Plus: Muse Paintbar opens today; Baked holiday market today; no sign of progress at the other Independence Plaza North storefronts or the Pier 26 restaurant; Axel Audio pop-up shop. / 22 comments
Plus: The supermarket's final day; the Christmas tree stand on Greenwich is setting up; Tribeca in "Jessica Jones"; Friends of Washington Market Park's Christmas celebration; how to buy a plaque on a Tribeca park bench. / 8 comments
Plus: Signage for a new fitness studio and children's boutique; chickens on Leonard; remembering Pearl Paint; Court Street Grocers in the Village; the Lilac's whereabouts. / 1 comment
The judge handling A&P's bankruptcy just needs to approve the sale. / 19 comments
Plus: Pop-up toy shop on Greenwich; jack-o'lantern contest; the Beekman tower gets a hornament; where to see JR's Ellis Island film; meeting about resiliency planning in Lower Manhattan; new eyewear shop on Howard.
Plus: Racines NY's prix-fixe lunch menu; pink paper in the Josephine windows; ticker-tape parade alert now at red level; Sweet Lily closing for renovations; Harley-Davidson's use of a public plaza; "Taste of" event in the West Village.
Given the empty shelves, you can be forgiven for thinking that the Food Emporium on Greenwich Street is closing imminently. It might indeed be closing, but the process is not quite as simple as turning out the lights and moving on. / 4 comments
Plus: Liberty Park construction; pop-up at Cass Lilien's shop; the potential of newly reopened Drumgoole Plaza; Friends of DeLury Park events; Gucci at Brookfield Place; "Mini NYC" shoot.
The word on the street is that it could be done by the end of the month. / 52 comments
Plus: Le District review; West Thames Bridge progress; hit-and-run on W. Broadway; Hudson Square church is gone; Atera's basement garden. / 15 comments
They left a nice sign. Plus: One fan who "arbitraged nostalgia [and] cornered market on chicken rolls." / 15 comments
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