If you're Danish, welcome to your second home. If you're not, welcome to the world of smørrebrød, small, open-face sandwiches that, at least at Aamanns, are wonderfully complex.
Plus: Apartments for the displaced; Canal Park Playhouse on the mend; new restaurant on Chambers?; more donation drop-off spots; community center volunteer day; shout-outs to Edward's and Cosmopolitan Café.
Plus: Aamanns/Copenhagen opening delayed; Matt Bernson sample sale; "Boardwalk Empire" on Tribeca; T-shirts. / 1 comment
Plus: Memphis Three documentary; pizza coming to Max; Google Street View.
Plus: Another Boomerang Toys store; Benares restaurant is close; Loopy Doopy closed till spring; "Golden Boy" and "Elementary"; retail space at Tribeca Summit and on Franklin; Cricketer's Arms. / 1 comment
Plus: Aamanns/Copenhagen update; Pier 40 meeting; "The Good Wife"; Dirty Bird's chickens; New Amsterdam Market festival; Smith & Mills and Tiny's; World of Suits awning; Pen Parentis; 15,000-square-foot retail space; Tribeca Barber Shop; fake products at Apexart. / 2 comments
Here’s a quick rundown of the shops, restaurants, and more we can expect in the next year or so (often with new info on opening dates). I highly recommend reading this post so you'll know what I'm going on about.... / 3 comments
Plus: Suzanne Vega; 7-Elevens to pop up like toxic mushrooms; Asphalt Green petition; theater critic Ben Brantley. / 10 comments
It can be hard to keep up with everything that’s coming soon (or coming eventually), so here’s a quick rundown—including fresh updates, when available. / 3 comments
It can be hard to keep up with everything that's coming soon (or coming eventually), so here’s a quick rundown. / 5 comments
Plus: Non-updates on the bathhouse and the Danish restaurant; diary workshop; cooking with a madman. / 6 comments
Plus: Aamanns/Copenhagen waiting on permits; Harrison closed for renovations; Kaffe 1668 serving breakfast; HomBoms toy store update. / 1 comment
Cars are not allowed to make right and left turns? — Marcus / The neighborhood’s camera infrastructure
Please, let me shed a tear for the poor driver who can’t make u-turns or speed. Yeah cyclists don’t pay... — Cd / The neighborhood’s camera infrastructure
A nightmare for Chinatown neighbors (and perhaps Tribeca too, if these ever open). These foolish and too small mini-jails were... — Marcus / Halting overnight work on the supertall jail on White Street
We can consistently be for: - stricter traffic enforcement against cars - stricter traffic enforcement against bicycles It's not either/or.... — Marcus / The neighborhood’s camera infrastructure
Yes, please. Wasn't this in the works? — Marcus / The neighborhood’s camera infrastructure
Whom should we be contacting then? Who has the power of these matters? Our congress and senate reps, or some... — Marcus / Canal Street ranks as one of city’s deadliest
We want Venetian gondolas — Marcus / Canal Street ranks as one of city’s deadliest