Plus: Local politician's open letter to Donald Trump; a couple's apartment search ends in FiDi; an Army lieutenant colonel who lives in Battery Park City.
Plus: Free extra shots for a day at La Colombe; Urban Archaeology opening forecast; Franklin Street residential conversion; Daniel Squadron's town hall; Washington Market Park butterfly garden. / 12 comments
Plus: Bluemercury ditched its Trump magazine cover; another peek inside Augustine; checking in on Épicerie Boulud and Joe Coffee at the World Trade Center mall; details on the ice cream truck closure; Tetsu restaurant; Duane Street parking. / 2 comments
Plus: Local salons make InStyle's Black Book; the history of the Puffy's Tavern building; Squadron tries again to make the BPCA see the light; traffic cop gets socked in the nose; more on that event space on Duane and that loud Fashion Week party on Beekman; when a family lived on a boat at Pier 25. / 8 comments
Plus: Church Street School's struggle to find a new home; the plaza outside 50 West and the West Thames pedestrian bridge; Justin Bieber's pleasurable massage. / 3 comments
Plus: Zesty new brickwork at the Roxy; the Battery Park City Authority decides to pass on public commenting; one-day Alexander Hamilton exhibit; preliminary design for one of the new buildings at Chambers and Church; physical therapy facility. / 1 comment
Plus: Gwyneth's likely guest apartment also hits the market; Squadron pushes the state senate to insist on local representation for the Battery Park City Authority; New York City Half Marathon street closures; art exhibit of and about drawings. / 1 comment
State senator Daniel Squadron and assemblymember Deborah J. Glick "announced legislation requiring majority local community representation on the Battery Park City Authority Board," according to a press release.
Plus: What the Franklin Place condo's Broadway storefront will look like; Stephen Petronio dance performance at the Winter Garden; a tribute to Benny Goodman.
Plus: Still no sign of work at the Pier 26 restaurant; free event with Eva Moskowitz of Success Academy charter schools; checking in a two new delis; school overcrowding task force meeting; "Law & Order: SVU" shoot. / 2 comments
Plus: Franklin Street garbage miscreant; updated rendering for 70 Vestry; smoke shop for rent; a hawk spotted lunching in Foley Square; updates on City Hall Greenmarket and NewYork-Presbyterian hospital; luggage repair advice? / 4 comments
Plus: The Greek launches an online Greek grocery; "repositioning" on Broadway; two Fulton Center tenants have opened; Apexart exhibit about expeditions. / 1 comment
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
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Every time an expensive restaurant opens up in Tribeca this website is deluged with comments from people bemoaning the lack... — Thomas Hagen / Upon the Palace has opened
I miss sending faxes instead of email. — Thomas Hagen / Seen & Heard: Hobby Lobby construction happening?
I despise Hobby Lobby and there will be no mention of it on FiDi Fan Page. I'm hoping it fails... — LV / Seen & Heard: Hobby Lobby construction happening?
I miss Barnes and Nobles. — Native / Seen & Heard: Hobby Lobby construction happening?