Plus: Brookfield Place food court delayed again; Aspinal of London opening a shop; absinthe bar; Denny's forecast; teen fight includes stabbing; 30 Park Place panels; Verizon Building getting windows. / 4 comments
Plus: President Obama coming on May 15; Seaport Music Festival; local thefts; Silver Lining's second act. / 10 comments
Plus: 9/11 Memorial fences to mostly come down soon; Soho Rep gets a rave; costume designer owes the IRS; Greenwich Street green thumbs; SoulCycle's bad karma; responders' memorial. / 6 comments
Plus: Tribeca Film Festival parties in Soho; should residents be worried about Pier A?; another 9/11 Museum controversy; FiDi man attacked on 1 train; World Trade Center security; Tribeca New Music Festival.
Plus: World Trade Center developer's unslakable thirst for public money; Saddam Hussein's Judaica collection on display; Gateway Plaza lawsuit; media company atilt.
Plus: Bull barricades taken down; 67 Vestry recap; Hallmark art exhibit; new shared workspace; 9/11 Museum programming; Hotel Indigo in FiDi; new preschool. / 7 comments
Plus: Gwyneth and Chris split up; a big new Gap store; CNN producers try to sneak into 1WTC; Howard Hughes Corporation buys south of the Seaport; free 9/11 Museum tickets.
Plus: Tribeca Film Festival's community events; locals get sneak peek at 9/11 Museum; raising money for clean water; a book for dog lovers; gallery expansion.
Plus: Crunch not coming to Franklin; Half of Tribeca Film Festival sold to the Madison Square Garden Company; wrestling executive sues Cobblestone Lofts over "toxic, airborne contaminants." / 4 comments
Plus: Atheists appeal 9/11 "cross" ruling; role play for would-be community board members; inside ad agency Havas's offices; Bob Townley on after-school funding; new restaurant from Trattoria Cinque founder. / 1 comment
Plus: The view from atop 1 World Trade Center; is Park51 moving?; PATH platform critique; Well + Good profile; Battery Park City's cold war; Hotel Particulier pop-up gallery; no school "collocation."
Plus: Benefit for the Drawing Center; a visit to the perfumer known as Scenterprises; Reade Chambers floor plans.
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Would love to help. Honest question. What can we do? — Randy / What can be done about counterfeit vendors?
"Zero tolerance" is right. That requires consistent enforcement: Every time police see this happening, seize the goods, fine the vendor.... — Marcus / What can be done about counterfeit vendors?