Any idea why dozens of Starbucks across the city were mysteriously "temporarily closed" yesterday? Seems like only one of the fifty or so below 14th Street (on Lafayette Street) was open.
Gutted by a five-alarm fire in September 2017 and condemned, there is finally some renovation work now underway. / 7 comments
The strip club on Murray has reopened for the first time since the quarantine started with its full dining menu and limited seating. / 19 comments
"The Spectrum logo signage on Chambers/Church must be the largest branding in Tribeca! I’m wondering if it’s to code for illuminated signs?" / 3 comments
B. writes: The Canal Street station is under siege - graffiti is taking over the outside of the building, making the post office in this highly visible location seem forlorn and abandoned. / 18 comments
"Numerous huge blocks of the existing roadway on both northbound and southbound carriageways are periodically being surgically cut out and removed and replaced by huge pre-cast blocks."
The route between the Tweed Courthouse and City Hall was locked starting Friday night through the weekend. / 14 comments
A. writes: "Is Greenwich Street a single lane street, or more? There are no lines, but I’ve seen two lanes form, and sometimes a creative third lane, in addition to parked cars." / 10 comments
"I’ve noticed two street lamps have been cut down. Our block has become so dark in their absence."
Scheduled to be done sometime next year, the new Citigroup headquarters will house 12,000 employees into a space that used to hold 9,000.
"I have been waiting to see if they are refurbishing the beautiful clocks on the two Broadway corners. There is a box next to the dismantled one…I’m hoping it contains some parts for repair." / 2 comments
It's a repro of the Hudson River School painter Frederic Edwin Church from 1887 titled "Niagara Falls, from the American Side" and it's almost as big as the original that can now be found in Scotland. / 3 comments
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