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
To the Olio e Piu owners, sincerely: please do not blight this location with fake flowers. We will welcome you... — Cw / Mr Chow is indeed closing
Seeing as Starbucks and other chains tried and failed to replace the bagel place, that is a reasonable hypothesis. — James Bogardus / Apollo Bagels is getting closer…
I think the bagel place is replacing Starbucks and other coffee chains as a place to grab coffee and a... — Amy G. / Apollo Bagels is getting closer…
Lynda I signed up for the 5/17 class. I'll see you then!!! Here is the link to sign up if... — HB / Massive underground spa and meditation space coming to Broadway and White
Lynda I signed up for the 5/17 class. I'll see you then!!! — HB / Massive underground spa and meditation space coming to Broadway and White
Lynda I signed up for the 5/17 class. I'll see you then!!! — HB / Massive underground spa and meditation space coming to Broadway and White
I hate to be so blunt, but this strikes me as racially motivated, not unlike the brouhaha over the courts... — malcolm / Grand Canal basketball court should be back by end of summer