Plus: Yogurt store closed for remodeling; W. Broadway renovation revealed; bright façades on Murray and Chambers; Racines NY is posting a menu.
Plus: Japanese restaurant on Chambers; the Juice Press salad situation; Soho Photo focuses on the subway; kids' football question. / 8 comments
Plus: Juice Press stops tossing salads on weekends; nail salon mystery; mega Broadway real estate offering; Jubilee supermarket in FiDi has reopened. / 5 comments
Who bought where, from whom—and for how much. Including: A fitness guru buys big and a liquor store looks like its future is hazy.
Plus: Italian shoemaker Mauri has closed; Nish Nush's sister; ROC's adult Halloween party; more trick-or-treat options; Alex Katz poster; Aaron Neville winner. (Update: A city probation office is coming to FiDi.) / 6 comments
James Gulliver Hancock, of the wonderful "All the Buildings in New York" blog, let me run six illustrations of Tribeca buildings. / 2 comments
Plus: Mooncake Foods opens in FiDi; report on new raw-food restaurant; Seaport sign called a "blight"; 1 White for sale; World Trade Center security; Freedom Tower racism; American Flatbread review; Chambers real estate; daycare center closing. / 1 comment
Courtesy of StreetEasy, these are the properties whose sales were "recorded" by the city in the past seven days (ending 12/29/12)—the sales may have taken place earlier. One is a longstanding restaurant....
Found the article with that quote. https://www.amny.com/news/fashions-private-eye-targets-canal-st-s-counterfeit-bags/ The article dates back to 2008, and yet no progress has been made... — Marcus / What can be done about counterfeit vendors?
Good point. I remember there was an old interview when the interviewer asked one of the junk buyers, "Did you... — Marcus / What can be done about counterfeit vendors?
It's pretty easy to prove theses are illegal goods, when was the last time you saw a Louis Vuitton or... — S / What can be done about counterfeit vendors?
The headline says "few" but I haven't seen any others. Are there? — mulciber / What’s to do about the few remaining illegal smoke shops?
Maybe it should be illegal to buy the goods. Of course, it's difficult to prove that a buyer knew they... — Marcus / What can be done about counterfeit vendors?
Would love to help. Honest question. What can we do? — Randy / What can be done about counterfeit vendors?
"Zero tolerance" is right. That requires consistent enforcement: Every time police see this happening, seize the goods, fine the vendor.... — Marcus / What can be done about counterfeit vendors?