Plus: Thefts in the area, including a few at Brookfield Place; the push to get locals on the Battery Park City Authority board; panel discussion of Tribeca developers; Ugo Rondinone art festival.
Plus: The outbuilding at 111 Murray; work is starting on W. Broadway's "all-day brasserie"; excellent show about when artists took over Pier 34; boxing humor; Vestry paint job. / 2 comments
Plus: The Hideaway is still closed; the Lilac and S-Cruise by Smartboat are back; another Tribeca building being marketed as single-family residence; work has started on the Jacadi boutique; MFA thesis show.
Five of the artists at this weekend's Hunter College MFA Open Studios let us take an advance look. (There will be a silent auction Friday from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m., with artwork starting as low as $50.) / 1 comment
Plus: Hunter College's open-studio event; Brooklyn gallery popping up here this weekend; Perry Burns at Cheryl Hazan.
Also on February’s Community Board 1 agendas: The NYPD stables that used to be on Varick; Spring Studios; the blight that is Denny's; Lispenard landmark; a million street-activity and street-fair permits; more. / 2 comments
It can be hard to keep up with everything that’s coming soon (or coming eventually), so here’s a quick rundown of the restaurants, shops, fitness studios, and more expected to open in greater Tribeca. / 2 comments
Plus: The early word on Khe-Yo; Hunter College's plans for Canal and Hudson; Eve hangs out in FiDi; body pulled from river. / 2 comments
Here’s a rundown of the restaurants, shops, and more we can expect to open in the next year or so—with many new updates on exactly when they might debut. If you want to be in the know, this is a post worth studying.
Here’s a rundown of the restaurants, shops, and more we can expect to open in the next year or so. / 5 comments
Plus: Westville Hudson opening date; tentative Asphalt Green rally date; Hunter College art school on its way; fun with textiles; Battery Park harvest festival; Canstruction.
If you know something, say something! Plus: One answered question. UPDATE: Make that eight unanswered and two answered! UPDATE: A couple of theories about 200 Hudson. / 1 comment
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