Discussed last night: Hudson River Park and its boat bar, the Pier 26 restaurant and estuarium, and Pier 40 decay; sidewalk cafés at Telepan Local, Tablao, and Maxwell's; rooftop liquor for the new Broadway hotel; more. / 3 comments
Plus: $3,000 toilets that play "Ave Maria"; Zakarian says no confirmation yet; Turnbull & Asser and Bobbi Brown at the World Trade Center; Watts Street demolition; pop-up Greenmarkets in FiDi. / 1 comment
Also on June’s Community Board 1 agendas: The new hotel that wants a rooftop bar; the Pier 40 air rights deal; Pier 26 construction; South Street Seaport development; tour buses; 87 Leonard; and much more. / 7 comments
Plus: Battery Park City's Percy Corcoran has passed away; local politicians still haven't seen Pier 40 air-rights deal; Pier 17 demolition nearly done; the wine at Bâtard. / 1 comment
Plus: 9/11 Museum restaurant rant; Time Inc. signs lease here; New York Academy of Art; frightening theft on Desbrosses; Pier 40 deal secretly done months ago; New York Ranger; 1 Wall Street sold; Pier A bells; Seaport food trucks and sailing; Canal Street building. / 1 comment
Plus: New Amsterdam Market sets a date for its return; hire Mulberry & Vine's chef; Pen Parentis lineup; Korin's renovation; Hudson River Park Trust board meeting notes.
But you're not part of the target demo. Plus: Another Battery Park City building might go condo; Juice Inn in southeast Soho; should Hudson River Park have enhanced security?
Plus: "House of Cards" in Tribeca; details on the 5 Beekman tower; Hudson River Park air rights; crossing guard's hand hit by car; Greenwich Street planters; Citigroup condos. / 1 comment
Rats on the rampage! Plus: Sazón gets a smackdown; trash-bag art for Tribeca Park; Flywheel pisses off the neighbors; JCP wants to quadruple its space; the Matsugen replacement is still on; more. / 4 comments
Plus: The lights at Hudson River Park; Battery Park City Authority ditching geothermal system.
Plus: Why the Battery Park City esplanade streetlights don't work; Hudson River Park Trust CEO in rent-stabilization drama; Nassau rental building almost ready; fascinating video from 1991. / 4 comments
But there is space Wall Street and south - that should be target if building housing — stm / Seen & Heard: Big reno for east side of Pace campus
Yes I use those other subways plus bus. Do you use 2/3? The platform is already dangerous — stm / Seen & Heard: Big reno for east side of Pace campus
Relax. This building isn't in Tribeca. (Although the developer will market it as Tribeca.) — Thomas Hagen / Construction Update: 65 Franklin
Housing — Aaron CHRISTENSEN / 25 Water is now SoMA, and a lottery has begun on affordable units
No offense, but you do understand that this building is on Broadway, right? There are buildings that tall and taller... — mulciber / Construction Update: 65 Franklin
TriBeCa has always had homeless people, I worked in the area from the early 2000s to late 2010s. Actually its... — AJ / Encampment set up on Park Row and Beekman
to N: Agree with you completely. There was a black man named Lennie camped out on Chambers against the Medrite... — jeff / Encampment set up on Park Row and Beekman