Plus: The RFP for Pier 26's restaurant; "The Wolf of Wall Street" trailer; double parking on Hudson; Red Hook Lobster Truck tonight; cherries.
Plus: Grassing the unfinished upland part of Hudson River Park; Water Street beautification project; My Little Sunshine sale; Asphalt Greek lockers; Lilac Preservation Project looking for vendors. / 1 comment
Plus: Independence Plaza's gym fee; Tribeca Pediatrics goes west; swing dance party; Marla Mase live; family entertainment; OLighting; another Broadway vacancy. / 1 comment
Plus: Cafe 92YTribeca's last day; shopping to help Battery Park; Dahlia's Mexican restaurant; "Unforgettable" TV show; park concert canceled; Pier 25 ship festival.
With more info (but not much) on what's replacing Dean's; a new 24-hour deli, the Italian spot coming to Franklin, upcoming Pier 26 events (including OneRepublic and Passion Pit concerts), helping ACE help people, and sidewalk cafés.
Plus: Matt Bernson sample sale; booking at Le Restaurant; found cat; West Village blog. / 1 comment
Plus: City Hall Park's next sculpture exhibit; phone store closed; N. Moore cobblestoning; the Butterfly's website; update on the Hudson River Park tax.
Plus: More Arne Svenson coverage; lights coming back on at Hudson River Park esplanade and bike path; big new art gallery; B Flat review; Water Taxi accident; another Lenny's; Greenwich buildings for sale. / 6 comments
Plus: Pier 25 playground to reopen next weekend; East River Ferry to use larger boats; Pier 26 restaurant progress; a heck of a First-Time Tuesday deal at Cosmopolitan Café.
Plus: New sailing program; Franklin Place sales office; Benares lunch review; book publisher.
Plus: Suzanne Vega; Thurgood Marshall Courthouse tour; Pier 25 mini golf, snack bar, Art Shack, volleyball; Hudson River Park activities for kids; Lounge at Atera's snack menu; Tribeca CSA; architectural walk; Cherrywood Kitchen. / 2 comments
Plus: Hudson River Park at night; expensive ring stolen; Cipriani Wall Street vs. a newsstand; steamed buns; the tourist who hid his loaded gun in a hotel lobby armchair.
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