Plus: Time to stop calling it "Ground Zero"; $64 million lawsuit over mold; farm pests; delays at West Thames Park; CB1 feels left out. / 1 comment
The fences come via the Met. Plus: Little league festivities; dissecting a sale at 101 Warren; Pier A oyster farm; Korin.
Your new neighbor. Plus: 9/11 remains; La Colombe "extremist"; new CB1 members; Battery Park sculptures; Hunger Feast; Skyscraper Museum show; Tribeca Film Festival founder Q&A; Patrick Wilson; Good Girls ad agency. / 1 comment
Plus: Pier A agita; Fulton Street Transit Center on schedule; lobster cart menu and opening date; Battery Park's turkey-shaped farm; e.e. cummings's desk. / 1 comment
The funky stuff sprouting at Battery Park includes the pinwheel-shaped Dutch Pavilion (opening in two months), a cool relief map of 1660 New Amsterdam, and a sexy bench. Too bad two trees had to be cut down, though, to make room for the carousel. / 4 comments
Plus: Marc Forgione; new 9/11 exhibit; One World Trade; P.S. 276.
This will perk up your Monday morning: Renderings galore of the gorgeous marine-themed carousel being built at Battery Park, due to be completed by the end of the year. / 1 comment
Plus: 195 Broadway lobby revamp; rosé in winter; reviving Water Street; Nassau Street vacant lot for sale; more hotels?; India House selling its art; policing 9/11 memorabilia; Winter Garden stairs; Condé Nast.
Plus: Battery Park dog update; Bowlmor's Tribeca Loft nightclub; Frank Gehry at 8 Spruce Street.
Plus: Salt shed opposition; more on new Weather Up bar; dog owners want leash-free Battery Park; keeping up with the Kardashians. / 3 comments
The Spot's Dan Rubenstein answers questions about the neighborhood—including a recent tourist-shop purchase and which building is "awesome."
As exciting as the first and second floors were, the high point—indeed!—was the clocktower, up a narrow spiral staircase at the far end of the second floor.
Some big neighborhood news from the Post: https://nypost.com/2025/11/09/business/carnegie-diner-owner-expanding-to-chambers-street/ — Reademan / Seen & Heard: Tre Sorelle has reopened
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