Can you believe it has been six months since Sandy? It may still be chewed up, but many of the businesses that make it special are back. / 4 comments
Plus: Tribeca Film Festival's "Drive-In" schedule; Greenwich garage gone; The Greek update; slaughtering chickens; Organic Modernism; Poem in Your Pocket Day; My Little Sunshine; New Amsterdam Market; 157 Hudson.
Plus: City makes deal for Seaport markets (but not New Amsterdam Market); 1WTC observation deck; new Thai in FiDi; Verizon building starts its new life; praising 92YTribeca; Brookfield Place's ambitions; Gwyneth's new book.
Plus: Saffron restaurant changes its name again; New Amsterdam Market rally; Peace & Love looks dead; three shoots; Greenwich garage being torn down; 12 Warren; Adidas pop-up involves nail art; a new tree; check-cashing store. / 3 comments
Plus: Making the case for New Amsterdam Market; Tribeca then vs. now; Greenwich townhouse back on the market; chef Andrew Carmellini; Best Made shop; scrap metal thieves; rendering of new building on Nassau (to be called The Lara); Aux Epices. / 1 comment
Plus: Acrid smoke at 60 Hudson; free macarons; Greenwich garage about to be demolished?; seafood festival at the World Financial Center; chefs supporting Seaport buildings; Thai opportunity. / 2 comments
Plus: Freight-elevator Museum to open café and shop; My Little Sunshine kids' store; intense conversation at afternoon tea; New Amsterdam Market petition. / 2 comments
It’s been a while since I gathered together a bunch of things I’m feeling. Let the good vibes roll…. / 4 comments
Both on Church. Plus: Raccoon Lodge; New Amsterdam Market; where to go now that Mail Boxes Etc. is closed? / 7 comments
Reopening in February. Plus: 249 Church Street loft comps; artist Nate Lowman; new FiDi building getting glassed. / 1 comment
Plus: Bone marrow drive; delay at Live Well Company's new outpost; Batmobile question; New Amsterdam Market. / 1 comment
Plus: Shopping for dates; Bastille Day celebration; Asphalt Green; artist Peter Koval will be sketching Tribeca this week.
The headline says "few" but I haven't seen any others. Are there? — mulciber / What’s to do about the few remaining illegal smoke shops?
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