Plus: Battery Park Pharmacy has closed; New York Dolls to start serving lunch and dinner; "Bull" shoot; Grace Jones's "One Man Show." / 4 comments
Plus: Another sales office on Leonard; Washington Market Park's summer concert series; zoning forbids Pret's proposed sidewalk café; in the Seaport, an eyeglass store is opening and a kids' shop closed (and no sign of Van Leeuwen Ice Cream); Tom Hanks's fear of a Tribeca building. / 3 comments
Plus: Another phone snatching; opening date for Lower East Side arthouse cinema; Soho steakhouse closing; Gansevoort Market owner plans a food hall in Lower Manhattan.
There's been a lot of bad news lately, and I fear we haven't heard the last of it, so let's try to focus on the positive (for one post, anyway). Here are 14 things to look forward to in Lower Manhattan in the next year or two. / 10 comments
Plus: Fairway is in rough shape; a new art cinema on Canal Street; ownership consolidation at massive West Street development site; the director of the South Street Seaport Museum. / 1 comment
This is organized crime - it requires Federal investigation and enforcement. Every one of us should report it to the... — SoHo / In the News: More on the counterfeit vendors of Canal Street
Survey isn't saving answers -- error message saying the survey was modified by the creator pops up instructing users to... — N / New group to explore the potential of a Tribeca Business Improvement District
Yet another bagel shop? We'lll have to change the neighborhood name from Tribeca to Tribagel — Geroge Bacon / Seen & Heard: Ess-a-Bagel getting ready on Murray
Funny how the view from the window in the second photo will be drastically changed in the next year or... — George Bacon / New Kid on the Block: Blank Street at 32 Avenue of the Americas
Marcus, What's your evidence for these claims? "Does the article mention how these entrepreneurs are part of organized crime networks,... — MG / In the News: More on the counterfeit vendors of Canal Street
What a generous soul you are Native! — Gwen / Nosy Neighbor: Where did these benches come from?
Magnet for homeless people, schizophrenics and weed smokers. Yeah! Can’t wait for them to “get some use” — Local Family / Nosy Neighbor: Where did these benches come from?