Plus: Landmarks Preservation Commission approves Seaport buildings; 87 Chambers update; Blue Bottle sold; hawk spotted; Special Forces sculpture has a temporary home. / 1 comment
Plus: PATH train to Newark Airport?; West Street crossing guards; interior designer showhouse; 99 Reade; nosing. / 2 comments
Marching again and again and again. Plus: Where a "supermodel" shops in Tribeca; Washington Market Park lawn (or lack thereof); DSK house; Seaport shopping struggle; columnist miffed. / 1 comment
Plus: Annual pop-up shop dates; Peter Koval prints; Holland Tunnel nighttime closures; Collect Pond Park; flowering trees. / 12 comments
Plus: Why the South Street Seaport's Christmas tree is fake; secret BPCA board meeting; Brushstroke's happy hour; Seaport Museum to reopen in January with Occupy Wall Street pix. / 2 comments
Plus: Bouley's exclusive new experiment; Trump Soho lawsuit decided; observation deck at One World Trade Center. / 1 comment
"I saw a piece on CNN.com that says a monument to the special forces soldiers who attacked the Taliban after 9/11 is going to be installed on private property directly across from Ground Zero on Veterans Day. But where?" —Nicole UPDATE: Now we know.
The Port Authority director discusses the WTC site. Plus: 9/11 post-traumatic stress disorder; Gutenbrunner's new cookbook; Ninja's toilets; hand-holding event; dog party. / 2 comments
A shame all about the fur and animal skins. Plus: $30 million triplex on Duane; Theater Bar's banquettes; more Stuzzicheria changes; Lake Deutsche Bank; Seaport Museum; more.
Plus: BPC security-incident update; body pulled from North Cove Marina; 9/11 interactive timeline; Walkerspace review; church vs. Port Authority; New York by Gehry rent-stabilized.
With One World Trade Center going up quickly—one floor every week!—I thought it was time to take note of where you can now spot the tower-to-be.
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