Plus: "Ghostbusters" firehouse Lego set (and car) now available; Leather Spa in FiDi; Tribeca Tower is still making that annoying noise; Shuggie Otis in concert; praise for Le District; Gary Graham sale. / 2 comments
Plus: Using 460 Washington to explain the 421-a tax abatement; Howard Hughes's new Seaport District plan (also, it bought the Peck Slip Best Western); Trinity Church ticked off an artist by moving his sculpture; Rector bridge elevator semi-fixed; shoplifters steal gum, threaten stabbing; Woolworth Building in Harry Potter spin-off. / 6 comments
Discussed at last night’s meeting: The new sculpture coming to Albert Capsouto Park; the noisy new exhaust vent at Tribeca Tower on Duane Street; Ann Benedetto's work on a Tribeca Alliance; proposed newsstand outside P.S. 234. / 2 comments
Still unconfirmed, though. Plus: Maman and Two Hands look closer to opening; Community Board 1 to discuss unauthorized changes to Tribeca Tower's plaza (and the annoying exhaust noise); how to get a photo of your dog with Santa. / 15 comments
Plus: Neighbors hate pile-driving in northwest Tribeca; cook fight in FiDi; one-bedroom-rental quest; artist working at 4 World Trade Center uses parking meters as his medium. / 21 comments
Plus: Livly kids' boutique looks ready to open any minute; new Greenwich Street building semi-revealed; Valley sale; Classic Car Club appears to be moving; checking in on the huge new rental building on Hudson; Torly Kid candy drive.
"Any idea what's going on with 60 Vestry? There are orange doodads sticking out of the brick and the sidewalk is closed." —J. / 1 comment
Plus: Northwest Tribeca to get 22 units of low-income housing; myth-busting with Frankly Wines. / 3 comments
The permits show just 47 units "averaging over 3,000 square feet apiece." Plus: It'll have a squash court. / 8 comments
A block of Spring Street is said to be in play. One of the buildings is a landmark, but whether that's enough to stop development will remain to be seen.
Plus: Is 56 Leonard finally getting interesting again?; when "restore and convert" means "tear down"; Citi newsstand has closed; AboCa restaurant recommendation; 111 Murray request; Lispenard conversion. / 4 comments
If Related Companies succeeds in its plan to move the BMCC campus, we could end up with a wall of glass buildings like the dreadful Trump ones on the Upper West Side. / 30 comments
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What kind of quality of life? Whose quality of life? I fail to see your point, if there is one.... — R. / Neighbors fight restaurant proposal for Laight and Washington
Shocking? Disheartening? What you seem to be missing is that most people view this concept as something that would improve... — Df / Neighbors fight restaurant proposal for Laight and Washington
Seems more fitting for that area. What will replace Amish? — TribecaPickleBall / Barcade coming to part of the old Century 21 space
It's shocking and disheartening to read all these comments so lack of empathy and community support spirit, which is what... — R. / Neighbors fight restaurant proposal for Laight and Washington
You're right! So that is a valid concern, considering how big the receipts are for these places. Well, at least... — Tribeca Citizen / Cannabis dispensary coming to Murray
So what about the ones that are already in place... AKA the illegal ones. — Sandra / A slew of state cannabis dispensaries are coming to the district