The store inside the base of the BNY Mellon building closed with no ceremony or warning. / 8 comments
Plus storefront windows converted to billboards; three new Indian restaurants in Fidi; BNY Mellon is out at least till Jan. 1. / 1 comment
The bank plans to create an enhanced public plaza at Murray and West as well as improved streetscapes along Greenwich and Murray. But it is also proposing to eliminate the POPs inside its lobby. / 14 comments
Plus: Chef Paul Liebrandt extends his stay at Racines; another visit to the BNY Mellon lobby; 30 Warren's curtain wall; Burger N Grill closed by Health Department; new shows at Sapar Contemporary and Soho Photo. / 1 comment
Will Tribecans find themselves drawn there? Probably not. But I suspect that BNY Mellon is wary of students from BMCC and Stuyvesant camping out in the lobby, even though they have every right to be there—24 hours a day. / 18 comments
Plus: What's happening in the old Maserati showroom; hair-removal salon on Duane appears open; sidewalk seating at Khe-Yo; enforcing the rules for semi-public spaces; yoga studio finally gets signage; "Tape" shoot. / 1 comment
Plus: Community Board 1 votes against four street fairs (but allows its own); film attendance is down at the Tribeca Film Festival; hope for two-way tolls on the Verrazano Bridge; the life of a food-cart vendor. / 16 comments
The Historic Districts Council led a tour of the 1930 Ralph Walker Art Deco building, home to two extraordinary spaces: a glamorous aerie and Hildreth Meière's Red Room. / 4 comments
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Apparently Chip City shuttered all 20+ of its retail locations this week. — James Bogardus / Cookies coming to 325 Greenwich
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Spas……we need more nail spas. — Francesco / Starbucks at West Broadway and Chambers will close tomorrow
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