Plus: The story behind the recent Battery Park City representation legislation (including the resident who hired a lobbyist); South Ferry subway station to open imminently; Edward Albee's art collection to be auctioned. / 3 comments
State Senator Daniel Squadron's bill mandating that at least two of the seven Battery Park City Authority board appointments are residents of Battery Park City passed the Senate yesterday—now Governor Andrew Cuomo just has to sign it. / 1 comment
Plus: Amazon is buying Whole Foods; back to normal at the Amish Market; Brooklyn Flea opens this weekend at Sixth and Watts; mega-yacht blocking views of the Statue of Liberty; Piora owner's mother was the founder of Kori. / 6 comments
Plus: World Trade Center mall 20% unleased; the menu at Tetsu will have four burgers; thief masqueraded as construction worker; Battery Park City consultants get renewed. / 1 comment
Plus: The Battery Park City Authority's new CFO is leaving already; the Fuku chicken-sandwich restaurant should open next week; Reade Street conversion update; five new members of Community Board 1.
Plus: A glimpse of what the top of 3 World Trade Center will look like; update on the Thom Browne women's store; free admission to the Museum of Jewish Heritage for Battery Park City residents; "the materiality of projected light" at Lubov. / 7 comments
Plus: Thefts in the area, including a few at Brookfield Place; the push to get locals on the Battery Park City Authority board; panel discussion of Tribeca developers; Ugo Rondinone art festival.
Plus: Bouley Test Kitchen has moved uptown; the Department of Transportation will reverse traffic on several FiDi streets (and add a diagonal crosswalk); ferry riders forced to wait an hour because boats were full; Wagner Park plan upsets Community Board 1 members; Brooklyn Bridge drill causes concern. / 2 comments
Plus: New FiDi school will open at least three years late; a Tribecan bringing serious coffee to Midtown; new restaurant opening where Soho bar Milady's was; Rockaway ferry to launch on May 1. / 1 comment
"I found these cars parked behind Stuyvesant High School last Thursday. This area used to be a car-free haven. I find it dismaying that there are cars there, particularly by the water." —H. / 9 comments
The Battery Park City Authority released its first proposals for increasing flood resiliency. The biggest changes are to Wagner Park, which will get a reconceived pavilion and a footbridge, but there will also be new walls and other barriers throughout the neighborhood.
Plus: "Fearless Girl" extended; three-car accident at West and Murray; the city's first new ferry got stuck in Florida; By Chloe's chef has left the company; the Battery Park City Authority's bond rating. / 5 comments
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
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
Truly sad. Got our son's first "Tribeca Cool Kids" clothes there 15 years ago (on sale!) and they couldn't have... — Downtown Dad Again / Koh’s Kids on Greenwich has closed