Plus: A peek inside Tetsu restaurant on Leonard; Anthropologie signage; new street markings outside the Balloon Saloon; bus question; ghost sign appearing on Broadway. / 10 comments
Plus: Bluemercury ditched its Trump magazine cover; another peek inside Augustine; checking in on Épicerie Boulud and Joe Coffee at the World Trade Center mall; details on the ice cream truck closure; Tetsu restaurant; Duane Street parking. / 2 comments
Plus: Tetsu restaurant on Leonard is still alive; spiffy new aisle at Kings Pharmacy; a Tribeca Grill in Orlando. / 1 comment
Plus: Seaport District building to be demolished; new forecast for chef Masa's Tetsu restaurant on Leonard; online map showing retail vacancies across Manhattan; Beekman hotel only open to guests. / 3 comments
Plus: A new update on Tetsu restaurant; Torly Kid's annual tween party; the Water Street arcade plan is getting pushed through quickly; exhibit of female artists' nudes.
The Leonard Street restaurant is much smaller, and the menu is far more accessible—who would've thought Chef Masa would be serving burgers and fries? / 3 comments
Also on Community Board 1’s November agendas: Mariachi's has found a new home; temporary art installations at Finn Square and Capsouto Park; women's shelter opening in FiDi; changes to the Pearl Paint building; more. / 4 comments
Plus: Whole Foods devastation; vacant lot to finally get built on; Leonard Street conversion update; is Tetsu stalled?; Sixty Soho Hotel. / 3 comments
Plus: Banksy at McDonald's; Matt Bernson sample sale; Tetsu's façade; New York City Fashion Designers Market; last call at the Loopy Doopy.
Plus: Progress at Tetsu; Steven Alan Home Shop sale; Pret update; Hudson storefront; India Music Week (including the world's largest Bhangra Dance); chamber music at the Greek; Hudson plaza construction finally ending?
Also on the CB1 agendas for June: The prepared-food restaurant coming to Warren Street, a new restaurant on Broadway, a rooftop pavilion on Watts, beer and wine in the Battery Park Bosque, and more. / 4 comments
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