Plus: LeBron James pop-up on Franklin; secret item on the Battery Park City Authority board meeting agenda; the dome at Peck Slip is an art installation; the grimthorping of 80 Centre; Wigstock tickets start at $95; "Ray Donovan." / 10 comments
Plus: Kaffe 1668 South is getting a renovation; construction truck crashes through hollow sidewalk; could the big stage at the Oculus be for the VMAs?; climbing dome at Peck Slip; the entrance to 111 Murray is open (but the sidewalk isn't). / 1 comment
Plus: New study says Whole Foods prices are barely lower since Amazon took over; residents opposed to design for Peck Slip Park; slashing and thefts; pop-up in graffitied building on Bowery. / 5 comments
Plus: Parkour classes for kids; Broadway condo sales office (and narrow entryway); donate a gently used bra to help fight sex trafficking; meeting about Peck Slip park design; BMCC pool delay.
Plus: Clocktower building recap; two slashings (one real, one faked); Peter Stanford memorial information; socialite skips out on Nobu bill; should Peck Slip be a park or a plaza?
Plus: Fitness classes for kids; the Police Museum has to move again; craft cocktails at Denny's; Gateway Plaza windows.
Plus: Republican candidate files ethical complaint against Sheldon Silver; merchandise made in Detroit; weekend of open artists' studios; should Peck Slip be a park or a plaza?
Bogardus Plaza and Peck Slip. Plus: Mario Batali and Liv Tyler at Square Diner; the Smyth goes under the knife; 1 World Trade Center's orange vents; the Beekman Hotel's condo tower; City Hall construction; psychedelic police barriers.
Plus: Renwick condo renderings; temporary plaza initiative for Peck Slip; multi-purpose levees and the East River; west Soho development.
Plus: TD Bank rendering; Laughing Man hiatus; "Frozen" open house; 11 Beach; welcome back, Peck Slip; Hudson Eats hours; Il Mulino Prime steakhouse. Update: Laughing Man not on hiatus; B Dry not open yet. / 2 comments
Plus: Peck Slip School expands yet again; the recipe for Kutsher's Tribeca's latkes; Starbucks vandalized. / 6 comments
Plus: After-school program not cut; Franklin Tower; lunch report. / 1 comment
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