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Seen & Heard: North End Grill’s Outdoor Bar
Plus: Opening forecast for the BMCC pool; new kosher deli; Gelsey Kirkland's ballet school moving to DUMBO; Collect Pond Park update; custom T-shirts.
Is the BMCC Site Still in Play?
If Related Companies succeeds in its plan to move the BMCC campus, we could end up with a wall of glass buildings like the dreadful Trump ones on the Upper West Side. / 30 comments
Seen & Heard: BMCC Swimming Pool Update
Plus: Timeline for the latest big Broadway condominium; Henrybuilt opening on Crosby; is N. Moore conversion stalled?; "Where in Tribeca...?" still unanswered; R & Company exhibits; a rave for "Hedwig." / 4 comments
Seen & Heard: Affordable Housing Guide
Plus: Tonight's Community Board 1 meeting postponed; BMCC pool update; "The Very Hungry Caterpillar"; Front Art Space show. / 1 comment
Seen & Heard: The Harrison’s Bar Has a New Home
Plus: Auction at Josephine; fireworks tonight for New Year's Eve; dispiriting news about the BMCC swimming pool. / 3 comments
My Own Little Metropolitan Diary
I keep a journal of odd/amusing interactions—akin to the New York Times’s “Metropolitan Diary,” but less fit for print. / 8 comments
Nosy Neighbor: Are These New Trees Dying?
"Great to see a new 'avenue of trees' planted outside BMCC on West Street. After they were planted last week, however, it seems they are not being sufficiently watered and they appear to be dying already!" —J. / 2 comments
In the News: Downtown’s Next Tower
Plus: Theory at Brookfield Place; artist Jane Dickson; no Danny Meyer at Pier 26; the National Archives; Bavaria Beerhaus to open in FiDi; BMCC renews at Greenwich location.
In the News: A Foxy New Neighbor for the World Trade Center
Plus: Pier 25 reopening in May; Drybar review; Franklin Street chocolate shop/restaurant kiboshed; Bridge Café fundraising drive; Go Go Curry opening date; Baba Ghanouge in FiDi; would BMCC consider moving north?
Inside the New Fiterman Hall
BMCC's new Fiterman Hall—replacing the one irreparably damaged on 9/11—opened yesterday, so I moseyed over for a peek. Anyone with a staircase fetish is in for a treat. / 4 comments
Back to School: Exploring BMCC
I imagine most of you haven't been inside the Borough of Manhattan Community College—or if you have, you haven't gone very deep. So let's check it out, shall we? / 1 comment
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Based on recent openings in the neighborhood, it seems the fad has moved from cookies to savory carbs like bagels... — N / Chip City has closed permanently
The Reade St commercial parking is probably an artifact of over 20 years ago when there was plenty of commercial... — N / In the News: Hunting down parking placard abuses
Yes, and the vagrants on Canal Street need to go, too. — James / Seen & Heard: Wayfinding for a counterfeit bazaar
SW -- I have written extensively about "micromobility" harms. I have called for reforms that could help "powered" bikes and... — Komanoff / In the News: Hunting down parking placard abuses
Looking forward to them opening, but still laughing at the idea that they are going to put seats in that... — N / Update: Carnegie Diner at 200 Chambers
I don't know what the legal speed on Chambers is, But the cameras do not trigger unless one is going... — Sandy / In the News: Hunting down parking placard abuses
Komanoff: “Driving and drivers are by far and away the bigger threat” when compared to bikes and e-bikes? I’m aware... — SW / In the News: Hunting down parking placard abuses