AT&T, which owns the monolithic Long Lines Building on Church, has applied to the city for a permit to develop the private lot just east of the building. / 10 comments
No more outdoor space for walking, eating, sitting, pondering. It doesn’t seem so neighborly for an urban center of space to be used for free parking and private usage. / 12 comments
I've been fortunate to get inside a lot of wonderful buildings around here, but there are still many that I'm dying to check out. Are you in a position to invite me over? / 1 comment
Plus: Joe & the Juice rumor quashed; Broadway storefront being used as an event space; additions to Community Board 1's agendas; midnight sidewalk construction; "Bull" shoot; wonderful Peter Hujar show at the Morgan Library. / 5 comments
Plus: Another sales office on Leonard; Washington Market Park's summer concert series; zoning forbids Pret's proposed sidewalk café; in the Seaport, an eyeglass store is opening and a kids' shop closed (and no sign of Van Leeuwen Ice Cream); Tom Hanks's fear of a Tribeca building. / 3 comments
Plus: Saks Fifth Avenue reviewed; Joe café to open in the World Trade Center mall next month; did City Hall lose a painting of Alexander Hamilton? / 4 comments
Know where this was shot? Prove it. / 8 comments
Plus: Pizza joint opens just north of Canal; 3 World Trade Center is starting to block 4 World Trade Center; the spray-painted sidewalk on Church; 56 Leonard curtain wall; new Greenwich Street condo is above ground-level. / 1 comment
Plus: AT&T Long Lines plaza used for parking; Duane Reade gets a new storefront; Imperial Coffee House's temporary closing (and likely fate); cork recycling. / 4 comments
Plus: Strange white thing atop the AT&T Long Lines Building; Cary Building scaffolding; Pearl River Mart tea balcony and fart bombs; Albany Street Plaza; Franklin Place; Taymour Grahne exhibit; 2 Renwick; James Ellroy. / 5 comments
I have never been able to reach anyone... — Tribeca Citizen / Seen & Heard: Powell Building gets preservation award
Thank you for answering this question. I have been wondering about this for years. I wrote City Hall about this... — FG / Nosy Neighbor: What happened to the gas lamps at City Hall Park?
It's a great time then to quit eggs for good, considering the cruel horrors of the egg industry. — Marcus / In the News: Today’s deadline for congestion pricing
I believe the "deadline" was extended by 30 days (or the end of month, can't quite remember..) — B.Thompson / In the News: Today’s deadline for congestion pricing
Duffy is flailing at this point. He knows the Feds have no case to rescind the approval, so it's all... — malcolm / In the News: Today’s deadline for congestion pricing
Nick Cave is amazing and the showing of his art in this incredible space is spectacular - don't miss seeing... — Franklin Foodie / Art in Tribeca: Nick Cave at the Jack Shainman Gallery
The filed alteration costs shown in the DoB records are ludicrously low: $150,000 for 6,000 SF of architectural renovations plus... — James / Seen & Heard: Honoring Downtown’s noted immigrants