Plus a public building closed to the public; wayfinding in Chinese in Chinatown; living next to Taylor.
Plus: Inside the Color Factory pop-up; history of the building where L'Angolo is; the stalled Battery Maritime Building conversion gets a new investor; a toast to Raoul's. / 1 comment
Plus: Updated plan and renderings for the Battery Maritime Building; new Chinese restaurant in FiDi; St. Joseph's Chapel will close in January; light art at the Seaport District; WeWork's school project; Rolex taken at the Equinox. / 15 comments
Plus: More on the recent Styrofoam snowstorm; Community Board 1 to convene a housing subcommittee; Charlotte Gainsbourg is living in Tribeca.
Plus: Ichimura review; Battery Maritime Building stalled; the leak in the World Trade Center Oculus; Greenwich Street retail condo sold. / 2 comments
Plus: Where By Chloe and Scotch & Soda will be in the Seaport; woman dragged by would-be bag-snatcher; Governors Island wants to create a plaza in front of the Battery Maritime Building; man slashed on subway.
Plus: Kanye West pop-up was a dud; Battery Maritime Building redevelopment remains stalled; politician ditches community forum for a fundraiser. / 1 comment
Plus: Politicians call on the Battery Park City Authority to allow public comment at its meetings; more on 100 Franklin; Tribeca neurosurgeon accused of sexual assault; Battery Maritime Building. / 1 comment
It could be trouble during an emergency. Plus: What looks like a sweetheart deal for the Battery Maritime Building; remembering Peter Stanford, instrumental in Seaport preservation; when New York's first great hotel was on Broadway. / 1 comment
Plus: Two area bakeries honored; inside a Marc Jacobs shoe designer's apartment; eastern FiDi development; Police Museum still closed; a cruise ship.
Plus: Part of New York Fashion Week to be held in the area; checking the progress of the Battery Maritime Hotel and Mykonos-style restaurant; the Patriot's sister bar; FiDi residents vs. FedEx ramp. / 3 comments
Plus: Nightclubby Mykonos restaurant opening in Battery Maritime Building; why 5 Beekman isn't being called the Temple Court Hotel. / 3 comments
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