Also on March’s Community Board 1 agendas: Spring Studios to do some explaining; Hampton Jitney (expansion?); mysterious Megu liquor-license issue; and more.
Plus: Shabby behavior at Independent Plaza North; the history of 5 Beekman; inside Soho's new Smith & Mills sister restaurant; Greenhouse bottle fight; opposing diesel generator atop Sixth Avenue landmark.
Plus: Denny's liquor license approved; 19th-century douche found at City Hall; $31,000 in cash stolen from van on W. Broadway; Flea theater rendering; Woolworth Building's old neighbors. / 7 comments
Plus: Urban Outfitters opened today on Broadway; Community Board 1 Landmarks Committee rescheduled; pop-up gallery on Laight.
Thanks to a Super Bowl party that violated many of the stipulations that Community Board 1 had insisted on in order for Spring to get its liquor license. / 2 comments
Plus: Drama at the UPS Store; dates for the Tribeca Family Festival and Cercle Rouge's Bastille Day party; crane switcheroo at 56 Leonard. / 3 comments
Plus: Racines NY menu; haunted house for Valentine's Day; Wichcraft redo; Urban Outfitters opening date; any volunteers to attend CB1 Tribeca meeting? No?
Plus: Checking in on 56 Leonard; Tutto il Giorno progress report; 1 World Trade Center's spire; FiDi construction report. / 2 comments
Also on February’s Community Board 1 agendas: The NYPD stables that used to be on Varick; Spring Studios; the blight that is Denny's; Lispenard landmark; a million street-activity and street-fair permits; more. / 2 comments
Plus: Lost puppy found; new BPCA head; rehab vote tonight; fireworks show explanation; Khe-Yo sandwich; FiDi pizzeria closes; a chef's trip to India; Marrakesh biker chicks. / 3 comments
Plus: "Trashy Chinese food"; Racines NY update; Seaport development objections; Lenny's trades one location for another. / 3 comments
Plus: Whole Foods suspends delivery; Community Board 1 agenda change; Pen Parentis February lineup; 27 Desbrosses restaurant update.
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