Plus: The stony lobby of 12 Warren; the new Center for the Study of Anti-Semitism; something coming to a restaurant space on Reade; a 1914 photo of Greenwich Street. / 3 comments
Plus: Another look at the new building underway on Hudson; subversiveness at the New York Academy of Art; artist inspired by his daughter's school projects.
Plus: More on that police vehicle stuck at the World Trade Center; many Lower Manhattan streets essentially closed this Saturday; St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox National Shrine; 4 World Trade Center retail space. / 3 comments
Plus: Gristedes could be leaving Battery Park City; recapping northeast Tribeca development; the director of the Museum of Jewish Heritage has resigned; new Greek restaurant in FiDi; Black Tap opens a second location.
Plus: Mudd Club projection; "Curious George" musical; change at 24 Hubert Wines; Jewish culture festival; "Where in Tribeca...?" still unguessed; Tribeca drug trial.
Plus: Grand Banks's new food menu; "Head of Goliath" reception; settlement over Battery Park City security abuse; is Beekman Street safer now?; Austrian restaurant opening in FiDi; screening of never-before-seen Hitchcock documentary.
Plus: Meet a Holocaust survivor tomorrow; Emmett Moore show at Patrick Parrish; Pen Parentis's May literary salon.
Plus: Downtown services lag behind population growth; female impersonators attempt theft; White Street renovations; West and Chambers in 1936; midcentury Jewish designers; Planned Parenthood moving to FiDi; teenagers attack newsstand owner; Seaport tower.
Plus: More on Almond; artist Azikiwe Mohammed; Little Park review; event designer DeJuan Stroud moved out; Broadway retail condo sold; turmoil at the Museum of Jewish Heritage; how those old Harrison Street houses got there. / 6 comments
Plus: World Trade Center developer's unslakable thirst for public money; Saddam Hussein's Judaica collection on display; Gateway Plaza lawsuit; media company atilt.
"I do twice-weekly workouts with Carlos at Tribeca Sports Center on Broadway," says Michael Boodro, editor in chief of Elle Decor magazine. "Plus a lot of walking—though Carlos says that doesn’t count."
Plus: Sushi of Gari dims the lights; helping the Rockaways; Murray Street cobblestoning; free jazz for locals. / 8 comments
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