But there will be sliders and mac and cheese. Plus: Inside the Woolworth Building; Tracy Anderson; 3D printing to shore up Pier 40.
I could only stay for the first four items—including the artwork coming to Tribeca Park—so if you were there, please either comment or email me what happened regarding Spring Studios, Cafeteria, and so on. / 5 comments
Plus: Views from what will be 1 World Trade Center's observation deck; 1 York CEO not a "tone-deaf one-percenter"; Bridge Café and Paris Café updates; 43 Murray comps. / 3 comments
Also on Community Board 1's April agendas: Century 21's proposed rooftop event space; Pier A; a non-chain restaurant in FiDi; "Spider-Man 2"; a newsstand in front of Starbucks; Gina La Fornarina; more.
Also on Community Board 1's January agendas: New restaurant/bar on W. Broadway; Asphalt Green report; Pier 26 update; the demo of the building next to the old American Stock Exchange; susheria that once had barfing patrons; Remix/Quest; a gazillion street events.
Plus: Restaurant "Week"; World Financial Center Banana Republic temporarily closing; 165 Church scaffolding; Cosmopolitan Hotel. / 1 comment
That's what people are saying. Plus: Exquisite decorative arts; Canal Park Playhouse open again; Pen Parentis event; noise-mitigation measures.
Craig Bero showed me around the Cosmopolitan Café's Secret Room, where he displays some of the many treasures he has gathered from around the neighborhood. "That hole outside?" he says of the Chambers Street dig. "I was in there last night." / 7 comments
Plus: Terroir on the High Line; trying to save after-school programs; neverending City Hall reno gets even more expensive; jeweler gets screwed twice; Poets House; North End Grill. / 3 comments
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What's coming to the neighborhood below Franklin and east of W. Broadway. Plus: One notable FiDi newcomer. / 5 comments
A hotel (or condos), a school expansion, and restaurants and cafés (conveyor-belt sushi, another one from the Tiny's owner, pizza, and a high-profile chef...). / 2 comments
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