Plus: Checking in with exiled Manhattan Sailing School; American Thread Building analysis; bagel sign. / 2 comments
Plus: Local school cafeteria goes vegetarian; BPCA earned $167 million last year; publishing exec Judith Regan; a baby bat was trapped inside a Chase branch.
Plus: Tribeca bartenders share their view of the dating scene; Karen Lord explains Pilates machines; big Water Street residential conversion; the dearth of local representation in Battery Park City. / 3 comments
Plus: The New York Times re-reviews North End Grill and Blue Smoke; subway suicide; thief wielding a box cutter.
Plus: Park lawn to get fake grass; pushing to extradite Fraunces Tavern bomber; Sheldon Silver temporarily gives up the reins.
Plus: The North Cove Marina meeting (and Michael Fortenbaugh's next move); a peek inside Le District; urging Sheldon Silver to step down; reviving the Gehry Guggenheim design?; local man appointed to Landmarks. / 1 comment
Plus: Update on L'Atelier de Joël Robuchon at Brookfield Place; New York Academy of Art students "give faces" to unidentified crime victims; Añejo burglar strikes in FiDi; 50 West architect. / 5 comments
Where's the money? Plus: Battery Park City Authority chair accused of conflict of interest; Chopping Block sandwich restaurant opens in FiDi; Taylor Swift, supermarket equestrienne.
Plus: Burger chain Schnippers opening in FiDi; North Cove Marina docks removed; City Hall Park's black squirrels; Arcade Bakery praise. / 8 comments
Plus: Battery Park City Authority's outsourced security; photographers Barbara Mensch and Eugene de Salignac; the long, rich history of 42-44 Broad.
Plus: North Cove Marina locked down; investigating the proposed benefits of the Seaport redo; ethically challenged Sheldon Silver; Pier 17 rendering. / 6 comments
Plus: Fashion designer Wes Gordon; Community Board 1 meeting about the Seaport; North Cove Marina proposals unreleased.
Even though the location was busy, the setup isn’t aligned with the renewed architectural focus of the brand. There is... — Matt / Starbucks at West Broadway and Chambers will close tomorrow
Spas……we need more nail spas. — Francesco / Starbucks at West Broadway and Chambers will close tomorrow
You are absolutely right. Tribeca has become a soulless land of chain cafés, spas and orthodontists. All about Tribeca moms... — R. / Starbucks at West Broadway and Chambers will close tomorrow
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