Plus events this weekend on the Lilac at Pier 25; contemporary art show at the Museum of the American Indian; Frenchette snags honors for food and glasses.
The spring flora on the island is spectacular right now. And on deck for the summer season: breweries, food carts, art installations, gardening, kids programs, even glamping. / 5 comments
Plus teeing up at the Nexus Club at 100 Church; a taproom and a parlor for Dead Rabbit that adds space; calculating your mansion tax; Gov's Island purchases a new ferry.
The Lower Manhattan Cultural Council will develop the 1870s munitions warehouse -- the building to your right as you walk uphill from the ferry -- as a 40,000 square foot arts center.
Plus Frenchette staff helps arrest a very bad man; updates on the city's efforts to ban development voids; land use process to start for proposed White Street jail. / 3 comments
Plus: Madewell is opening at a local mall; what development will mean for Governors Island; more on the Bronx Museum's White Street plans; the history of Collect Pond. / 6 comments
Plus: By Chloe is opening soon in the Seaport District; what it's like to walk around Tribeca; city approves new traffic light in Battery Park City; Governors Island rezoning.
Plus: Club operating illegally in Battery Park City; tourist accidentally locked inside former prison on Governors Island; Tribeca kids say the darnedest things.
Plus: Papa Kitchen on Church has closed after just two months; more scenery for "Jessica Jones"; another "Peanuts" mural; the Governors Island tent camp. / 4 comments
Plus: Q&A with Paul Rudd; 70 Vestry model unit; the state of the estuarium at Pier 26; dispute over DeLury Square in the Seaport; the tented camp on Governors Island. / 6 comments
Plus: A survivor of last fall's terror attack; summer ice rink to debut on Governors Island; the lack of affordable housing around here; Underdog Bar on Stone Street.
Plus: More on Primo's bar inside the Frederick; location of Van Leeuwen's Soho shop; how to get a preview of Danny Meyer's Manhatta restaurant; history of a Church Street building; students helping refugees.
Yes!!!! My lady and I have been BEGGING for one of these!!!! — Jack Gaff / Chambers Street Wines is opening a wine bar on… Chambers
so, no RIOTS or claims of a “rigged election”; is that the point? 🤔 — baba galacticus / It’s quiet out there
1991 Lotus Blossom https://nyclandmarks.lunaimaging.com/luna/servlet/detail/NYClandmarks~2~2~62970~78097:Tribeca-West-Historic-District — james / Upon the Palace has opened
Every time an expensive restaurant opens up in Tribeca this website is deluged with comments from people bemoaning the lack... — Thomas Hagen / Upon the Palace has opened
I miss sending faxes instead of email. — Thomas Hagen / Seen & Heard: Hobby Lobby construction happening?
I despise Hobby Lobby and there will be no mention of it on FiDi Fan Page. I'm hoping it fails... — LV / Seen & Heard: Hobby Lobby construction happening?
I miss Barnes and Nobles. — Native / Seen & Heard: Hobby Lobby construction happening?