The department store would use its former men's store to create an upscale "elegant" tavern open to the general public but really intended for boozy work meetings. / 4 comments
Plus a local doc weighs in on a big issue in the presidential campaign; a feature on Downtown Dance Factory; an expose on the Trump SoHo that will shock everyone.
Plus: Checking in on two new buildings on Greenwich; skateboard pop-up on Duane; did Saks suffer from not putting larger sizes on the sales floor?; "too cold for bullshit" sale; Madewell is open at the mall. / 3 comments
Apparently, it was always a "test concept." / 15 comments
Plus: Chef Paul Liebrandt returns to cook in Tribeca through May; group portrait of artists who never left Tribeca or Soho; Resy to withhold popular booking times; tattoo parlor setting up at Saks Fifth Avenue. / 3 comments
Plus: Ruchi Indian restaurant reviewed; checking in on Fraunces Tavern; phone snatching on N. Moore; attempted theft at Saks. / 1 comment
Plus: Saks Fifth Avenue reviewed; Joe café to open in the World Trade Center mall next month; did City Hall lose a painting of Alexander Hamilton? / 4 comments
The emphasis is on high-end brand names—Saint Laurent, Thom Browne, Paul Smith, Canada Goose, etc.—with areas devoted to bags, fragrance and grooming, sunglasses, headphones, and a lot of shoes, especially sneakers. / 2 comments
Plus: Opening date for the Saks Men's Store; the transformer that clogged up W. Broadway on Saturday; checking in on Pier 17; the 19-story building under construction on Broadway; "Power" TV shoot. / 3 comments
Plus: Child thief strikes at the Conrad hotel; fashion designer Joseph Altuzarra; Battery Park City landlord settles federal civil-rights lawsuit; 4 World Trade Center is fully leased; Robert De Niro doubles down on anti-vaccine nonsense.
Plus: Profile of architect Thierry Despont; parking lot owner refuses to let school block street for recess; another World Trade Center mall tenant gets sued for bailing; the history of 176 Franklin, where Riverrun was; city to sell lovely old Centre Street building to developer who can demolish it; Saks aims to be like a website; Cut's chef and art. / 5 comments
The Saks Fifth Avenue women's store at Brookfield Place opened this morning. The shoe, beauty, and sunglasses departments seemed especially strong.
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