The Nowakowski baking company started in Poland in 1925 as a neighborhood bakery, growing to a chain of around 50 stores. Now it has decided the U.S. is ripe for expansion. First up: Tribeca. / 10 comments
Plus: Stella will be moving; advertising barge; the restaurant in the former Trump Soho has failed again; Community Board 1 to discuss P.S. 150 move and rooftop additions on Walker and Duane; Sherwin-Williams paint store opening in former nightclub. / 1 comment
Plus: New boxing and kickboxing studios, including one at the Oculus; signage for Just Baked! Nowakowski on W. Broadway; Ryot on Varick; the new building overlooking the Holland Tunnel. / 4 comments
The Polish company Just Baked! Nowakowski has chosen W. Broadway for the first of what it says will be 50 locations in New York City. The second is in the Oculus. / 2 comments
Plus: Blue Park Kitchen is opening at 70 Pine; summoning the ghost of Pakistan Tea House; Burger N Grill and Papa Kitchen appear to be related; a building with dead plants and permanent pylons.
The Gothamist article about compass is very dumb. StreetEasy charges agents to post listings there, so it’s not as if... — Matt / In the News: Strolling Canal Street
You're better off reading about why the counterfeit vendors persist. https://www.city-journal.org/article/canal-street-fake-counterfeit-bags-vendors — James Bogardus / In the News: Strolling Canal Street
The Canal Street article is behind the NY Times paywall, so I could not read it. But in the flash... — Marcus / In the News: Strolling Canal Street
With all the hoopla over the renewed Carnegie Deli - I'm sorry it's not them!! — Bec / Update: Carnegie Diner at 200 Chambers
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The Reade St commercial parking is probably an artifact of over 20 years ago when there was plenty of commercial... — N / In the News: Hunting down parking placard abuses
Yes, and the vagrants on Canal Street need to go, too. — James / Seen & Heard: Wayfinding for a counterfeit bazaar