Plus: Good, cheap Chinatown massages; reimagining Christmas decor at Shinola; affordable housing in Lower Manhattan; Katie Holmes, extravagant cupcake tipper.
Plus: Many tenants announced for World Trade Center mall; Sheldon Silver's ethical laxity; more on the North Cove Marina abstention; Just Salad. / 2 comments
Plus: North Cove Marina remains in limbo; the crappy state of N. Moore Street; Collister Street rooftop addition-to-an-addition; Northern Tiger forecast; royals arriving tomorrow; Seaport tower unlikely to move south. / 5 comments
Plus: Fitness classes for kids; the Police Museum has to move again; craft cocktails at Denny's; Gateway Plaza windows.
Plus: Fifty students to a class at Peck Slip School; 3 World Trade Center gets financing; potential design for 19 Beekman; more Ryan McGinley nudes; new Andaz restaurant. / 1 comment
Plus: Church Street building to be three stories higher than thought; President Obama fundraiser visit; checking in with Pier A; Cadillac looking at Hudson Square lease; Grand Banks; another gratuitous Tribeca bashing by the New York Times.
Plus: A review of Shigure; what to do with Battery Park City Authority revenue; climate change sit-in.
Plus: World Trade Center PATH station's grand staircase; WTC retail floor plan; Trinity Church's kids' choir is holding auditions; knife assault in the Seaport; Battery Park City Authority resumes donations.
Plus: Whole Foods burger joint; how Jane Pratt eats; op-ed about Seaport development; Downtown Connection debated again; crossing West Street. / 1 comment
Plus: No hotel at 346 Broadway; Battery Park City Authority's general lack of community representation; drones in Rockefeller Park.
Plus: The argument to dissolve the Battery Park City Authority; John Kerry.
Plus: Cosmetic store Cos Bar to join the mall; fire on Broadway this morning; Le Restaurant looks back; Bâtard's construction; Stuyvesant Community Center deal.
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