Plus: Cute façade uncovered at forthcoming Canal Street café; signage for new manicure/blowout salon; checking in on the St. Nicholas National Shrine; child star.
Plus: Fire at the Manhattan Criminal Courthouse; police vehicle gets hoisted into the air by a World Trade Center security bollard; time-lapse video of the mural at 100 Franklin. / 1 comment
Plus: The former Pearl Paint building is looking good; Rag & Bone signage on N. Moore; JR's Ellis Island kids also showing up in the Village; Tracy Anderson's temporary home. / 1 comment
Plus: The JR mural is done; the sidewalk shed outside Best Market; shoots for "Law & Order: SVU" and a film (Spider-Man?); Grown & Sewn's women's collection; Naturino kids' shoes. / 2 comments
Plus: Buddha Bar appears to be going straight to the State Liquor Authority; Alex & Ani looks like a showroom; shoots for "Billions" and a Chinese TV series; the new JR mural. / 5 comments
Plus: Zucker's asked 10 local chefs to create special sandwiches; Hank's Juicy Beef is likely open; the mural-in-progress at 100 Franklin.
Plus: Alex & Ani store on Reade confirmed; Citigroup construction noise; Rag & Bone men's store "very much in flux"; Café Altro Paradiso now serving lunch on some weekdays. / 3 comments
Plus: A schematic drawing of the new building on Franklin Street; Alfanoose appears to have closed; the retail plan for the former J&R store; Juice Press on Murray stopped making salads to order; new slice joint in FiDi. / 1 comment
Plus: Chipotle looks very close to opening; a better look at the Pier 17 structure; yet another WeWork opening in the area; the disintegration of a ballerina; Farinella keeps expanding uptown. / 3 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: Projected opening date for Maman café; 443 Greenwich progress; Beach Street pizzeria construction; free kids' movies at brunch; Simon Business School; what's happening with J&R's former home at 1 Park Row? / 1 comment
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