Plus only a third of Citi employees want to return to the office; a new restaurant opens mid-pandemic in the Dominick; a celebration of women in landscape architecture.
Scheduled to be done sometime next year, the new Citigroup headquarters will house 12,000 employees into a space that used to hold 9,000.
Plus: Construction of Citi's ferry dock is underway; Church sidewalk nears completion; a peek inside Chipotle; the Jeff Koons sculpture is being refurbished; 111 Murray's hoist is coming down.
Plus: Community Board 1 wants Citi to let little league players use its ferry; commercial rent-control bill being debated by the city council; Au Cheval forecast. / 1 comment
Plus: Loft-peep a Tribeca four-bedroom; Naomi Watts's art collection; Bradley Cooper bought a Village townhouse; history of a Duane Street building; ticker-tape parades; Republican candidate for state senate. / 1 comment
Also on Community Board 1's October agendas: Landmarks-related changes to buildings on Duane and Walker; something involving liquor at Chipotle; naming a block after an NYPD officer killed in Iraq; the plans for a pedestrian park at Sixth and Church; more. / 5 comments
Plus: Memorial for Imogen Roche; brunch at A Summer Day Café; Two Hands merchandise; two interesting shows at R & Company; CB1 to discuss Citigroup's private ferry at Pier 25. / 2 comments
Plus: New York Times takes two stars away from Nobu; Citi Bike to test motorized bicycles; Citigroup is launching a private ferry between Pier 25 and Jersey City; Square Diner. / 7 comments
Plus: Citigroup missed a chance to hide mechanicals; Over the Rhine in concert; World Cup events at 28 Liberty; "Ray Donovan" shoots; Morgenstern's sweatshirt. / 6 comments
Plus: A retail renaissance?; Tribeca family's "hoverboard-friendly" home; the Stadium Goods sneaker resale shop; an attorney's pied-à-terre; Citigroup employee stops kid from running into the street; the views from a 56 Leonard penthouse; 9/11 compensation claims.
Plus: Chipotle explanation; the Vitamin Shoppe is stocked with merchandise; Citigroup starts the final facade; progress on the plaza south of the World Trade Center Oculus; likely Hyundai commercial shoot. / 2 comments
Plus: The city's Derelict Bicycle Removal Program; "What a Little Moonlight Can Do" at Steven Amedee; check-cashing service rebranded; Shun Yi Association on White Street. / 2 comments
This is an amazing tribute. She deserves high recognition. Thank you Madelyn. — j. / Madelyn Wils will leave post at Hudson River Park
@GC is so right. Let's add Madelyn's leadership after 9/11, not only getting our battered downtown all kinds of services... — Komanoff / Madelyn Wils will leave post at Hudson River Park
Great that you gave Madelyn some of the praises she well deserves. — GC / Madelyn Wils will leave post at Hudson River Park
Wasn't it a pizza place? — GC / Upscale farm-to-table Mexican may come to IPN storefront
That spark dome is awesome. It’s not in the cards for me but I’m basking in imagination. — j. / Seen & Heard: Oculus closed in the wee hours
77 Warren Street Bar and it’s cold! Regards, Sonia — SONIA STOCK / Where in Tribeca?
The Barnes & Noble should be receiving copies in a few days. — Ray / Kids These Days: Oliver Boydell and his book, “He’s Got Moves”