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Seen & Heard: The Dancer Mural is Done
Plus: The Chambers/Church stench is back; Juice Generation opening in FiDi; addition to Community Board 1 Landmarks agenda; potato chips. / 5 comments
In the News: Turmoil at the BPC Parks Conservancy
Plus: Gourmet Garage's ramp faces Community Board 1 objections; holograms on Governors Island; a glimpse at what's living in the Hudson River; street art festival.
Seen & Heard: Macaron Shop Opening Soon
Plus: Rooftop pergola proposed for N. Moore landmark; the Leaning Tower of Tribeca; free outdoor film screenings at Brookfield Place; National Night Out in Battery Park City; the Tweed weed tree; Pandemonia drops by the Balloon Saloon. / 8 comments
In the News: Keith McNally’s Restaurant in the Beekman Hotel
Including sample menu and floor plan. Plus: Details about the hotel's entrances and roof deck, and the topping out of the condo tower; Governors Island day spa; anti-helicopter rally.
In the News: Smarter Toddler Preschool Is Opening Downtown
Plus: Phone stanched by bike-riding thief; artist Barbara Siegel; Puffy's Tavern review; fired man beats up ex-colleague; Community Board 1 takes the Howard Hughes Corp. to task; puppetry for the disabled; entrepreneurial kids. / 1 comment
More on the Big Hotel Coming to Northwest Tribeca
Architect Stephen B. Jacobs presented the plans for the six-story hotel at 456 Greenwich, which spans an entire block of Desbrosses. Check out the architectural details, roof massing, floor plans, and materials. / 2 comments
Who’s Taking Over Ivy’s
It's not much of a surprise, because when Ivy's closed, they told me that they hoped to "do a breakfast lunch and dinner service for all our neighbors in the community that we love so much."
A New Restaurant in the Ivy’s Space
Also on Community Board 1’s July agendas: The big hotel being built on Greenwich will have "rooftop features"; Keith McNally's Beekman restaurant; more construction on Leonard; FiDi is getting a Le Pain Quotidien; Atera's bar; W. Broadway pedestrian plaza. / 4 comments
Seen & Heard: Warren Street Bar Trying for Late Closing
Plus: A lovely fire escape painting; Pier 17 meeting; 1st Precinct Community Council meeting; Taymour Grahne group show; S-Cruise winner.
Seen & Heard: Restroom Start-Up
Plus: Renovation of a local Starbucks; final days at Art et Maison (and who's taking the space); more on the Battery Park City dune photo; Best Made Co. catalog; music-making opportunity; special CB1 meeting. / 7 comments
CB1 Tribeca Committee: The Unofficial Minutes (June)
Discussed: Tribeca Grand's new jazz club (with help from the Silver Lining guys); City Winery's restaurant at Pier 25; Downtown Boathouse urination; M1-5 patrons; Hudson River Park bike path signage; Maison Kayser sidewalk café; Sukkot and sukkahs. / 3 comments
Is the BMCC Site Still in Play?
If Related Companies succeeds in its plan to move the BMCC campus, we could end up with a wall of glass buildings like the dreadful Trump ones on the Upper West Side. / 30 comments
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(Pam's coverage of development issues is so amazing.) I choose to focus on the positive: 976 new homes, in a... — Komanoff / Tower plans have begun for Independence Plaza
There was no "Tribeca" when IDP was built. The area from Citibank to Whole Foods complex was in an urban... — G / Tower plans have begun for Independence Plaza
Even though building housing is worthwhile, the scale of this project is not in keeping with the community. Despite the... — Gary / Tower plans have begun for Independence Plaza
I cannot believe he said that, nor that anyone believed that. — James Bogardus / Tower plans have begun for Independence Plaza
Chris Marte told us during his reelection campaign that the development is not moving forward now and that is pushing... — B / Tower plans have begun for Independence Plaza
Yup, I'm with you generally. I'd always like to see more money for community benefits, since you know the developers... — malcolm / Tower plans have begun for Independence Plaza
this isn't safe for the tenants or the businesses on the block. Vernado lies about affordable housing and doesn't care... — NY Native / Tower plans have begun for Independence Plaza