Plus: The Bolton's store on Broadway is closing; the population "heartbeat" of Manhattan; shows opening this week at Art Projects International and Bortolami.
Plus: The kosher restaurant opening on Hudson makes it past Community Board 1; video of Lower Manhattan in 1993; Art Projects International's 25th anniversary show; two-person show at Cheryl Hazan. / 2 comments
Plus: "Star Trek" promotion; children's portraiture; a new show of paintings by Il Lee; more info on the Louis Vuitton pop-up museum; sad turn for Bouley-related landscaping. / 1 comment
Plus: Parking-placard vigilante; a brief placard census in Tribeca; 12 Warren neighbor lashes out online; Soo Im Lee at Art Projects International; checking in on the new building at Canal and Greene. / 10 comments
Plus: The view from inside 187 Franklin's flaming façade; skeleton at City Hall Park; Blue Ribbon Federal Grill signage; group show about "the nature of presence"; the history of Franklin Place. / 3 comments
Plus: Tutto Il Giorno is now open for weekend brunch (with entertainment for the bambini); eyesore newsstands; Citi's renovation is underway in earnest; Il Lee prints at Art Projects International. / 9 comments
Plus: Report on the hearing about limiting tour buses; police officers on last weekend's loud Broadway rally; Downtown Alliance's annual plant giveaway; the first Tribeca Art Night; "Law & Order: SVU." / 8 comments
Plus: Cortlandt Alley condo conversion revealed; Il Lee retrospective; "Botany under Influence" at Apexart; Lacoste promotion; visiting a former Tribecan's restaurant in the country.
Plus: Gwyneth's likely guest apartment also hits the market; Squadron pushes the state senate to insist on local representation for the Battery Park City Authority; New York City Half Marathon street closures; art exhibit of and about drawings. / 1 comment
Plus: The new salon on Jay has a name; Num Pang opens on Water Street today; pretty exhibit at Art Projects International; revival of a play about a Bouley reservationist; the Flying Karamazov Brothers. / 1 comment
Plus: The ground-floor bar at the Trump Soho has a new theme; "Deceptively Simple" art exhibit; Lot 77 café appears closed; the annual Dine Around Downtown is coming up; "Beyond Myth" paintings. / 5 comments
("Reconstruction" first means destruction.) Plus: Clarification about NBA/Nike temporary complex; a new local source for broth; souvenir shop closing; MLK Day service opportunity; Skin Gym pop-up in the Seaport; Art Projects International show.
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