Also on Community Board 1's July agendas: The pedestrian plaza between Sixth Avenue and Church; event space on Broadway; block party on Reade; Chick-fil-A garbage; big Seaport development; much more. / 4 comments
Plus: A Tribeca loft with a lot of patterns and colors; the White Street building where corsets for toddlers were made; what the Howard Hughes Corporation would have to do to build tall on its new Seaport lot; video of last weekend's Jet Ski parade. / 1 comment
You know that huge parking lot in the Seaport, across the street from Peck Slip School? The Howard Hughes Corporation bought it for $180 million. / 6 comments
Plus: A hip-hop concert at Pier 17 this week will end at 3 a.m.; the usual thefts, along with an attack on a traffic officer. / 3 comments
The plan is for Pier 17 to open quietly in late May: The restaurants and shops won't be ready, but you'll be able to walk the perimeter, meander through the "village," and explore the roof. Here's what to expect.... / 7 comments
Plus: Another Starbucks; poems to magically appear on rainy days; the new building at Washington and Desbrosses (and musing about what comes next); "The Good Fight" shoot. / 1 comment
Plus: Actor Chris Evans is renting here; interview with Duane Park Patisserie's Madeline Lanciani; history of a funky little Reade Street building; Pier 17 concert promoter; estranged couple does custody hand-offs at the 1st Precinct; lost ring found; Equitable Building renovation. / 1 comment
Plus: How Pier 17 is going to cope with crowds and noise from its rooftop events; the Vongerichten market at the Seaport District will have a food court; Big East executive's Sunday routine.
Plus: Transit sneaker shop has closed; CB1 to discuss Pier 17 noise and "Walker Street issues"; food delivered to Rosanjin; dinosaur puppetry; huge "Law & Order: SVU" shoot. / 5 comments
Plus: The "crazy beautiful" Christmas tree of Maman's co-founders; ferry operator is said to be backsliding from promises made about noise. / 2 comments
Plus: So-called public plazas that remain unopen to the public; history of a Broadway building; alleged subway groper; extensive canopy planned for the roof of Pier 17. / 8 comments
Plus: The mysterious animal on W. Broadway; Jay Street tenant left; part of Franklin Place might get granite sidewalks; exhibit of paintings of old photos; "Blue Steel" shoot. / 3 comments
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