Plus: Pier 40 air-rights transfer takes a step forward; opposition to the Battery Park City Authority's possible redesign of South End Avenue; how two founders of Bang on a Can spend their Sundays; the city needs office space to accommodate its hiring spree.
Plus: Tetsu restaurant on Leonard is still alive; spiffy new aisle at Kings Pharmacy; a Tribeca Grill in Orlando. / 1 comment
Also on Community Board 1's October agendas: The plan to change White Street restaurant into more of a sports bar; Pier 26 update; visible rooftop addition on Thomas; White storefront redo; M1 bus extension; much more.
Should residents be allowed to decide which businesses can open here? / 32 comments
It might be getting turned into an outpost of the Ainsworth, an upscale sports bar-and-grill. UPDATE: But until the deal is done, if it's done, White Street is still most definitely open. / 1 comment
Roberto Passon and Tanya Hira, the couple behind the popular Terra, are opening an Italian restaurant across W. Broadway. / 2 comments
A local resident is making his first foray into the food business.
Also on Community Board 1's September agendas: White Street restaurant downshifting; M1 bus extension; 100 Barclay seeks an exemption; change at New York Sports Club; WeWork; much more. / 5 comments
Plus: Developers using the American Disability Act to their advantage; Community Board 1 on 28 Liberty plaza pavilions; housekeeper allegedly stole handbags; musician Alan Vega. / 2 comments
Plus: Three other stores that pulled out of the World Trade Center mall; Community Board 1 wants the Sphere out of Liberty Park; Black Tap on the Lower East Side; China Blue owners to open Williamsburg restaurant. / 1 comment
Plus: Ducklings in peril; new photographers' tour of the Woolworth Building; opening forecast for Heyday facial spa; forum on changes to South End Avenue; FiDi Sephora closing. / 8 comments
Plus: The 9/11 Museum's first exhibit of 9/11-themed artworks; Baron Von Fancy's local favorites; Southbridge Towers dog owners defeat the proposed dog registry. / 1 comment
James! Thank you ! I love the photo. — Native NYer / Upon the Palace has opened
So by extension, ill will toward the future employees of Hobby Lobby? — Bobbie / Seen & Heard: Hobby Lobby construction happening?
Smartphones and doom scrolling has sucked the life out of our kids. Sometimes you need reminders like this to really... — hmmm / Capturing the lives of Tribeca youth before smartphones took hold
How many times, on a summer afternoon, did I sit on the doorsill at Dudley's Paw with Dudley beside me.... — John Willenbecher / Seen & Heard: Hobby Lobby construction happening?
Yum yum. Looking forward to going here! — SW / Upon the Palace has opened
Yes!!!! My lady and I have been BEGGING for one of these!!!! — Jack Gaff / Chambers Street Wines is opening a wine bar on… Chambers
so, no RIOTS or claims of a “rigged election”; is that the point? 🤔 — baba galacticus / It’s quiet out there