The city does not seem to be considering adaptive reuse, despite its pause on demolition of the jails on White Street. / 1 comment
City Hall has agreed to meet with elected officials first to explain why adaptive reuse is not an option for the two White Street jails. / 7 comments
Permits have been filed to allow for the interior demolition work to start, despite the city's promises to consider adaptive reuse. / 26 comments
Plus another gallery comes to Broadway and Franklin; Pick A Bagel is closed for renovations. / 2 comments
Mendes Wood DM coming to Walker. Plus The Dead Rabbit expands to New Orleans; Trivia Night at Bubby's; a protest at the jail TODAY.
A group of downtown architects has hashed out a strategy for rebuilding Rikers on the island, and using progressive techniques and waterborne transportation to make it work. / 12 comments
The national and citywide press cover the local protests against the borough-based jails. / 14 comments
And a Times story recounts neighborhood protests over the construction of a jail on White Street -- 40 years ago. / 1 comment
The streets were once again packed for the annual street party, with an added layer of protest this time. / 3 comments
Another protest is planned for Sunday at 1. Plus Miriam has reopened; the Journal Gallery shows the paintings of Brooklyn houses; Portuguese tartlets at Veranda.
Neighbors United Below Canal will gather people on Sunday, Feb. 6, to protest the demolition of the Manhattan Detention Complex scheduled to start next month. / 4 comments
Plus a new gallery for Walker Street; the art of the jails in peril; 7-Eleven robbed at gunpoint. / 5 comments
But there is space Wall Street and south - that should be target if building housing — stm / Seen & Heard: Big reno for east side of Pace campus
Yes I use those other subways plus bus. Do you use 2/3? The platform is already dangerous — stm / Seen & Heard: Big reno for east side of Pace campus
Relax. This building isn't in Tribeca. (Although the developer will market it as Tribeca.) — Thomas Hagen / Construction Update: 65 Franklin
Housing — Aaron CHRISTENSEN / 25 Water is now SoMA, and a lottery has begun on affordable units
No offense, but you do understand that this building is on Broadway, right? There are buildings that tall and taller... — mulciber / Construction Update: 65 Franklin
TriBeCa has always had homeless people, I worked in the area from the early 2000s to late 2010s. Actually its... — AJ / Encampment set up on Park Row and Beekman
to N: Agree with you completely. There was a black man named Lennie camped out on Chambers against the Medrite... — jeff / Encampment set up on Park Row and Beekman