Plus 16 Handles is open on Chambers; Pier 26 is ready for its closeup; several storefront windows are smashed on Worth Street. / 4 comments
The pier park that extends west from City Vineyard opened this afternoon and includes a playing court, deck chairs, swings and a deck that extends down over an engineered wetland.
Pier 26 construction is moving ahead despite some initial delays and logistical challenges due to the pandemic. It's back on track to be finished late summer. / 4 comments
Construction has started at Pier 26 with the piles for a get-down; a landscape architect has been chosen for the Gansevoort Peninsula in the Village. / 1 comment
Plus: The two-year construction of Pier 26 has officially started; 28 Liberty skyscraper is on the market; advertising company wants to put cellphone boosters on newsstands. / 4 comments
Plus: Pier 26 construction timeline; prosecutors seek death penalty for bike-path terrorist; estuarium is still very short on funding; shopping at Issey Miyake with John Lydon; East River Park to be raised by several feet; legal dispute over N. Moore basement. / 12 comments
Plus: Work seems to finally be starting on Pier 26; a peek inside the huge Sant Ambroeus coming to Brookfield Place; Tribeca Art+Culture Night is next week; opening forecast for Core Power Yoga. / 1 comment
Plus: New line of cannabis products from Bubby's owner Ron Silver; new buildings with fancy lobby lighting; Terra owners settle with former employees who started a similar restaurant in Chicago; Pier 25 and 26 air rights. / 1 comment
Plus: Q&A with Paul Rudd; 70 Vestry model unit; the state of the estuarium at Pier 26; dispute over DeLury Square in the Seaport; the tented camp on Governors Island. / 6 comments
Plus: More on Gitano; a visit with Tribeca artist Cecilia Vicuña, in exile from Chile; Priority Bicycles did a good deed; FiDi building to have a bar for tenants; Pier 26 construction start date.
Plus: Cuomo signs Battery Park City Authority bill; volleyball tournament starts today; the Resident Healer program at the Four Seasons hotel; history of a Walker Street building. / 2 comments
Plus: Upcoming events on Pier 26; the map for this year's Taste of Tribeca (including who's serving what); celebrate Mother's Day at Duane Park; another local business that doesn't take cash. / 4 comments
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