Anecdotally, yesterday's Five Boro Bike Tour appears to have been less bothersome than in recent years. But there were still complaints, and a resident measured the noise with a sound meter. / 4 comments
Plus: Acappella says it'll reopen in July; misalignment at 111 Murray; Martin Auer Bakehouse has nice new windows; American Apparel closed its Soho store; Savore restaurant has reopened as Altesi Downtown. / 8 comments
Plus: Five Boro Bike Tour notices; book swap at Torly Kid; Billy Bragg in concert; 1 Beekman is rising above street level; Chinese restaurant seeks beer-and-wine license.
Plus: Another café chain opening on Canal; another Broadway store closing; Cortlandt Alley condo unveiled; "Salamander" TV shoot; still no activity at Greenwich Street hotel; Five Boro Bike Tour update. / 9 comments
Plus: More promises about noise reduction from the Five Boro Bike Tour organizers; demolition at the former New York Sports Club; menus for Blue Ribbon Federal Grill and the Roxy's oyster bar; Worth Street traffic mess; Walgreens is subletting. / 3 comments
Also on Community Board 1's March agendas: Reversing the direction of Jay Street; new building on White Street; new bar atop 100 Church?; too many street-fair permits; FiDi bike lanes; Citi construction; Five Boro Bike Tour; Warren Street Dog Run; much more. / 2 comments
Discussed at last night's meeting: Plans for a new piano bar; Laughing Man's proposed Street Seats expansion; big events at Spring Studios; booze at Tribeca's Kitchen; sidewalk cafés at Yves and Añejo; Lower Manhattan Community Church block party; early-morning deliveries at the Tribeca Family Festival. / 9 comments
There's good news about the big bike ride that ruins an early Sunday morning every May, and there's bad news. / 6 comments
Also on Community Board 1's February agendas: The Five Boro Bike Tour; the new building at White and Sixth; a bunch of street fairs, including one on Beach; the Tribeca Family Festival; Yves sidewalk café; Tribeca's Kitchen liquor license; more. / 10 comments
Discussed at last night's meeting: The imminent Warren Street reconstruction project; Apple's event space on Duane; weekend construction at 24 Leonard condominium; expanded outdoor seating at Laughing Man; the loud start of the Five Boro Bike Tour; CB1's street fair scheduled for Warren; Maxwell's sidewalk café. / 11 comments
Also on Community Board 1's January agendas: An update on North Cove Marina; quieting down the Five Boro Bike Tour; the New York City Half Marathon; façade changes on Chambers and Reade; more. / 1 comment
Also on Community Board 1's December agendas: Lispenard's poke restaurant; preliminary Pier 26 design; the Five Boro Bike Tour; proposed newsstand outside Whole Foods; sidewalk shed collapse; Wagner Park; Barilla restaurant; much more. / 14 comments
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Just wait until the communist is mayor. You ain't seen nothing yet. Or maybe he'll put all the former NYPD... — Mr T / Seen & Heard: PopUp Bagels facade revealed!
As I see it, it all matters. A civilized city should have good solutions to all of these issues. — Marcus / Seen & Heard: PopUp Bagels facade revealed!
I've always wondered about Mamdani's social media- it's so well done ! (the Mean Girls "It's October 3rd" is a... — It's October 3rd / TCQ&A: Morris Katz
With Paper Source now closed inside Maman, where are people buying greeting cards/wrapping paper locally? (I want to avoid Hobby... — Sara / Seen & Heard: Maman is back open
I prefer the stickers to homeless, junkies, and excrement from dogs or humans. Focus on what matters maybe? — Thomas / Seen & Heard: PopUp Bagels facade revealed!
Agreed about the sidewalk stickers, along with the painted on / sprayed on sidewalk ads and "clever" saying. Also, what... — Marcus / Seen & Heard: PopUp Bagels facade revealed!