Plus: Complaining your way to a Whole Foods gift card; 70 Vestry's upper façade is being applied; stratigraphy show at Steven Amedee; Bogardus Plaza drawing; the brawny statue banished from City Hall Park. / 3 comments
Plus: Tribeca Greenmarket to sell cloth produce bags; Bill Murray and Billy Collins at the Poets House's annual Brooklyn Bridge walk; Citi's glass house; "Law & Order: SVU" shoot. / 4 comments
Plus: Order Eataly's pizzas and panini for delivery; Khe-Yo's Lao New Year celebration; 70 Vestry's windows; residential construction on Leonard; "Untitled Jenny Lumet Project" is shooting here again. / 7 comments
Plans have finally been filed to double the size of a five-story building. That makes five projects in the works on a three-block stretch—along with three others completed on Washington in recent years. / 1 comment
Plus: Correction about the progress of Citigroup's renovation; the roofline of 70 Vestry; new Baron von Fancy billboard; pop-up antiques shop inside Gary Graham's atelier. / 3 comments
Plus: Soho Pharmacy is changing its name; stone panels are being applied to 70 Vestry; film shoot on Reade; exhibit about the art of glass pipes; Hudson storefront getting reactivated; the ground floor of 56 Leonard. / 8 comments
Plus: Mmuseumm's closet exhibit now at the Met; accolades for a fried-fish sandwich; best dance club for 37-year-olds; teens caught climbing Tribeca crane. / 2 comments
Plus: More info on DanceBody's forthcoming Warren Street studio; a visit to the Municipal Archives; 70 Vestry penthouse; engagement ring allegedly stolen from the Ritz-Carlton; the Dunkin' Donuts Iced Coffee Lounge.
Plus: Blueprint inside the former Dylan Prime space; Spike Lee's "She's Gotta Have It" TV show is filming here tomorrow; Antique Garage looks very close to opening; checking in on the new building at 70 Vestry; Da Mikele kids. / 1 comment
Plus: The history of a Franklin Street building; 70 Vestry penthouse in contract; photos of 30 Park Place penthouse; new CFO at the Battery Park City Authority; review of Paul's Casablanca nightclub on Spring.
Plus: Class-action lawsuit against Jungsik; beverage magnate has a Tribeca apartment; photos inside 70 Vestry construction site; The Fat Jew and his wife are divorcing; FiDi residents got married; cash no longer accepted at the Brooklyn-Battery Tunnel. / 3 comments
Plus: More on the Duane Street event space; Tribeca restaurant would like the Trumps to visit; northwest Tribeca construction; a local salon's rules; "Power" shooting here. / 2 comments
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