Plus: Were the holiday decorations at the 30 Park Place plaza installed correctly?; the Jeff Koons sculpture outside 7 World Trade Center is still gone; Design For Progress Garage Sale at Canal Street Market; "Law & Order: SVU" shoot; sassy cake. / 7 comments
Plus: "Talismans" from Cass Lilien and Shlomete Yoo; the new two-towered apartment complex going up on Charlton; balloon wall at the Four Seasons Hotel; Robert Janz in action. / 1 comment
Plus: Cuomo signs Battery Park City Authority bill; volleyball tournament starts today; the Resident Healer program at the Four Seasons hotel; history of a Walker Street building. / 2 comments
Plus: Fire at 108 Leonard; the Four Seasons spa now offers clairvoyance treatments; Shigure is serving lunch; "Motherless Brooklyn" shoot; Spring Studios cladding. / 3 comments
Plus: The spa at the Four Seasons Hotel New York Downtown; peeking down into the 100 Franklin construction pit; a novel (if temporary) view of the Oculus; ad shoot; a screening of Andy Warhol's "Blow Job." / 5 comments
Plus: A review of the new City Acres food hall/supermarket; Irish Hunger Memorial to reopen tomorrow with temporary plantings; lawsuit over 30 Park Place wine storage; Chambers building sold; tall ship in town. / 4 comments
Plus: Dreaded Drill of Destruction spotted outside wonderful old building on Vandam; Eataly's seafood restaurant is sleeping with the fishes; de Blasio said to have overruled the DOT about "Fearless Girl" marketing ploy; why are so many subway kiosks closed? / 3 comments
Plus: Natural beauty pop-up; Tribeca CSA shares still available; the Four Seasons fountains need fine-tuning; measuring amplified sound at street events; Yorganic has reopened as Bliss Bowl. / 3 comments
Plus: Mobile advertising for New York Dolls; Remix space is for rent; the bulbous entrance to 19 Park Place; Nom Wah spinoff at Canal Street Market. / 7 comments
Plus: New building on Greenwich revealed; crossing guards on West Street; the design firm responsible for the Four Seasons plaza; Poem in Your Pocket Day at Poets House; 1st Precinct community meeting tonight; private tea pop-up. / 7 comments
The public plaza at 30 Park Place makes a respectable argument for allowing developers to build taller. / 4 comments
Plus: Blue Moon Fish is back; update on the Four Seasons hotel's plaza; a fashion insider's "garage sale"; great old photo of 100 Barclay; 56 Leonard lighting and second-floor cantilevers; art show on Varick. / 3 comments
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