The New Amsterdam branch library, which closed in May 2018 for renovations, will be back open for in-person services along with the rest of the system.
Plus kids can learn to make comics at the BPC library; a lecture on Democratic Socialism; a capella at Tribeca PAC; a group show at Alexander and Bonin.
Plus: The Battery Park City library branch has reopened; Tribeca Art Night is this week; a question about the Worth Street reconstruction; "Tribeca at Dusk" tour from the Municipal Art Society; Stillfried Wien floor sale. / 1 comment
Plus: Lights out at the Statue of Liberty; recidivist teenage skyscraper climber; painted-body portraits; Landmarc's Marc Murphy sues the new Seagram Building restaurant. / 8 comments
Plus: 5 Franklin Place unstalled; Battery Park City Library closes to redo the balcony; JPMorgan Chase to keep plaza closed for a long time; lobster-roll joint closes.
Plus: White powder at two schools; child falls at Battery Park City Library; more on the 50 Varick photo studio plans; how Sarabeth Levine eats; Governors Island events.
Plus: Big sale at Dietz Lantern Building; One York in the "cold light of now"; the lawsuit against New York Law School; the BPC library's new manager.
Plus: More on La Colombe's new bottled coffee; Marc Forgione expands; Brushstroke rave; a bathroom at 92 Laight; 249 Church loft sale; BPC Library story; shopping for footstools.
Bureaucracy triumphs again! Plus: Hope for neglected 12 Warren; lunch at Duane Reade, Korean kiosk; Deutsche Bank fire acquittal; Moran's and Wall Street Burger Shoppe closing; WFC mall closings; corporate support for Vesey crosswalk; hotel site sold; P.S. 234 preps for 9/11. / 2 comments
Plus: The dog skeleton in Tom Otterness's closet; big media tenant at 100 Church; Brushstroke; 471 Washington sales report. / 1 comment
Plus: Momofuku at Goldman Sachs; New tenants at 185 Franklin; more on the Tribeca Twelve halfway house; Pier A renderings; Stuzzicheria chef departs; pan-Asian restaurant Koko; divorcée party. / 1 comment
Plus: Tragedy at 101 Warren; lions for BPC library?; Death & Co. spinoff details; Citigroup; Independence Plaza senior center at risk; gym and theater on Warren?; 471 Washington; Pace dorm drama.
Welcome to the neighborhood! Hope this will survive and do well here. Good to have in the neighborhood. — Marcus / There’s a new grocery store on Canal
The covered area in front of the GS building with Shake Shack on the corner. — B / Seen & Heard: Friedmans coming to Goldman breezeway
As a resident on the south side of the park, I am concerned about an expansion that would make an... — Elizabeth / Friends of Duane Park is seeking input on a bigger footprint
Can somebody please tell me where the Goldman Breezeway is? — Sherri Rosen / Seen & Heard: Friedmans coming to Goldman breezeway
I walked by a couple times assuming it was another illegal cannabis dispensary because of the name and the location.... — AJ / There’s a new grocery store on Canal
+1 re: Finn Square. But for this to be successful, we also need the neighborhood and the city to address... — Red / Friends of Duane Park is seeking input on a bigger footprint
I saw the TikTok describing it as "the new Erewhon of NYC" and had high hopes, but inside it felt... — TR / There’s a new grocery store on Canal