A coloring book of the neighborhood. Plus a calligraphy workshop and a printing demonstration at Bowne & Co., an ode to the streets of Fidi.
Can you believe it has been six months since Sandy? It may still be chewed up, but many of the businesses that make it special are back. / 4 comments
Plus: Bread Tribeca still delivering; Vestry Wines still closed; Bowne & Co. reopened; Ari Hest; 5 Beekman signage.
Plus: Resurfaced Bogardus Plaza; checking in at Bowne & Co.; Asphalt Green update; East River Ferry refreshments. / 4 comments
Plus: Pole-dancing class; the Soho burglar; Lolë fitness events; the WFC food trucks.
Plus: Another great way to dispose of your Christmas tree; more Wilderness of Wish. / 1 comment
Are parents going to be miffed? Plus: Seaport restaurant relocating; pop-up-within-a-shop; "Looking at Christmas" on TV. / 2 comments
I had never been inside Bowne & Co. Stationers, but not for any good reason (excluding that it was closed for the past nine months). So when reader Pauline pointed out that the shop had reopened, I got on over there.
We dodged a bullet. Plus: chicken teriyaki; life on a tugboat; trying to save Bowne & Co. / 1 comment
Plus: Hotel design thwarted by Landmarks; Compose reviewed; Underground Railroad; staircase demolition opposition; a loft renovation; Seaport Museum trouble; Bowne & Co.; David Burke Kitchen; Reade57; LMDC.
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