Plus: The history of a Laight Street building; Soho's dire retail situation; Action Carting's safety record; the argument for East River bridge tolls, congestion pricing, and more. / 5 comments
Plus: New Con Edison transformer being installed two nights next week; Jack's Stir Brew Coffee confirms Reade Street café; locally known restaurateur involved with popular spaghetti donut; Broadway condo progress; El Ad's disrespect for the neighborhood. / 3 comments
Plus: Underground leak on Reade; Tribeca penthouse featured on book cover; really long trucks; Soho Photo's January shows. / 7 comments
Plus: The New York Dolls reopening party; what to expect at the "Experience Mars" event; why the Broadway bus bulb remains unfinished; show of 1970s art at Hal Bromm Gallery; looking down on Barclay Tower. / 2 comments
You know how you can't keep track of all the new buildings sprouting up? I walked and Citi Biked around the neighborhood so we'd have an up-to-date sense of what's happening where—shamelessly peeping through holes when necessary.
Including an architectural model with a much better sense of what the entrance, façade, pool deck, and overall shape will look like. Plus: More than a third of the units are already in contract.
Architect and designer announced. Plus: 93 Worth amenity; Barbarini update; Soho Photo street-photography exhibit; wayfinding signage; artist Brad Greenwood; Valentine's Day photo. / 1 comment
"The permits seemed to have disappeared at the end of last year. There has been no movement in a while and all the construction stuff seems to be gone." —A.
More on the condo conversion. Plus: Missing Tribecan; 177 Franklin for sale; library cuts; Independence Plaza financing; angry parents; 90 Franklin sale.
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