Plus: The condition of the boys in the attack at the ball fields; New York Law School's financial situation; West Thames Bridge is moving to "the build phase"; tenants suing landlords over rent stabilization promised in exchange for tax abatement; no Evacuation Day honor. / 3 comments
The security guard was useless. Plus: What's next for Shinola; condo across from the Holland Tunnel entrance will be even bigger; Community Board 1 asks Cuomo to appoint locals to the Battery Park City Authority; police blotter. / 14 comments
Plus: The board member who lives in New Jersey has apparently left the BPCA; another two-story topper on Jay; pharma profiteer Martin Shkreli ordered $120 tea at Brushstroke to impress a date; alleged FiDi con artist; 86-story tower for Broad Street; Tokyo's Hotel Okura.
Plus: The story of the frieze above Harrison Street; hope dims for the East River beach; Community Board 1 to discuss requesting more local representation; discarded Christmas trees. / 7 comments
Plus: Using 460 Washington to explain the 421-a tax abatement; Howard Hughes's new Seaport District plan (also, it bought the Peck Slip Best Western); Trinity Church ticked off an artist by moving his sculpture; Rector bridge elevator semi-fixed; shoplifters steal gum, threaten stabbing; Woolworth Building in Harry Potter spin-off. / 6 comments
Plus: "Nutcracker" with a cast of 270 kids; Nest Fragrances pop-up kiosk; more questions for the Battery Park City Authority.
Plus: The history of the Ladder 8 firehouse; a New York Times editorial on the Pier 40 air-rights swap; local leaders' questions for the Battery Park City Authority; Mexican chain opens in FiDi. / 2 comments
Plus: The Port Authority will pay News Corp. and 21st Century Fox to move to 2 World Trade Center; former Sushi Azabu chef now in Harlem; Gateway Plaza window settlement; Water Street building getting demolished; Seaport District shopping; a heartwarming story. / 3 comments
Plus: Saks Fifth Avenue's Brookfield Place store hoping to open in June; America's Cup preliminary races to be held here; 1 World Trade Center in Legos; Community Board 1 vs. Battery Park City Authority. / 2 comments
It cost less to build. Plus: Park Place tower moves forward; big new Starbucks on Broadway; art collector Martin Z. Margulies; band of youths allegedly attack Seaport woman; outer-borough politicians oppose East River tolls; St. Nicholas church presentation. / 4 comments
Plus: Four Seasons restaurant isn't coming downtown; elected officials protest the Battery Park City Authority's security shift; missing Sheldon Silver; Citi executive admits accepting construction-related bribes. / 4 comments
Plus: A second Matt Bernson store; inside the corner window at W. Broadway and Worth Fountain Pen Hospital holiday expo; the Battery Park City Authority's public meeting schedule. / 7 comments
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Looking at other people = fun. Being looked at = not so fun. This is (still) a gross invasion of... — Downtown Dad Again / Giving new meaning to nosy neighbor
The photograph begs the question: when is that scaffolding coming down? Seems a very very long time that it has... — George Bacon / Starbucks at West Broadway and Chambers will close tomorrow
ITS BACK BETTER THAN EVER! BEST LOCAL PLACE FOR A DRINK AND GOOD FOOD!!! CANT WAIT FOR LUNCH!!! — AA / North Bar is closing for the summer — and will reopen as something new
Since this issue is in play again, I'll opine that the "fluid boundaries between public and private space" is an... — Gary / Giving new meaning to nosy neighbor
I think you would feel differently if your private moments with your children were being surveilled and photographed. People shouldn't... — Fiona / Giving new meaning to nosy neighbor