Plus: Street fair season; renting at New York by Gehry; a chef sues; John Krevey; bone-marrow emergency; another Hampton Inn for FiDi; Compose.
This month's CB1 committees are discussing all sorts of interesting matters: BPC ice rink, Ed's Lobster Bar, Harry's Italian, public art, Blue School, Hazelden.... Update: BPC ballfields meeting (re: ice rink) has been postponed till Feb. 10. / 3 comments
Plus: LMDC lawsuit and injury; Drawing Center stays put; Weather Up Tribeca.
Plus: Sex-and-drugs phone booth; Kardashians; that architecture firm on Chambers.
Plus: Jon Stewart saves the day; Tribecans who eat; Pace's new building; Riedel scion; Otto Penzler; 9/11 museum; Corton; bank robbery arrest; restaurant roundups; author Helen Simonson; "Nutcracker" blues; Seaport may sell a boat.
Plus: WTC memorial fountains; Target and Wal-Mart said to be poking around downtown for smaller stores; the Harrison (a recipe, too); Stuzzicheria; No Wave.
Plus: Downtown vs. Midtown; Commonwealth furniture designers; Albany Street turn lane; Alexis Stewart; art critic Raphael Rubenstein; National Museum of the American Indian.
The 9/11 memorial is projected to be visited by 5.5 million people in its first year. About a million will come by bus. / 1 comment
CB1 approves Cordoba House (photo by Yana Paskova, courtesy the New York Times). Plus: 9/11 Memorial online tour; Asphalt Green; pretzels; lots of real estate; and City Hall's wee vegetable garden.
all sorts of things could be done to the entrance/exit ramp to the Manh bridge.This is def one of the... — jfrankp / Canal Street ranks as one of city’s deadliest
There needs to be an MTA crosstown bus route added on Canal Street. As for widening sidewalks, likely just more... — stm / Canal Street ranks as one of city’s deadliest
But there is space Wall Street and south - that should be target if building housing — stm / Seen & Heard: Big reno for east side of Pace campus
Yes I use those other subways plus bus. Do you use 2/3? The platform is already dangerous — stm / Seen & Heard: Big reno for east side of Pace campus
Relax. This building isn't in Tribeca. (Although the developer will market it as Tribeca.) — Thomas Hagen / Construction Update: 65 Franklin
Housing — Aaron CHRISTENSEN / 25 Water is now SoMA, and a lottery has begun on affordable units
No offense, but you do understand that this building is on Broadway, right? There are buildings that tall and taller... — mulciber / Construction Update: 65 Franklin