public leaders are completely incompetent... — Reademan / Another smoke shop coming to Church
Even though I work but do not live in Tribeca, I feel sad when a long-time business closes in this... — Gary / Kings Pharmacy, a Tribeca staple for 25 years, will close on June 30
Faster moving traffic will be a huge boon to the tradespeople. Instead of sitting in traffic they'll be able to... — Larry Greenfield / There’s an election this month!
@Thomas: By law, CP’s congestion revenue is earmarked for transit capital investments (80% to NYCT, 10% to each of the... — Komanoff / There’s an election this month!