Plus: Objections to the Pier 40 air-rights deal; man found dead in the Hudson River; Xi'an Famous Foods considering a FiDi location; big fake potato makes waves.
Plus: More details on Harold's Meat & Three and Tom Colicchio's Fowler & Wells; politicians get behind FiDi rent-stabilization fight; bad news for the Pier 40 air-rights deal; City Vineyard review; scenes from the new mall. / 6 comments
The developer of the lot across from Pier 40 presented a preliminary plan, and it's as massive as expected. Some surprises: There's a "landing point" in case the city/state decides to build a pedestrian bridge to Pier 40, big-box retail space, and an elevated public park created from old High Line tracks. / 1 comment
Plus: Two potential plans for the massive complex across from Pier 40; Rick Owens is opening a store on Howard; an Irish pub that doubles as a 9/11 memorial.
Part of the building across the way will be torn down in order to make way for "low-income, moderate-income, and senior housing" and market-rate real estate. / 8 comments
Plus: Fairway is in rough shape; a new art cinema on Canal Street; ownership consolidation at massive West Street development site; the director of the South Street Seaport Museum. / 1 comment
Plus: Part of New York Fashion Week to be held in the area; checking the progress of the Battery Maritime Hotel and Mykonos-style restaurant; the Patriot's sister bar; FiDi residents vs. FedEx ramp. / 3 comments
Plus: The Fulton Center, explained; another White Street restaurant review; the proposed development of the St. John’s Terminal.
Plus: 9/11 Museum restaurant rant; Time Inc. signs lease here; New York Academy of Art; frightening theft on Desbrosses; Pier 40 deal secretly done months ago; New York Ranger; 1 Wall Street sold; Pier A bells; Seaport food trucks and sailing; Canal Street building. / 1 comment
...and Saks Off Fifth is taking its place. Plus: Bâtard menu and photos; Pier 40 proposal update; the Onion on the 9/11 Museum restaurant; a Vince boutique at Brookfield Place; gala outrage; China Blue cocktail; Broadway building not going residential. / 1 comment
...at the expense of riverfront real estate. No clue if they're remotely recent or under consideration, but I found some renderings, from a noted architect, of how the new development might look. / 4 comments
Plus: Duane Park's last night in Tribeca; update on FiDi Harry's Italian; Tribeca Meet & Greet; Nona Hendryx performance; Pier 40 question. / 4 comments
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