Plus: Battery Park landscape designer Piet Oudolf; the charm of single-block streets; Time Out New York survey; high school student attacks newsstand vendor, gets slashed. / 5 comments
It's about to open. Plus: SoulCycle Tribeca update; comparing the Smyth to its rendering; new UFC Gym; 15 Renwick progress; inside La Colombe on Vandam; ugly green bike lanes; North End Grill prawns.
Plus: Pizza pop-up details; flower shop Dutch Petals has opened; more details on Saks Fifth Avenue and L'Atelier; P.S. 150 rummage sale; Whole Foods shopping service. / 2 comments
Plus: A new La Colombe on Hudson; video inside 5 Beekman; $38,000 in cufflinks stolen from Franklin Street apartment; inside the Floating Library. / 3 comments
Plus: Spa on N. Moore confirmed; supertall skyscraper on the horizon; sit in the Battery Park chair contest finalists; La Colombe barista's wellness practice; this year's Downtown Dance Festival; souvenir shop closing. / 3 comments
According to the rumors, anyway. This list will be updated as new info comes in.
Plus: Checking in on the Battery Park seashell carousel; World Trade Center armadillo sports more quills; good deal on Pilates; "Cutie and the Boxer."
Maybe La Colombe should just open a second café, given the lines across the street.
Realizing I almost never take photos of people I see on the street, I vowed to attempt more street photography. / 6 comments
Or at least that's how it's looking. Here are three suggested alternates. / 2 comments
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