Read about Matsugen in the Tribeca Citizen Restaurant Guide.
The art and design gallery from Nacho Polo and Robert Onuska opened quietly but officially last Thursday in the beautiful space on Church and Leonard.
The 7000 square foot space across from 56 Leonard has been vacant since Jean-Georges left a decade ago. / 2 comments
Plus: 56 Leonard sales office; demolition at 66 Leonard restaurant; Arman residents moving in; kids' club. / 8 comments
Plus: Reconsidering the Matsugen space news; Saluggi's Sandwich Shop update; Seaport Museum plan for ditching some ships; Fulton Street Transit Center's new name; Downtown Florist moves; 1st Precinct meeting.
But what? Plus: Midcentury sale in an old Tribeca building; 137 Franklin cladding; 1 N. Moore plywood goes up; Benares restaurant; Superstar Gym update; Emergency Medical Care. / 1 comment
Plus: Justin Timberlake sells at a loss; Jewish boomers; post-wedding restaurant suggestions; grants for businesses in Lower Manhattan.
Plus: 177 Franklin hasn't sold after all; WTC-area real estate heating up; crack in 3WTC crane; tourists visiting Dominique Strauss-Kahn's rental; Cortlandt subway station update; FiDi department store?; tour-bus congestion; Matsugen; Sept. 11 mural. / 4 comments
This week: Photos taken on Leonard, Greenwich, Church, W. Broadway, Canal, and Park Place.
Plus: Old American Stock Exchange building getting developed (and how!); garbage garage temporarily halted; Courtney Sale Ross; new theater in the Seaport; a spy among us; Jane Krakowski; Matsugen updates; coconut shrimp; pageant prep. / 1 comment
Opposite the Tribeca Grand, there’s a building which every night has flashing colored lights in the windows. I have no idea why and I can't see what/who belongs in the building. Any clues? —Greg / 3 comments
Plus: Campbell Brown bought on Murray; Westboro Baptist Church is protesting here tonight; drama at SoulCycle; Park51 design; the glory that is Matsugen.
The alfajores at Artesano are a must if they have them when you're there. A truly fantastic cookie. — N / Seen & Heard: Breakfast at Artesano
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Thanks for the update — you saved me a panicked email. Did the expansion of Gee Whiz take place around... — Don / Don’t panic: Gee Whiz is renovating