Plus: A marvelous email about the restaurant that used to be at Greenwich and Hubert in the 1980s; did you lose a ring outside Whole Foods?; party with Harvey Keitel. / 4 comments
That makes at least five delis or bodegas in the last five years. / 8 comments
Plus: Dunkin Donuts closed for renovation; something coming to the Josephine space?; any word on Yvonne?; "Where in Tribeca...?" still unsolved.
Plus: Nail salon closing; clocktower bells chiming again; more on the cats of northwest Tribeca; Community Board 1 Seaport meeting; view from 64th floor of 1 World Trade Center. / 1 comment
Plus: Baked got its cake pole; progress at 11 N. Moore; new location for Kim's Cleaners; Desbrosses ghost sign; Duane Street storefront renovation; Spring Street Salt Shed; Canal landmark improvement.
Plus: Million-dollar parking space; new show at No Romance Galleries; IPN fire cause?; no guesses yet for "Where in Tribeca...?"
Plus: How 30 Park Place will tower over its neighbors; aerial view of new WTC park; Dine Around Downtown event; the expanded Murray's Cheese Shop; Broadway demolition to start next year; Peter Hujar's photo of Independence Plaza North. / 7 comments
Susan Rosenberg Jones has been photographing the first tenants to move into Independence Plaza North—wonderful portraits of people in environments they've created over the decades, the images also capture what the city is losing as it changes. / 5 comments
Is it finally getting developed? Plus: Bubby's cow returned; naked man found clinging to buoy; "mezzanine curse" on Laight; IPN fire cleanup; IPN landlord accused of forcing out rent-stabilized tenants; photo contest winner.
Plus: Response to IPN fire; Cortlandt Way's short-lived opening; 93 Worth's appealing topper; more dead trees (and some new ones); "Bluff" shoot; big regatta this weekend; demolition on Park Place; Patriot renovation. / 1 comment
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The only reason I would approve of Chris Marte leaving the City Council would be if he became Mayor. — George Bacon / Candidates are lining up for City Council elections
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