The Battery Park City movie theater will open on April 23 at 25 percent capacity, max of 50 in each auditorium. It's something. Also opening: The Roxy Cinema.
Details on the major new project in northwest Tribeca; the new wine bar on W. Broadway; Tribeca Family Festival; and more. / 2 comments
"I got an amazing desk off of Craigslist from someone who lives on Warren," says the founder of MaVaVoom, a new website for moms and moms-to-be. "It was $50 but looks like it cost a pretty penny!" / 3 comments
"At Whole Foods, a man was blocking the English muffins," says the jewelry designer and DJ. "I politely asked him to move, and he was super funny and started teasing me about it. I realized after the fact that the man was Jay-Z and I'm pretty sure he was talking to Helena Christensen." / 1 comment
Regal won't play along, but there will be a daylong soccer event on Pier 40, and the family festival won't relegate local businesses to the lower level of BMCC like it did last year.
Plus: Doorman gifts; Compose opinions; movie theater lease; coffee geeks; landmark mobile app; SouthWest chef a TV winner; mobile post office; inside a 7 Worth sale; Chinatown BID; bank robber. UPDATE: Ski retailer coming to Tribeca.
Plus: Regal theater changes; Iman; Marc Murphy moving to UWS?; Room sale; Pier 25 plans; Trinity historian; Chanterelle chef; Christmas tree blown over; Brushstroke opening date; new middle school; Fulton Transit Center; dog owner's restaurant.
...in Times Square. Plus: Changes at the Embassy Suites retail arcade-tunnel thing; FDNY unconcerned about fuel tanks in 50 Hudson catching fire; Plein Sud vs. food cart; "4-D" map of downtown; W hotel opening date; $5.4M condo sale.
Given the illegal activities surrounding the building, maybe a museum celebrating the counterfeiting industry would be an appropriate use of... — Reademan / Tribeca-branded graffiti on West Broadway
Good ideas and good luck trying to get some institution aware of the building and its possibilities -- — John Willenbecher / Tribeca-branded graffiti on West Broadway
Maybe it's worth pointing out the existence and availability of this building to the powers that be at some museums.... — Marcus / Tribeca-branded graffiti on West Broadway
Good idea, Marcus. I always thought New York could use a Museum of Architecture (well there is the Skyscraper Museum... — George Bacon / Tribeca-branded graffiti on West Broadway
Before Koh that store was Kai’s Kids (if I’m not mistaken). She had a beautiful selection of kids’ clothing, including... — Phyllis Ruffer / Koh’s Kids on Greenwich has closed
Starbucks is closing 4 FiDi Locations, BUT, This may not be such a bad announcement. Here’s why: The locations are... — Luis Vazquez/FiDi Fan Page / Starbucks at West Broadway and Chambers will close tomorrow
Gosh, I hope Starbucks isn’t upset that workers are actively unionizing and have successfully unionized multiple locations across New York... — Justin / Starbucks at West Broadway and Chambers will close tomorrow