Plus Soho Photo Gallery turns 50; Fraunces Tavern opens a piano bar; a view into the city's underside. / 2 comments
Start at Brookfield, then go south, then east, then south again, then east again, and land at a festive Fidi pit stop.
Presented by the Downtown Alliance and hosted by award-winning chef and author Rocco DiSpirito, the free series features top Lower Manhattan chefs to support the Downtown restaurant community. / Sponsored
The Downtown Alliance and the Hudson Square BID are creating open street dining for some of their restaurants, and taking some of that burden off already struggling businesses. / 1 comment
Plus Fuku adds fries at its Wall Street location; the Bean is coming; YES broadcaster hangs at SoulCycle and the Hideaway; Fraunces Tavern moves into the 19th Century. / 7 comments
Plus: Ruchi Indian restaurant reviewed; checking in on Fraunces Tavern; phone snatching on N. Moore; attempted theft at Saks. / 1 comment
Plus: Suspicious package found in the same area; Fraunces Tavern has reopened; Daniel Buren's striped columns at Bortolami won't be permanent; more on the 9/11 Tribute Museum's new home. / 1 comment
Plus: Opening forecasts for Blue Bottle's two Lower Manhattan cafés; actress Diane Kruger bought here; actress La La Anthony lives here; court victory for anti-porn zoning; beautifying the area around the New York Stock Exchange; Ritz-Carlton penthouse to be auctioned in Hong Kong.
Plus: "Happy Hour" dance performance; wallet stolen on subway; thievery at Fraunces Tavern.
Plus: The intersection of Centre and Reade in 1901; revamp of former 1 Chase Manhattan Plaza gets OK to add 200,000 square feet of retail; bus driver assaulted in Tribeca; Fraunces Tavern gets Sandy funds; woman with kids attacked after midnight.
Plus: Dahlia's was robbed and one of the thieves was caught on camera; another person rescued from the river; the Butterfly says it's renovating; an old cocktail kit at Fraunces Tavern.
Plus: Condé Nast editors' local recommendations; hot dog vendor gouges tourists (and how!); more rowers attempting to cross the Atlantic; Washington Market Park's flowers.
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