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Seen & Heard: Greta Got Its Liquor License
Plus: MoviePass is testing e-ticketing at the Roxy Cinema; Cortlandt Alley building sold; crappy lettuce for sale; "atypical" flamenco performance; Pier 17 liquor licenses; "Village" shoot. / 2 comments
In the News: Walker Street Storefront Leased
Plus: Restrictions attached to Battery Park City board representation; Frenchette's spicy chicken; Harry's Café and Steak renovation; more on Andrew Carmellini's Seaport restaurant; Sessanta to turn French; questions for the Battery Park City Authority. / 3 comments
What’s Opening When at the Seaport District
Just added to the list: An 11,000-square-foot restaurant from the team behind Locanda Verde and Little Park.
In the News: Penthouse Listed for $59 Million
Plus: Racines's new chef on his plans for the restaurant; proposed changes to 140 Broadway plaza tabled for now; politicians push city to start up Seaport redevelopment talks; FiDi street co-naming effort.
34 Reasons to Be Excited About the Future
There has been a lot of depressing news in the past year, and we likely haven’t heard the last of it, so let’s focus on the positive (for one post, anyway). Here are 34 things to look forward to in Lower Manhattan.
An Early Look Inside Pier 17
The other night, I attended a party in a raw space on the fourth floor of Pier 17, the tent-pole attraction at the reinvented South Street Seaport, now calling itself the Seaport District. There were spectacular views in three directions, but of equal interest was the journey to and from the event.
In the News: Concern Over Pier 17 Rooftop Events
Plus: The "crazy beautiful" Christmas tree of Maman's co-founders; ferry operator is said to be backsliding from promises made about noise. / 2 comments
In the News: Battery Park City Awaits Cuomo’s Decision
Plus: Multi-car crash in FiDi; inside the underground farm on Worth Street; the Seaport District moved its Christmas tree.
Street Fairs Planned for 2018
Also on Community Board 1's December agendas: Two weeks of fashion events at Spring Studios; variance for the new condominium at Sixth Ave. and White Street; Five Boro Bike Tour; privately owned public space compliance; more. / 3 comments
Seen & Heard: Denny’s Closed by the Health Department
Plus: Sales at Schoolhouse Electric and Antiqueria Tribeca; year-round twice-weekly composting at the Tribeca Greenmarket; the ramifications of the huge Pier 17 rooftop event space; "Billions" is back again.
In the News: Pedestrian Head Starts
Plus: So-called public plazas that remain unopen to the public; history of a Broadway building; alleged subway groper; extensive canopy planned for the roof of Pier 17. / 8 comments
In the News: What to Do About All Those Empty Storefronts?
Plus: Updated plan and renderings for the Battery Maritime Building; new Chinese restaurant in FiDi; St. Joseph's Chapel will close in January; light art at the Seaport District; WeWork's school project; Rolex taken at the Equinox. / 15 comments
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Because we still have a Constitution in the United States, which has a 5th Amendment that reads in relevant part,... — James Bogardus / Update on the Dinosaurs of Tribeca: Unfinished buildings and abandoned lots
Thank you for compiling this information. There is also one by South St and Maiden Lane by the Seaport area... — Lorena / Update on the Dinosaurs of Tribeca: Unfinished buildings and abandoned lots
Because these projects have lenders involved who have liens on the properties and need to be repaid, and from an... — Reademan / Update on the Dinosaurs of Tribeca: Unfinished buildings and abandoned lots
95% of the projects in our neighborhood are being sponsored by lightly capitalized, small developers. They usually can’t get bank... — Reademan / Update on the Dinosaurs of Tribeca: Unfinished buildings and abandoned lots
Thanks for this piece. It's something, to see them all listed together. It's a testimonial to something - my guess... — Will / Update on the Dinosaurs of Tribeca: Unfinished buildings and abandoned lots
Why can't some of these dinosaurs be taken over by the city and finished for affordable housing? — C / Update on the Dinosaurs of Tribeca: Unfinished buildings and abandoned lots
Alternatively, now that three kiosk vendors have failed, we could get rid of the kiosk (and its apparently uneconomical costs)... — Don / Bogardus kiosk is back to square one