Plus: Seaport City really about levees; Ward III's Old-Fashioned recipe; Olive's at Brookfield Place; 4 World Trade Center ceremony; Pace dorm; Simply Seafood event. / 3 comments
Plus: Duane Street loft up 35% since 2008; New Amsterdam Market. / 1 comment
Plus: Construction underway at Baked; wild mushrooms; Fulton Center subway access; Martha Erlebacher exhibit.
Plus: Banksy at McDonald's; Matt Bernson sample sale; Tetsu's façade; New York City Fashion Designers Market; last call at the Loopy Doopy.
Plus: New Amsterdam Market reminder; surfing at the gym; Brookfield Place construction closures; Bela Brazil's new location; the morality of economics; alfresco games; psychologists for students.
Plus: Critical moments for Dance New Amsterdam and New Amsterdam Market; loft analysis; the Butterfly; Con Edison's late-night chainsawing; 11 Beach architects. / 1 comment
Plus: Mangez Avec Moi's off-menu Laotian feast; architect chosen for Trinity Church tower; Brookfield Place's Devon & Blakely to close this week.
The lone New Amsterdam Market of the summer is tomorrow, so go! And it's not the only thing of note happening in the Seaport. Read on for a report on the new See/Change installation of shops and restaurant kiosks. / 1 comment
Plus: The vendors (smoked eels!) at next week's New Amsterdam Market; Nassau Street gets treed; Ed Hardy in person.
...after its one summer event. Plus: Bell Bates posted a farewell note; All Good Bread; Glenn Tilbrook and World Party (separately) playing City Winery; more trees. / 2 comments
Plus: Drunk abuses FDNY help button; school waitlists; Lispenard analysis; wedding lawsuits; Drama League to open its new home; New Amsterdam Market. / 2 comments
Plus: New Amsterdam Market's opening date; Fleet Week aboard the Lilac.
Maybe it should be illegal to buy the goods. Of course, it's difficult to prove that a buyer knew they... — Marcus / What can be done about counterfeit vendors?
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?
What should be done is that the laws on vendors should be enforced. Do the vendors have a permit? Are... — Marcus / What can be done about counterfeit vendors?
Stinks all the time there, not just in mornings. It's vile. Is it from the vendors? Also that area around... — Marcus / What can be done about counterfeit vendors?
The only reason I would approve of Chris Marte leaving the City Council would be if he became Mayor. — George Bacon / Candidates are lining up for City Council elections
10 Liberty Street in Fidi is finished and scaffolding is coming down so there is that too! — Michael T / More Light: Another sidewalk shed comes down