C. has been watching -- and listening -- to this mysterious grey box on the south side of the North Cove Marina for a year.
Poets House has installed fragments of 53 poems throughout the park, making for an inspirational weekend -- or anytime -- activity. / 1 comment
Mudville has added TVs to their curbside dining scene; Brookfield plaza needs no reservations; tennis for kids and adults on the esplanade at North Cove Marina. / 2 comments
Plus: Broken crane at 565 Broome; peeks inside Tetsu restaurant; reinforcement for the silver blob; North Cove Marina and Rockefeller Park.
The Battery Park City Authority released its first proposals for increasing flood resiliency. The biggest changes are to Wagner Park, which will get a reconceived pavilion and a footbridge, but there will also be new walls and other barriers throughout the neighborhood.
Plus: The reveal of 14 White has been postponed; blowout salon opens this weekend; sailing club owner accuses new North Cove Marina operator of industrial espionage; art via Argo Electronics on Canal; knife pulled during Duane Reade antacid robbery. / 1 comment
Plus: Brookfield Properties chooses Cuomo friend's company to run the North Cove Marina sailing school; 111 Murray passes halfway point; Starbucks to end its beer-and-wine program.
Plus: Neat photo from 1914; North Cove Marina update; Fowler & Wells now serving weekday lunch; hat stolen off man's head; metal debris crashes into hotel window; Alexander Hamilton Tavern opening in FiDi; Best Western in the Seaport has closed. / 3 comments
Plus: Awkward situation at Community Board 1; escaping apocalyptic Manhattan by boat; more victims' photos at the 9/11 Museum; a SoulCycle instructor's beauty regimen.
Also on Community Board 1's January agendas: An update on North Cove Marina; quieting down the Five Boro Bike Tour; the New York City Half Marathon; façade changes on Chambers and Reade; more. / 1 comment
Plus: Whale spotted near Liberty Island; reviewing proposed changes to Wagner Park; Battery Park City Authority needs to find a new sailing school for North Cove Marina; more thefts and a ticket seller gets beaten with a cane.
Plus: New café and design shop on Grand; Chinatown bus flouting the law; Franklin Street's flaming façade; marine science festival on Pier 26; Viking ship docked at North Cove Marina. / 2 comments
Juneteenth came and went without a photoessay of all the rich celebrations in Tribeca. Not very inclusive. — Steve C / A midsummer day at Rockefeller
Yes, I am honored and lucky to run these shots. — Tribeca Citizen / A midsummer day at Rockefeller
These elaborate and expensive plans are based on the mistaken belief that BPC and Tribeca are at much greater risk... — Jon / Battery Park City’s new resiliency plans for Tribeca
With the introduction of the Slate menu, Laughing Man unfortunately had what was probably the best BEC sandwich in Tribeca... — Talg / Seen & Heard: Duane Park Patisserie is back open
Claudine is such a fantastic photographer! — K / A midsummer day at Rockefeller
Now imagine an 80 story tower just behind BM CC just South of Harrison street — Lucy / Battery Park City’s new resiliency plans for Tribeca
Since it's phonetic, either works -- but you are right to correct me on the name of this particular establishment.... — Tribeca Citizen / Noted falafel restaurant coming to Greenwich and Laight