Let's get that tip hardened! Plus: Jean-Georges Vongerichten gets to blackball other Seaport District restaurants; Q&A with the Republican candidate for Sheldon Silver's former seat; downtown construction office getting closed.
Plus: 30 Warren hopes to sell nearly $100 million worth of condos; more on the gumball machine; when Donald Trump settled accusations of fraud; "rooftopper" arrested for scaling 70 Pine. / 1 comment
Plus: More details on the spring replanting of the plaza outside 7 World Trade Center; Gentle Monster eyewear opening on Grand; Seaport residents protest alleged plan for a hotel complex; "Limitless" shoot. / 6 comments
Plus: Other places Street Seats could work; Broadway retail mystery; name change for Yuya Nails & Spa; Joey Pepperoni's correction; Jonathan Galassi and the "Nanny Diaries" writers at Pen Parentis salon.
There's been a lot of bad news lately, and I fear we haven't heard the last of it, so let's try to focus on the positive (for one post, anyway). Here are 14 things to look forward to in Lower Manhattan in the next year or two. / 10 comments
Plus: The Baked gentlemen on the "Today" show; the Battery Park City Authority's attempt at communication; rumored Bowery Meat Company spinoff in the Seaport; Peck Slip School parents oppose free breakfast for kids; Trinity Church art installation. / 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
Plus: Three free Maple meals to be handed out; made-to-order food at Kaffe 1668 South; Local Roots NYC has opened a brick-and-mortar outpost at the Seaport; Fulton Fish Market art show; persimmon correction; a gripe about Eataly. / 3 comments
Start the holidays off right with the Seaport District’s tree lighting ceremony tonight at 6 p.m. We’ll have hot cocoa, a gift market, live music, and a chance to visit Santa. / Sponsored
Start the holidays off right with the Seaport District's tree lighting ceremony on December 1. We'll have hot cocoa, a gift market, live music, and a chance to visit Santa. / Sponsored
Northern Grade has opened its first permanent store, in the former J. Crew space on Front Street in the South Street Seaport. As with the pop-ups that preceded it, the focus is on stylish American-made products.
Plus: Howard Hughes says no tower will be built on the New Market Building site; Arcade Bakery's s'mores Danish; opening forecast for Tetsu; SoulCycle bike stolen; another likely Broadway conversion; Best Made founder's Catskills cabin; the FiDi Dean & DeLuca might have a restaurant; Red Bull theft goes awry. / 2 comments
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