Plus: The new, more approachable menu at Racines; increased funding for 9/11 memorials; fin-tech firm expands at the World Trade Center. / 1 comment
Plus: The "family social space with café" on Hudson will be huge; one store opening and another closing at the World Trade Center mall; free admission to the 9/11 Museum; Pen Parentis's secret new salon venue.
Plus: John Derian is opening a West Village shop; nice Chinatown restaurant reviewed; online seminar on traffic modeling and congestion pricing.
Plus: Email receipts at Best Market; politicians oppose the arcade infill plan at 200 Water; neat drawing of J. Crew's Liquor Store; 9/11 Memorial parking privilege; another shoot. / 3 comments
Plus: The sidewalk shed at Independence Plaza; fireworks tonight; Tunnel to Towers run is this weekend; Newark airport buses now leaving from Hudson Square; feminist kitsch at R & Company. / 5 comments
Plus: Missed opportunity at the 9/11 Memorial; the Sphere sculpture waits to be unveiled; Park Place sidewalk shed seems to finally be coming down; more eclipse photos; Canal Street Market event to benefit Guatemalan girls. / 15 comments
Plus: City council candidates debate; new chef at Benares; Black Tap launching milkshake trucks; Shopkins pop-up on N. Moore; Chalait tea café opening on Houston.
Plus: Learning to make pizza at Kesté; the FDNY football team's pet chicken; 9/11 families upset about the 9/11 Memorial being used for a TC shoot; the Mysterious Bookshop.
Plus: The Jenner sisters reportedly broke the elevator that they got stuck inside; Atera does well in new restaurant ratings; Arne Svenson's voyeuristic photos are hanging in a well-reviewed Village restaurant.
Plus: Opening shows for the new Alexander and Bonin gallery; New York Ranger lists apartment after getting traded; celebrities trapped in Tribeca elevator; candidate Q&A.
Plus: Semi-secret restaurant terrace overlooking the World Trade Center; performing arts center design announcement; Pisillo Italian Panini rave; O'Hara's pub; where model Hilary Rhoda gets her face shaved; survey about off-season Governors Island; 9/11 flag returned; candidate Q&A; state report on Lower Manhattan. / 1 comment
Plus: The former El Rey chef's new restaurant in the old Winnie's space; iPic cinema seats; the history of 44 Wall, complete with a mysterious death at sea; free admission to the 9/11 Museum. / 2 comments
@Larry, good point about time saved in traffic. @Charles, thanks for explaining the "Jane the plumber/18 wheeler" issue. Which elected... — Jeff / There’s an election this month!
@Larry, good point about time saved in traffic. @Charles, thanks for explaining the "Jane the plumber/18 wheeler" issue. Which elected... — Jeff / There’s an election this month!
The rotating Downtown Alliance ad is really annoying and makes it hard to keep your eyes concentrated on any other... — N / Another Japanese omakase coming to the neighborhood
Yes, it seems more and more so. What happened, for example, to "Don't block the box" and enforcement against red-light... — Marcus / Another smoke shop coming to Church
@Larry, thanks for saying in under 30 words what would have taken me 300. @Jeff, thanks for your kind words.... — Komanoff / There’s an election this month!
The Smoke Shop at 321 Broadway across the street from the Federal Building was just busted on Thursday. — FiDiGuy / Another smoke shop coming to Church
We live in a completely lawless city, where obvious criminal activity is just ignored. Our public leaders are completely incompetent... — Reademan / Another smoke shop coming to Church