Plus: Cuomo signs Battery Park City Authority bill; volleyball tournament starts today; the Resident Healer program at the Four Seasons hotel; history of a Walker Street building. / 2 comments
Plus: South End Avenue discussion; Verve Wine opening West Coast store; 3 World Trade Center is just over a third leased; local radio broadcast.
Plus: The history of 40 Hudson; dancing in unison; amendment to Battery Park City Authority board legislation now with Cuomo; the training vessel Sagres was in New York Harbor.
Plus: Operator of crane during fatal accident has his license revoked; bootleggers and other tenants at a Canal Street building over the years.
Also on Community Board 1's May agendas: A change to Buddha Bar's liquor-license application; another nightclub proposed for the Haus space; Peck Slip Park design; Greca's sidewalk café; more. / 1 comment
Plus: Sidewalk doohickey on Duane; "Faces Places," the wonderful documentary by Agnès Varda and JR; Peter Roehr show at Ortuzar Projects; Battery Park City's Golden Jubilee. / 2 comments
Plus: A visit to Langdon Florist's new shop; survey about wayfinding signage; Proper Food and mystery restaurant opening on Wall Street; the history of 1 Maiden Lane. / 4 comments
Plus: Another Starbucks; poems to magically appear on rainy days; the new building at Washington and Desbrosses (and musing about what comes next); "The Good Fight" shoot. / 1 comment
Plus: Driverless car kills pedestrian in Arizona; Garces Group statement about the closing of Amada; studying the visitors to Battery Park City's parks. / 2 comments
Plus: Restrictions attached to Battery Park City board representation; Frenchette's spicy chicken; Harry's Café and Steak renovation; more on Andrew Carmellini's Seaport restaurant; Sessanta to turn French; questions for the Battery Park City Authority. / 3 comments
Plus: How Amazon is changing Whole Foods; rent-regulated apartments in Lower Manhattan; facial massage; actor buys in Tribeca; how rich people feel about carpets; questions for the new BPCA president. / 7 comments
Plus: New sister restaurants for Dark Horse Tavern and Akimoto Sushi; Scott Stringer's proposal for Battery Park City income; when Tammany Hall was on Nassau Street. / 14 comments
No tolerance for intolerance. Thanks, Heide, for keeping up the good fight and for the links. — malcolm / Nosy Neighbor: Is Hobby Lobby taking the entire second floor?
No. Two different triangles. — Tribeca Citizen / Sidewalks around Finn Square will be replaced
No. — Tribeca Citizen / Nosy Neighbor: Is Hobby Lobby taking the entire second floor?
Wow, Karen, stunningly ugly paintings. But hey, I guess you're part of that ‘tolerant’ generation—as long as everyone falls in... — reality bites / Nosy Neighbor: Is Hobby Lobby taking the entire second floor?
https://www.aclu-wa.org/blog/hobby-lobby-decision-imposing-religious-beliefs-employees This is not the only place downtown where you can buy beads and yarn. Michaels, Blick SoHo Art Materials... — Heide Fasnacht / Nosy Neighbor: Is Hobby Lobby taking the entire second floor?
May I cast a vote for play equipment improvements for PS 124. I was involved in getting an upgrade for... — PTA president / Vote for funding for Barnett Newman Triangle and PS 234
Just a reminder for readers of a few of the egregious/crazy things Hobby Lobby has done.... and this is by... — Sara / Nosy Neighbor: Is Hobby Lobby taking the entire second floor?