Plus: Storefront digital ads that track viewers' demographics; art event on the Staten Island Ferry; overheard in Tribeca.
Plus: A student's belt made of machine-gun bullets caused Pace University to be evacuated; Pier 26 construction update; de Blasio administration is considering scrapping the cabaret license requirement for dancing; ex-SeaGlass employee attempted to rob it; more on 125 Greenwich condo. / 11 comments
Plus: Analyzing the city council vote; the Board of Elections won't count absentee and provisional ballots yet; Margaret Chin's graceless victory statement; Barry Diller withdraws plan to build Hudson River Park pier; Battery Park City resident launching a fashion line of rowing blazers. / 4 comments
Plus: Beach volleyball tournament this week; cornhole in FiDi; progress at the Flea's new theater; protected parking at New York Dolls; Broadway condominium halfway to its final height.
The marina at Pier 25 is being run by the crew behind the popular Grand Banks restaurant/bar and the Atlantic Yachting sailing school on the Upper West Side. / 1 comment
Plus: Another Gregory's Coffee is opening around here; FDNY open houses tomorrow; Hudson River Park Games; a survey of empty Broadway storefronts; Pen Parentis literary salon; Mandarin Seeds's new location. / 4 comments
Plus: Two more options for Espasso's second Tribeca store; jewelry pop-up at Giorgia; Kentucky Derby party; Wesley Stace concert; the pit at 30 Warren; Christmas tree.
Also on Community Board 1's May agendas: Plans for White Street restaurant and Santos Party House; Hubert Street parking; Warren Street Dog Run; big new building on Canal; Brooklyn Bridge concession; sidewalk café on Chambers; much more. / 4 comments
Plus: Correction about the progress of Citigroup's renovation; the roofline of 70 Vestry; new Baron von Fancy billboard; pop-up antiques shop inside Gary Graham's atelier. / 3 comments
Plus: Remix license-suspension hearing; Pier 26's big orange sign; new-ish bar in Hudson Square; Adidas shoot; Tribeca painting; Pen Parentis salon on race. / 5 comments
Plus: Ice sculpture in Duane Park; Eataly sale; the façade of 187 Franklin; "Law & Order: SVU" and "Bull" filming yet again; open house at Élan Flowers's new location; Hudson River Park's blue lights. / 2 comments
City Vineyard just announced that 20 singer-songwriters will perform there this winter for small, reservation-only audiences. / 3 comments
Went to the Tin Building Sunday. Wow! Another great place to buy food and eat. — G / Meadow Lane will open in March
Rat Terriers? — Tim / Getting control of the rat situation in Washington Market Park
It’s $700 million, not $7 million. https://pix11.com/news/morning/fare-evasion-cost-mta-700-million-in-2023-watchdog-group/#:~:text=Fare%20evasion%20cost%20the%20MTA,least%20%24100%20million%20last%20year. — Reademan / The future of congestion pricing is “now or never”
If CP is supposed to be revenue for the MTA, then the MTA needs vehicles to come to the CP... — Jer / The future of congestion pricing is “now or never”
I say NO to congestion pricing. The working families can't afford NYC. They can't afford higher food prices. Adding congestion... — Elbee / The future of congestion pricing is “now or never”
Time to look into ferrets? — Leslie / Getting control of the rat situation in Washington Market Park
The MTA is losing $7 million+ a year on fare evasion. "We have to think we are all playing by... — Tribeca Citizen / The future of congestion pricing is “now or never”