Plus: Checking in at North End Grill; construction kitten update; Franklin Place cantilever; Federal Plaza water feature; Global Beat Festival giveaway; Bogardus Plaza popularity; liquor store's new home. / 2 comments
Should it have a stage that doubles as a bench? Egg-shaped seating that reflects the neighborhood's history? A path cutting through the existing garden? Check out the trio of concepts presented last night and weigh in. / 10 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.
And reservations, too. Plus: Bogardus Plaza design meeting; Reade Chambers sales office; Canvas in Soho closed; something up at 42 Walker?; Dover Street Market.
Plus: New rendering of Brookfield Place; Hudson River Park reaches out; subscribe. / 1 comment
Plus: Touring 93 Worth; Greenwich closed for crane this weekend; Duane Park event postponed till Sunday; Trisha Brown Dance Company appears to be leaving; Roti Mediterranean Grill opening in FiDi. / 1 comment
A handful of local groups are mulling the idea of banning cars from the block of W. Broadway between Franklin and Leonard—the one flanked by the Con Ed substation—and merging it into Finn Square. / 10 comments
Plus: New west Soho restaurant; pet theater; 93 Worth sales update; FiDi Thai review. / 1 comment
Realizing I almost never take photos of people I see on the street, I vowed to attempt more street photography. / 6 comments
Plus: Duane Park reopens on the Bowery; sanitation garage fallout; crunching a Seaport loft sale: Pret a Manger closes. / 8 comments
Also on Community Board 1's March agendas: The proposed Hudson River Park tax; Fresh Direct's ever-present trucks; public art in Tribeca Park; Bogardus Plaza; 502 Canal; a big Broadway cultural project; and more. / 1 comment
Craig Bero showed me around the Cosmopolitan Café's Secret Room, where he displays some of the many treasures he has gathered from around the neighborhood. "That hole outside?" he says of the Chambers Street dig. "I was in there last night." / 7 comments
While I imagine there may be more risk with a small developer, over 90% of the time the problem is... — Reademan / Update on the Dinosaurs of Tribeca: Unfinished buildings and abandoned lots
Thanks, Barrie. :) — Tribeca Citizen / Update on the Dinosaurs of Tribeca: Unfinished buildings and abandoned lots
Pam… you are a TriBeCa TREASURE…THANK YOU FOR ALL YOU RESEARCH AND REPORTING in the interest of the rest of... — Barrie Mandel / Update on the Dinosaurs of Tribeca: Unfinished buildings and abandoned lots
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The stability of existing structures can be affected by nearby construction work. We saw that on Park Place with the... — Gary / Update on the Dinosaurs of Tribeca: Unfinished buildings and abandoned lots
We all know the classic definition of insanity... trying the same thing over and over, hoping for a different result.... — Makes You Go Hmmmm.... / Bogardus kiosk is back to square one
Since the Starbucks has closed, how about a coffee stand. Not necessarily another Starbucks, but a nice stand with could... — CR / Bogardus kiosk is back to square one