The stylish eyeglass brand Artsee has opened a suitably stylish shop in the Goldman Sachs building. "We display frames like they're a museum collection," said co-founder Julio Santiago. / 2 comments
I stopped by the new François Payard Bakery right after working out this morning. It's a miracle I didn't hoover up everything in sight. / 8 comments
Assessing the preview (and an opening date). Plus: Why François Payard Bakery hasn't opened yet; the sale of One Peck Slip is completed.
Plus: Ex-Communist Margaret Chin struggles with Occupy Wall Street; Jim Carrey house-hunts here; Mariah Carey takes home a musician; Damon Dash's old place; cleaning Zuccotti Park. / 1 comment
Sale coming up. Plus: Menswear at Christina Lehr; clarity on the Goldman Sachs arcade; a new building in the Seaport.
Plus: François Payard Bakery opening date; a bad meal at Ninja; Dominique Strauss-Kahn; Ground Zero steel used in monuments all over.
Bureaucracy triumphs again! Plus: Hope for neglected 12 Warren; lunch at Duane Reade, Korean kiosk; Deutsche Bank fire acquittal; Moran's and Wall Street Burger Shoppe closing; WFC mall closings; corporate support for Vesey crosswalk; hotel site sold; P.S. 234 preps for 9/11. / 2 comments
Plus: 83 Walker new-build will be "inverted"; Issey Miyake sale; actor buys on Warren; Brushstroke wine list; 9/11 museum price; kindergarten outrage; ice cream sandwiches.
Featuring cheese, fish, and bugs. Plus: Freud Bar, possibly coming to the Smyth; special Shake Shack grill for Goldman Sachs?; City Hall fuel cell; attempts to preserve 105-107 Washington; and the area around Canal Street (supposedly called "Venice").
What I thought of the brand-new Shake Shack in Battery Park City doesn't really matter—the line is probably stretching to N. Moore by now—but here it is anyway. / 5 comments
Counterfeit-bag buyers might start getting penalized. Plus: Battery Place Market coming to GS complex; Don Hill's closing (for real this time); 3.1 Phillip Lim moving to Hudson Square; beer garden unlikely; 99 Reade. / 2 comments
Plus: Momofuku at Goldman Sachs; New tenants at 185 Franklin; more on the Tribeca Twelve halfway house; Pier A renderings; Stuzzicheria chef departs; pan-Asian restaurant Koko; divorcée party. / 1 comment
The photograph begs the question: when is that scaffolding coming down? Seems a very very long time that it has... — George Bacon / Starbucks at West Broadway and Chambers will close tomorrow
ITS BACK BETTER THAN EVER! BEST LOCAL PLACE FOR A DRINK AND GOOD FOOD!!! CANT WAIT FOR LUNCH!!! — AA / North Bar is closing for the summer — and will reopen as something new
Since this issue is in play again, I'll opine that the "fluid boundaries between public and private space" is an... — Gary / Giving new meaning to nosy neighbor
I think you would feel differently if your private moments with your children were being surveilled and photographed. People shouldn't... — Fiona / Giving new meaning to nosy neighbor
Truly sad. Got our son's first "Tribeca Cool Kids" clothes there 15 years ago (on sale!) and they couldn't have... — Downtown Dad Again / Koh’s Kids on Greenwich has closed
The graffiti in question looks very similar to the same outside of Target (on the never-ending construction barriers) which questioned... — Downtown Dad Again / Tribeca-branded graffiti on West Broadway
Our apartment was inside the "frozen zone" and when we were finally able to return to it in mid-October, I... — Makes You Go Hmmmm.... / A documentary honors the work of the Sanitation Department after 9/11