The study is now estimated to take at least two years. Sometime next spring, the city will make attempts at short-term improvements. / 7 comments
Plus: Stella will be moving; advertising barge; the restaurant in the former Trump Soho has failed again; Community Board 1 to discuss P.S. 150 move and rooftop additions on Walker and Duane; Sherwin-Williams paint store opening in former nightclub. / 1 comment
Plus: Bank of New York Mellon bought its building; decrease in rent-regulating apartments; push to expand Millennium High School; model lives here; big Hudson Square development parcel listed; Pastagram restaurant.
Plus: China Blue tried a no-tipping policy and abandoned it; more funding for the Walker Hotel Tribeca; Brooklyn Chop House finally opens tonight; changing intersections to accommodate cyclists. / 2 comments
Also on Community Board 1's October agendas: Landmarks-related changes to buildings on Duane and Walker; something involving liquor at Chipotle; naming a block after an NYPD officer killed in Iraq; the plans for a pedestrian park at Sixth and Church; more. / 5 comments
Plus: History of a Walker Street building; illustrator Richard McGuire; Downtown Express was sold; affordable housing. / 5 comments
Brooklyn Bridge Park has opted out of the plan for a pool in the East River, which leaves the +Pool organization to find another suitable location, and it's considering the Seaport.
Plus: Memorial for Imogen Roche; brunch at A Summer Day Café; Two Hands merchandise; two interesting shows at R & Company; CB1 to discuss Citigroup's private ferry at Pier 25. / 2 comments
Plus: Subway entrances on the 9/11 Memorial plaza getting ready for opening; 56 Leonard window washers; mayor seeks term limits for community board members; new shows at Bortolami and Alexander and Bonin. / 7 comments
Plus: Michael Levine of Community Board 1 has retired; another Aretha Franklin tribute; cladding starts at 25 Park Row; "Instinct" shoot; one fabulous phallus.
Also on Community Board 1's September agendas: Worth Street wine bar; Spring Studios wants looser regulations; pedestrian plaza between Church and Sixth; Issey Miyake signage; Chefscape food hall; the jail tower; much more.
Plus: Another truck collapsed the sidewalk; long-delayed subway elevator is finally up and running; Church Street storefront activity; "Instinct" shoot. / 3 comments
Thanks, Mr. Komanoff. You're right, onwards! I did indeed enjoy MG's column, and thanks for sharing for all here. — malcolm / Mamdani wins mayoral race; Cuomo takes Tribeca
@malcolm: I get your schadenfreude about Cuomo and his forlorn enablers. But just as Mamdani did in his victory speech,... — Komanoff / Mamdani wins mayoral race; Cuomo takes Tribeca
People keep asking for a positive case for voting for Zohran (it's quite easy to make, in my opinion), but... — malcolm / Mamdani wins mayoral race; Cuomo takes Tribeca
I'll find out! — Tribeca Citizen / Nala’s Bagels will open a second location on Chambers
There are very few homeless here in Tribeca. I have lived in Tribeca since 1987. And the few that are... — MAP / Mamdani wins mayoral race; Cuomo takes Tribeca
Mamdani didn’t put the homeless and fake bag illegals on the streets of Tribeca, but he might perpetuate their presence,... — R. / Mamdani wins mayoral race; Cuomo takes Tribeca
Not surprised to see anyone opposed to Momdani called out as a "racist" by elite Tribecans with luxury beliefs. — lowrider / Mamdani wins mayoral race; Cuomo takes Tribeca