Plus: White Street restaurant opening dates; 30 Park Place penthouse floor plans; hope for quieting the ferry horns; another Diane von Furstenberg store; Anna Deavere Smith.
Plus: Hamptons fitness studio opening in Tribeca; Park Place tower and Islamic museum progressing; shirt of bin Laden's killer to go on display; men's swimwear at Brookfield Place; Alexander Wang; new FiDi Greenmarkets. / 1 comment
Plus: Opening forecasts for Northern Tiger, Amada, the Smyth's restaurant, and more; update on Brookfield Place's Le District (including restaurant names); BFX Studio is opening in FiDi; Trinity Church supersized its new glass tower; 81 White loft.
Plus: Storefronts in the PATH passageway; another likely new nail salon; children's store opens tomorrow; 1 Vandam curtain wall; Robert Janz collages. / 2 comments
At two buildings in Tribeca. Plus: One more reason to open Greenwich Street in the World Trade Center; bike path by Brookfield Place a year from opening; Seaport plan moving forward; Blue School middle school; Jay Williams renting on Thomas Street; 1WTC art; east Soho bakery.
A.k.a. the "French Eataly." Plus: Nike Court sign-ups; what's coming to the Jerry's Café space?; beach tennis tournament; Floating Library at the Lilac; Gregory's Coffee opening on Hudson; 354 Broadway roof construction; Franklin Street topper.
Plus: Baked is now saying it'll debut in October; 56 Leonard's concave bits; the Silver Sliver seen from above; Brazilian gelato; Warren 77's new sign; Sterling Mason commercial space; Brookfield Place construction; tennis court. / 4 comments
I tried it both ways: at the fast-casual assembly line and the expensive-for-its-setting counter. / 1 comment
Plus: Mas (la Grillade) has closed for a rethink; virtual walking tour of Tribeca architecture; Brookfield may sell a stake in Brookfield Place; Holiday Inn opening soon.
Plus: Menus for Blue Ribbon Sushi Bar; Chambers Street mailboxes return; that unfinished part of Hudson River Park. / 2 comments
Plus: Takeout at Blue Ribbon Sushi Bar; James Ellroy in person; southeast Tribeca's mailboxes to be returned. / 7 comments
Plus: The history of "unadorned beauty" 135 Hudson; kids sneak onto yachts; World Trade Center ship's origins discovered; fitness guru Taryn Toomey; new FiDi cocktail bar; another Duxiana. / 1 comment
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SOUND CAMERAS!!! — Pier / The neighborhood’s camera infrastructure
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