Also on Community Board 1's June agendas: Duane Street eviction and demolition; Pier 26 update; closing part of Peck Slip to traffic; new Park Row tower; the neverending film/TV/ad shoots; Barleycorn liquor license change; more.
Plus: A truce in the Peck Slip School breakfast battle; Pier 40 construction update; Pace dormitory put up for sale; FiDi shantytown. / 3 comments
Plus: The Baked gentlemen on the "Today" show; the Battery Park City Authority's attempt at communication; rumored Bowery Meat Company spinoff in the Seaport; Peck Slip School parents oppose free breakfast for kids; Trinity Church art installation. / 2 comments
Plus: Inside the new Peck Slip School; blind woman rescued from subway tracks by other passengers; five-story boutique opening on Crosby; longtime barber shop.
Say it five times fast. Plus: Peck Slip School is looking good; another stretch of World Trade Center sidewalk is open; a new partner for Looie, the restroom app; Pace University vegetable garden. / 5 comments
Plus: Inside a Tribeca apartment; review of City Hall Park's sculpture show; Industry Kitchen rave; Peck Slip School to close street for drop-off and pick-up. / 9 comments
Plus: New rendering (and construction update) for Peck Slip School; stylish Whisper Editions shop in the South Street Seaport; Ming creative agency to open Peck Slip "store"; a book of life advice from successful people; Fulton tower rendering. / 5 comments
Plus: Local school cafeteria goes vegetarian; BPCA earned $167 million last year; publishing exec Judith Regan; a baby bat was trapped inside a Chase branch.
Also on February’s Community Board 1 agendas: A sidewalk bench in front of Laughing Man; Worth Street construction; new Malaysian restaurant; 101 Murray demolition; Brookfield Place restaurants; pay phones. / 3 comments
Plus: Vogue celebrates Lower Manhattan; Chambers Street power outage screws up subway service; checking in on Peck Slip School.
Plus: Battery Park City chamber of commerce; One World Observatory ticket price; Peck Slip School barriers; touring Schermerhorn Row; cake. / 2 comments
Plus: Peck Slip School brouhaha escalates; new music club being "hosted" at Caviarteria; looking for Zelda photos; 2 N. Moore mansion back on the market. / 1 comment
Thanks (again) for the way you do your restuarant write-ups. Posting the address, cross streets and menu is very reader... — Peter / Catching Up With New Kids: Forge
Hmmm. Frenchette. Beautiful interior. Very heavy hand with salt. Inedible -- boeuf bourguignon and my husband's fish dish. And 11.00... — Martine / Local chefs and restaurateurs make semifinal status with James Beard
Totally agree. Great place and food but way too cramped and consequently way too noisy. — Karen / Catching Up With New Kids: Forge
The FDNY said the cause is still under investigation as of today. — Tribeca Citizen / Fire ravages cast iron building on White Street
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