Steam rooms, saunas.... Plus: 37 Warren's rooftop addition; Pier 26 restaurant; Radio Lilac marketplace; NYC Autumn Wine Festival; chop your own salad. / 1 comment
Plus: Artist Raymond Pettibon; shiny new building for the Seaport skyline; Alexander Wang partied at Pier 17; 25 Broad refurbished; Canal Street building.
Plus: 60 Beach analysis; Sean Avery sells his restaurant shares; 9/11 Museum discount; Hudson River Park dog run; retired Stuyvesant principal.
While the Hudson River Park's new dog run has been getting most of the attention, I'm personally more excited about the new parts of the esplanade. Let's take a photographic stroll...
Plus: The Freight-elevator-shaft Museum in Cortlandt Alley; gossip entrepreneur; qualms about Hudson River Park's air-rights deal.
It's the backyard your dog always wanted, with a grassy area and water features. / 4 comments
Plus: Rebuilding the underbelly of the Cyclone; renderings of Major League Soccer stadium on Pier 40; converting commercial space into residential.
Score one for the neighbors deeply aggravated by the noise from this summer's debut series of concerts: "We will not schedule this concert series on Pier 26 again next summer," says Hudson River Park's Madelyn Wils. / 24 comments
Plus: Chambers bistro definitely a go; paying for the West Street median upkeep; picking up household donations. / 3 comments
Plus: Robert Janz gallery show; FiDi sub shop opened today; free kids' tennis clinic; a new word.
Plus: Élan Flowers has moved; rumored tenant for a Tribeca landmark; Los Americanos delivery; community night at the 9/11 Memorial; gallery gone; the NYPD's response about Pier 26 noise complaints.
Plus: Penthouse doubles in value in three years; ferry honking annoying Battery Park City residents; elderly BPC folks' mortgage troubles; inside the Corbin Building. / 2 comments
Yet another bagel shop? We'lll have to change the neighborhood name from Tribeca to Tribagel — Geroge Bacon / Seen & Heard: Ess-a-Bagel getting ready on Murray
Funny how the view from the window in the second photo will be drastically changed in the next year or... — George Bacon / New Kid on the Block: Blank Street at 32 Avenue of the Americas
Marcus, What's your evidence for these claims? "Does the article mention how these entrepreneurs are part of organized crime networks,... — MG / In the News: More on the counterfeit vendors of Canal Street
What a generous soul you are Native! — Gwen / Nosy Neighbor: Where did these benches come from?
Repair fest is Sunday (not Sat) Nov 8. Coincides with the farmers market. — Fran / Seen & Heard: Ess-a-Bagel getting ready on Murray
Wonderful that Roy Lichtenstein’s iconic sculpture is permanently installed at 7WTC! — Dorothy Zeidman / Art in Tribeca: Roy Lichtenstein’s Brushstrokes
When the IP/trademark holders sue the City of New York (Department of Transportation) as owner of the sidewalks (its "inalienable... — James Bogardus / In the News: More on the counterfeit vendors of Canal Street