Rumors that are growing increasingly loud say that tenants have been cleared from the townhouses at Jay, on the plaza that PS 150 once occupied. / 25 comments
Plus John Allan's has closed on Laight; a manicure company that makes house calls; Hudson Square plants its 500th tree. / 1 comment
The born-in-Brooklyn family ice cream company is opening its 28th store here at Independence Plaza. / 7 comments
Plans laid out in April call for a 3500-square-foot restaurant at the corner of Greenwich and N. Moore. / 8 comments
Barry Goldsmith, who escaped the Nazis on foot in 1942, would go on to design IPN and have a hand in the plans for Westway. / 10 comments
The members-only family play and education facility is coming along, revealing the open windows there for the first time in ages. / 5 comments
There are some plans afoot for the storefronts along Greenwich at Independence Plaza, many of which have been shuttered since 2014. / 5 comments
The Best Market space at 316 Greenwich has a new tenant applying for a liquor license, and it's a "community space for modern families" started by local investors. / 48 comments
Plus: Manhattan Detention Center to triple in size; two robberies at Independence Plaza; what to do with the New Market Building site once the demolition is done. / 1 comment
The elementary school will be able to stay at Independence Plaza, at least for a few more years. / 4 comments
Plus: Arrest in the hit-and-run killing of a Tribeca resident; party guests steal $30,000 worth of clothes; look back at an earlier Duane Park.
Plus: The Ponte family's nasty legal battle; more on P.S. 150 having to move; Community Board 1's refusal to support a street-naming for a cop killed in Iraq; single mother moved from Tribeca to Battery Park City. / 5 comments
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