Also on Community Board 1's July agendas: The pedestrian plaza between Sixth Avenue and Church; event space on Broadway; block party on Reade; Chick-fil-A garbage; big Seaport development; much more. / 4 comments
Plus: A college student's Tribeca loft; model Helena Christensen in a swimsuit in Tribeca; honoring Community Board 1's Lucy Acevedo. / 1 comment
Plus: Tribeca's Finest Marketplace is opening in Soho; entrance revealed to Danny Meyer's Manhatta restaurant; the bees came back; free Grandaisy bread; Community Board 1 discussion about Town Stages; the Frederick's cornice; flames on Church.
Plus: Tent & Trails is closing soon; Church Street spa annex; the slate of events at the Seaport District; the changes at the modernist New York State Insurance Fund building; N. Moore bulkhead expansion and more in Community Board 1 agenda additions. / 5 comments
Plus: Bubby's is selling drinks with CBD; Audi stolen from parking garage; retirement party for P.S. 234 teachers; Community Board 1 has suggestions about the next Landmarks chair.
Plus: Man in river tries to fight off rescuers; zoning change could mean more hotels in Lower Manhattan; a neglected building on Canal Street. / 1 comment
"Who knows? We may jump back into the nightlife game at some point," Tom Martignetti told Page Six last June upon the closing of Brinkley’s Broome Street and Southside in Nolita. The time is evidently ripe....
Plus: Upcoming events on Pier 26; the map for this year's Taste of Tribeca (including who's serving what); celebrate Mother's Day at Duane Park; another local business that doesn't take cash. / 4 comments
Plus: Noted Tribeca café opens tomorrow; tickets for the Pier 17 concerts aren't cheap; Twenty First Gallery opens today; Lower Manhattan Cultural Council's open studios; more on the gymnastics facility.
Plus: Two Hands is accepting cash once again; a block of Warren Street to be paved for an event and then torn up again; acupuncture franchise said to be opening in Tribeca and FiDi; Sole di Capri is now serving brunch; Community Board 1 nonsense. / 1 comment
Plus: Teachers using their own cars as safety barriers; study on the benefits of taxing real-estate developments; Frenchette's egg-and-escargot dish; tax implications of the dog park group's non-profit status; financial writer David Bach. / 2 comments
Plus: Everything is a third off at Tent & Trails; Town Stages discussion; new windows at 49 Chambers; Reade Street building wants a loading zone; World Trade Center mural; pop-up gallery; the Bill Charlap Trio. / 5 comments
Society has lost its mind letting people walk around outdoors with masks on as if it's not obviously insanely suspicious.... — person / Carjacking on North Moore has a happy ending…
I'm okay with extra reinforcing, recalling what happened at Pfizer's residential conversion on 42nd Street. Demolition could have been dusty... — Gary / Construction Update: 100 Franklin / 250 Church
I am curious how they came to the decision to rehabilitate the existing structure rather than just tear it down.... — Reademan / Construction Update: 100 Franklin / 250 Church
There is widespread agreement that the illegal Canal vendors are destroying the quality of life for local residents because they... — lowrider / In the News: More on the counterfeit vendors of Canal Street
Well said! — Robert Ripps / Demolition should start soon on the Tribeca Pharmacy building
Can we please stop calling them “vendors”!! A vendor runs a business that sells merchandise to other businesses. E.g. a... — S. / In the News: More on the counterfeit vendors of Canal Street
There are still many free attractions on Governors Island. Well worth the trip over. — JS Miller / Seen & Heard: Ess-a-Bagel getting ready on Murray