Plus: Peck Slip School brouhaha escalates; new music club being "hosted" at Caviarteria; looking for Zelda photos; 2 N. Moore mansion back on the market. / 1 comment
Plus: Community "media center" cut by a third and moved to basement; Pier 40 deal still being covered up; Beekman crowns are postmodern; Michael Stipe sells; North Cove Marina; Sketchers guy buys; Zac Posen is late on his rent. / 4 comments
Plus: Battery Park carousel delayed till next spring; this weekend's LGBT pride events; Church Street School fundraising; 56 Leonard update; Chanterelle's early days; Soho Square; another FiDi tower.
Plus: Checking in on the Battery Park seashell carousel; World Trade Center armadillo sports more quills; good deal on Pilates; "Cutie and the Boxer."
Plus: Nirvana International's moving sale; Michelle Obama dines out in Tribeca again; Desbrosses question; Washington Market restaurant update; Racines NY on OpenTable; free "As You Like It"; buildings to be lit red.
Plus: Forecast for Masa's Tetsu restaurant; the grand old New York Mercantile Exchange building on Harrison; Trinity Wall Street music festival; Battery Park carousel RFP; Roberta Freymann sample sale. / 2 comments
Plus: Tribeca gym owner tells of racial taunts while a police diver; Gateway Plaza residents mobilizing; custom perfumer on Franklin; big plans for a FiDi building; Bogardus Plaza.
Plus: Cortlandt Alley topper sent back to drawing board; "Sphere" sculpture moved; the poor South Street Seaport Museum.
Plus: Objections to closing the Stuyvesant community center; Vesey bridge halfway down; extremely ambitious high school students.
Plus: "Where in Tribeca...?" answer; Battery Urban Farm helping God's Love We Deliver; café seating at Saleya. / 1 comment
Plus: 22 Thames could be very tall; renderings of the Leonard's interiors; new FiDi beer garden; a long look at the South Street Seaport; beekeeping in Battery Park; police blotter. / 2 comments
Plus: A sassy business; what to call 1 World Trade Center?; election drama at Stuyvesant; bees in Battery Park; overheard in Tribeca; street vendors miffed at Citi Bike; "scary sale" at 19 Hubert.
Found the article with that quote. https://www.amny.com/news/fashions-private-eye-targets-canal-st-s-counterfeit-bags/ The article dates back to 2008, and yet no progress has been made... — Marcus / What can be done about counterfeit vendors?
Good point. I remember there was an old interview when the interviewer asked one of the junk buyers, "Did you... — Marcus / What can be done about counterfeit vendors?
It's pretty easy to prove theses are illegal goods, when was the last time you saw a Louis Vuitton or... — S / What can be done about counterfeit vendors?
The headline says "few" but I haven't seen any others. Are there? — mulciber / What’s to do about the few remaining illegal smoke shops?
Maybe it should be illegal to buy the goods. Of course, it's difficult to prove that a buyer knew they... — Marcus / What can be done about counterfeit vendors?
Would love to help. Honest question. What can we do? — Randy / What can be done about counterfeit vendors?
"Zero tolerance" is right. That requires consistent enforcement: Every time police see this happening, seize the goods, fine the vendor.... — Marcus / What can be done about counterfeit vendors?