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.
Plus: Park lawn to get fake grass; pushing to extradite Fraunces Tavern bomber; Sheldon Silver temporarily gives up the reins.
Plus: Another Kitchenette; CrossFit classes for kids; comparing 1914 menus from Fraunces Tavern and Delmonico's to those of today.
Plus: 30 Park Place concrete paneling; July 4 festival details; Seaport food-truck agita; Shipley & Halmos sample sale; 3 World Trade Center update; 50 West renderings. / 4 comments
So happy for Ghislaine. She did our apartment, Love her style. — t / Seen & Heard: Get your hands dirty
Hear, hear! I used to deliver groceries to IPN in the 70's from the West Village. Best tips of the... — LongTime, FirstTime / Designer of Independence Plaza dies at 82
How dare you call IPN an eyesore. The residents of IPN inhabited this neighborhood when nobody else wanted to live... — jezz / Designer of Independence Plaza dies at 82
Not easily... — Tribeca Citizen / Finding a vaccine in the neighborhood
I also believe Westway would have been taken over with development - much as West Street is now. Can you... — G / Designer of Independence Plaza dies at 82
@Scott -- since you asked. Westway was basically a taxpayer-financed swindle disguised as a park that would have *worsened* traffic... — Komanoff / Designer of Independence Plaza dies at 82
It's a shame he succeeded with Independence Plaza and failed with the Westway. The end result is two eyesores that... — Scott / Designer of Independence Plaza dies at 82