Plus Frenchette goes west for the Oscars; Millennium High School goes green; Marc Forgione goes north to take over a 20-year-old Italian favorite.
The school, which gives preference to kids who live below Canal Street, has added 25,000 square feet that will include five classrooms and its first gym.
Plus more mochi coming to Soho; ferry ticket seller sentenced in shooting; ferry service resumes to Jersey City at lunch; The Roxy hosts a Nordic film festival. / 16 comments
Plus: The Joe's Pizza in FiDi should open next week; painting stolen off the wall of Team Gallery; paint-expert profile; Barthman Jewelers's new location is open; speed hump approved for outside high school.
Plus: Tribeca Grill to operate as usual today; The Weeknd and Bella Hadid are renting a Tribeca penthouse; Brandy Library review; vote no on the community board revamp; foot-dragging about safety at Millennium High School.
Plus: Bank of New York Mellon bought its building; decrease in rent-regulating apartments; push to expand Millennium High School; model lives here; big Hudson Square development parcel listed; Pastagram restaurant.
Plus: Greenwich Hotel security is armed; David-vs.-Goliath battle at the World Trade Center mall; new ferry to (and hopefully from) Jersey City; how "Tribute in Light" affects bird behavior; arrests in placard fraud; call for high-school safety measures. / 11 comments
Plus: Sixth Avenue's permanent sidewalk café; where the criminal summons court is ending up; Hudson loft analysis; another Merchants restaurant; girls' softball team gets funding.
Plus: Analyzing 36 N. Moore; 22 River Terrace likely to go condo; park benches; Fiterman Hall elevators; the Trading Post; the Dead Rabbit; road-testing Bari Studio; Millennium High School's cigar stink. / 1 comment
Plus: Dining next to Bill Murray; bike station to get protective island; new principals at two schools; M9 bus service to be restored. / 5 comments
Plus: Thanksgiving at Bubby's; are skateboarders harming the East River Waterfront park?; 53 N. Moore; no gym for Millennium High School.
Plus: WTC congestion; new BPC pizzeria; Borders as school?; half-marathon; Google do-gooder; Carmelo Anthony looking in Tribeca?; the homeless on Twitter; Compose; New York by Gehry. Also: Reopen Park Row! / 1 comment
Or make it a mall of counterfeiters, like a Needle Park or, better yet, the modern-day Essex Market of counterfeiting.... — James Bogardus / Tribeca-branded graffiti on West Broadway
The Starbucks on Chambers and W. Broadway is definitely popular and it's situated in a dream spot considering the subway... — Jslv / Starbucks at West Broadway and Chambers will close tomorrow
Given the illegal activities surrounding the building, maybe a museum celebrating the counterfeiting industry would be an appropriate use of... — Reademan / Tribeca-branded graffiti on West Broadway
Good ideas and good luck trying to get some institution aware of the building and its possibilities -- — John Willenbecher / Tribeca-branded graffiti on West Broadway
Maybe it's worth pointing out the existence and availability of this building to the powers that be at some museums.... — Marcus / Tribeca-branded graffiti on West Broadway
Good idea, Marcus. I always thought New York could use a Museum of Architecture (well there is the Skyscraper Museum... — George Bacon / Tribeca-branded graffiti on West Broadway
Before Koh that store was Kai’s Kids (if I’m not mistaken). She had a beautiful selection of kids’ clothing, including... — Phyllis Ruffer / Koh’s Kids on Greenwich has closed