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
Plus: Another look at the AT&T Death Star projections; El Vez to start serving brunch; charcoal-drawing exhibit.
For that kind of money we can do better than Odeon. But what you're seeing is a lot of businesses... — DGI / Cannabis dispensary coming to Murray
Yet the extortionists known as the MTA and DOT want to charge drivers who pay for parking, licenses, inspections, registration... — Sherri Rosen / A slew of state cannabis dispenaries are coming to the district
So people LOSE THEIR MIND about Charly Garcia getting a plaque, but no one says one thing about YET ANOTHER... — Alex / Cannabis dispensary coming to Murray
Not if you come down the FDR Drive to get to the bridge. — Tribeca Citizen / The Latest: Congestion pricing clears another hurdle
lol! All the comments here seem to come from friends of the landlord or the proposed business. Residents have input... — A casual observer / Neighbors fight restaurant proposal for Laight and Washington
Any rules about how close they can be to an elementary school? — Laura / A slew of state cannabis dispenaries are coming to the district
Quick question, I live in upper Manhattan and take the 59th street bridge to queens, will I be charged? — Jacqueline / The Latest: Congestion pricing clears another hurdle