Plus: Construction starts on 17 Park Place; Karkula's new neighbor; Harry Shearer and Los Lobos at City Winery; Hudson River Park fee discussion; testing outdoor advertising.
Plus: Suspicious package; hockey player buys on Laight; Atera chef interviewed; City Hall Park East; new Greek restaurant. / 8 comments
Plus: Capri Caffé renovation; quenepas; Mehtaphor gluten-free dinner; 73 Warren restaurant update; Peter Wolf and Susannah Hoffs at City Winery; R 20th Century.
Plus: Dosateria reviewed; Dirty Bird opening date; Battery Park City Authority's new chairman; kids skip 9/11 health survey; another online creative agency; plug pulled at City Winery show. Update: Added info on Atera's upcoming bar.
Plus: Greenmarket clam bake; Blue Marble ice cream; Battery bike path; David Mitchell; the topper at 93 Worth.
Plus: Suzanne Vega; 7-Elevens to pop up like toxic mushrooms; Asphalt Green petition; theater critic Ben Brantley. / 10 comments
Plus: Everyman Espresso opens just above Canal; more on Delboys; Glen Phillips and Grant-Lee Phillips. / 1 comment
Plus: New to New Amsterdam Market; agendas for this week's two CB1 meetings; meet the cast of "Twelfth Night"; vintage photos.
That was another wonderful Taste of Tribeca today—congratulations to the volunteers who put the event together; it surely raised tons of money for P.S. 234 and P.S. 150. If you weren't there, here's what you missed. / 2 comments
Plus: "Made in New York," Joan Osborne, Taj Mahal, "In Darkness," and art.
Not to mention the BoDeans, a photo swap, and a lot of art. / 1 comment
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