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: How to complain about Academy buses; Pier 17 holdout; Occupy Wall Street march; Oktoberfest; 56 Warren deep dive.
Also on this month's CB1 agendas: A caviar store/bar on Murray; new restaurants in the 35 Thai and Kidville spaces; a big new fitness facility; those annoying Academy buses; the 5 Beekman hotel; and much more. / 1 comment
Plus: Another Front Street restaurant said to be moving; Academy bus scourge; about those bridge flowers; cranes to close Greenwich for two weekends; filming on Duane; crosswalk mixed messages. / 5 comments
Plus: New Mexican restaurant; another bank closing; carousel update; East River Ferry petition; another juice option; furniture store remodeling; idling buses; subway stair delay.
"With increased frequency over the past several months, Academy commuter buses have begun parking on the south side of Laight between Hudson and Greenwich leading up to the evening rush hour. Has the city expanded the 'idling zone' for commuter buses in Tribeca?" UPDATE: What CB1 says. / 6 comments
According to this rendering there could be. Plus: Chipotle update; no-right-on-red answer from the DOT; "White Collar" filming; Trees for Tribeca; Academy buses idling on Laight. / 3 comments
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