With so many shops, flavors, and holiday experiences to enjoy, you can really make a day of it at Brookfield Place. / Sponsored
Plus: Gucci's Soho bookstore is now open; Pascaline Lepeltier of Racines named best sommelier in France; Masa Takayama ceramics for sale. / 5 comments
Plus: A Thanksgiving menu by Frenchette; new renderings for 77 Greenwich (which will have a school in the base); the exquisite lobby in the AT&T Long Distance Building; Gucci to open art-and-photography bookstore in Soho.
Plus: What's happening in the former Rheanne White salon on Jay Street?; Spartina restaurant opening in L.A.; World Trade Center oculus roof; best practices for responding to gun-wielding maniacs; Hands On! instrument sale. / 2 comments
But which one? Plus: The Sterling Mason's deep canopy; more on that Worth Street fire; an update on new Brookfield Place stores; a movie about the pressures boys face. / 1 comment
Plus: The remodeled McDonald's on Chambers; a book of erotica called "Tribeca"; the Bennett will take reservations; Martin Auer Bakehouse appears stalled; Holiday Craft Fair seeks vendors. / 3 comments
Plus: Liberty Park construction; pop-up at Cass Lilien's shop; the potential of newly reopened Drumgoole Plaza; Friends of DeLury Park events; Gucci at Brookfield Place; "Mini NYC" shoot.
Plus: Alexander Wang may move his company to FiDi; how Houseman avoids being noisy; sailing lessons off Pier 25; another tourist arrested for climbing the Brooklyn Bridge; why the city should absorb Battery Park City.
A rundown of the shops and restaurants yet to open at Brookfield Place—including whispers about Scoop, Club Monaco, and Drybar—and where they'll likely be. / 6 comments
Most of the stores at Brookfield Place, as the World Financial Center is now known, are open. And it looks very nice! Here's a quick tour. / 34 comments
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