All just out of easy reach. Plus: A classic "overheard" anecdote; building at Canal and Cortlandt Alley to become offices; Tribeca gallery now accepting donations; more thefts, including construction equipment from the World Trade Center. / 2 comments
Plus: Houseman's chef is working on a cookbook; Franklin Street mystery officially solved; renting a gallery for your pop-up; 1 Beekman is three-quarters to the top.
Plus: Gallery guide to Soho and Tribeca; unsolicited proposal for a Hurricane Sandy memorial fountain; World Trade Center Greenmarket to return; TriBattery Pops album goes viral in France; "A Chorus Line." / 1 comment
Plus: Gallery recommendations in Tribeca; some Battery Park fences come down; school pushes for a crossing guard; Fountain Pen Hospital. / 2 comments
Plus: Buildings with high ceilings; Postmasters show reviewed; World Trade Center Greenmarket; Trinity Church benefit. / 2 comments
Plus: Melt Shop opening in FiDi; Hudson River Park air rights recap; Broadway building changes hands; pro-development blogger; Tribeca galleries; fast-food fire. / 1 comment
Meet the Employees of the Month—including a Shopcat—who would like their treats now, thank you very much.
"I always ask the question, 'Why is this art being made now? Could it have been made before?'" says Magdalena Sawon of Postmasters Gallery, which has just moved from Chelsea to Franklin Street. "What connects everything we show is that it deals with the fiber of our time." / 1 comment
It can be hard to keep up with everything that’s coming soon (or coming eventually), so here’s a quick rundown. Note: This is a repost of the original; comments on that post can be found by reading the introduction to this one. / 2 comments
It can be hard to keep up with everything that’s coming soon (or coming eventually), so here’s a quick rundown. / 6 comments
Plus: Sneak peek of Postmasters gallery; another clue that a block of northwest Tribeca is coming down; Gigino closed for a bit of construction; checking in on American Cut and Sweetgreen; Flor de Sol space; Dylan Prime. / 27 comments
Postmasters is coming south: "We will keep the 14-foot-tall Corinthian columns and wooden floors" and "there will be sofas."
Cars are not allowed to make right and left turns? — Marcus / The neighborhood’s camera infrastructure
Please, let me shed a tear for the poor driver who can’t make u-turns or speed. Yeah cyclists don’t pay... — Cd / The neighborhood’s camera infrastructure
A nightmare for Chinatown neighbors (and perhaps Tribeca too, if these ever open). These foolish and too small mini-jails were... — Marcus / Halting overnight work on the supertall jail on White Street
We can consistently be for: - stricter traffic enforcement against cars - stricter traffic enforcement against bicycles It's not either/or.... — Marcus / The neighborhood’s camera infrastructure
Yes, please. Wasn't this in the works? — Marcus / The neighborhood’s camera infrastructure
Whom should we be contacting then? Who has the power of these matters? Our congress and senate reps, or some... — Marcus / Canal Street ranks as one of city’s deadliest
We want Venetian gondolas — Marcus / Canal Street ranks as one of city’s deadliest