Plus: Loft-peep a Tribeca four-bedroom; Naomi Watts's art collection; Bradley Cooper bought a Village townhouse; history of a Duane Street building; ticker-tape parades; Republican candidate for state senate. / 1 comment
Plus: Pier 26 construction timeline; prosecutors seek death penalty for bike-path terrorist; estuarium is still very short on funding; shopping at Issey Miyake with John Lydon; East River Park to be raised by several feet; legal dispute over N. Moore basement. / 12 comments
Plus: Work seems to finally be starting on Pier 26; a peek inside the huge Sant Ambroeus coming to Brookfield Place; Tribeca Art+Culture Night is next week; opening forecast for Core Power Yoga. / 1 comment
Also on Community Board 1's September agendas: Worth Street wine bar; Spring Studios wants looser regulations; pedestrian plaza between Church and Sixth; Issey Miyake signage; Chefscape food hall; the jail tower; much more.
There are a lot of reasons to love Hudson River Park, but my favorite part is the Tribeca section's wooden boardwalk. Not only is there nothing else like it anywhere in the park, it was an elegant solution to a difficult design challenge. / 3 comments
Plus: Huge oyster found under Pier 40; local thefts; history of a Canal Street building; can the community and the Howard Hughes Corporation reach a deal on the next big Seaport development?
Plus: New line of cannabis products from Bubby's owner Ron Silver; new buildings with fancy lobby lighting; Terra owners settle with former employees who started a similar restaurant in Chicago; Pier 25 and 26 air rights. / 1 comment
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 firm opening date for A Summer Day Café; the Dead Rabbit is taking stock of the fire and water damage; Broadway plywood down; reserve a free ride on a fireboat. / 1 comment
Plus: More on Gitano; a visit with Tribeca artist Cecilia Vicuña, in exile from Chile; Priority Bicycles did a good deed; FiDi building to have a bar for tenants; Pier 26 construction start date.
Plus: Hudson River Park signage; foundation of a Walker Street building; Ever After opened a store in L.A.; Herzog & de Meuron's West Village building.
Plus: Upcoming events on Pier 26; the map for this year's Taste of Tribeca (including who's serving what); celebrate Mother's Day at Duane Park; another local business that doesn't take cash. / 4 comments
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