Plus: Condé Nast bitchfest; Franklin Street "reverse flip"; local politicians talking to other potential Seaport developers; Battery Park City woman in fatal car accident; pre-K proposals for Centre Street; Southbridge Towers lawsuit. / 3 comments
And Hudson to follow in June. Plus: Municipal Art Society comes out against Seaport tower; Tribeca real estate overview; historic ships hoping to dock at Pier 25 and the South Street Seaport; Cheryl Hazan mosaics. / 1 comment
Plus: More on the Supermarket; Fulton Stall Market now open at the South Street Seaport; naming suggestion for West Thames Bridge. / 3 comments
Plus: Orlando Bloom attempts a flip; SmorgasBar returns to the South Street Seaport; Trinity Church seeks community input on its tower; more on Broome Street Bar; 474 Greenwich loft analysis. / 1 comment
Plus: Where the South Street Seaport proposal stands now; more on the idea of tolling East River bridges; Lower Broadway finally getting nicer; Sheldon Silver's school overcrowding task force; new musical about young people; FiDi hotel pipe burst. / 1 comment
Plus: 250 West penthouse sold for way under ask; South Street Seaport air-rights purchase; World Trade Center name rights settlement; religious exemptions for vaccinations. / 4 comments
Plus: Pressed Juicery at the new Equinox; opening date for the Supermarket; marketing materials for 147 Duane storefront; questionable ads. / 3 comments
Also on February’s Community Board 1 agendas: A sidewalk bench in front of Laughing Man; Worth Street construction; new Malaysian restaurant; 101 Murray demolition; Brookfield Place restaurants; pay phones. / 3 comments
Plus: The North Cove Marina meeting (and Michael Fortenbaugh's next move); a peek inside Le District; urging Sheldon Silver to step down; reviving the Gehry Guggenheim design?; local man appointed to Landmarks. / 1 comment
Plus: Little Park review; a report on the North Cove Marina town hall; Seaport editorial. / 2 comments
Plus: Battery Park City Authority's outsourced security; photographers Barbara Mensch and Eugene de Salignac; the long, rich history of 42-44 Broad.
Plus: North Cove Marina locked down; investigating the proposed benefits of the Seaport redo; ethically challenged Sheldon Silver; Pier 17 rendering. / 6 comments
"Zero tolerance" is right. That requires consistent enforcement: Every time police see this happening, seize the goods, fine the vendor.... — Marcus / What can be done about counterfeit vendors?
What should be done is that the laws on vendors should be enforced. Do the vendors have a permit? Are... — Marcus / What can be done about counterfeit vendors?
Stinks all the time there, not just in mornings. It's vile. Is it from the vendors? Also that area around... — Marcus / What can be done about counterfeit vendors?
The only reason I would approve of Chris Marte leaving the City Council would be if he became Mayor. — George Bacon / Candidates are lining up for City Council elections
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I totally agree with Alexandra. He is one of the most available and personable city officials. It would be a... — Carla Bauer / Candidates are lining up for City Council elections
Note also the west side of Church Street from White up to and including the Post Office to the North... — Heide Fasnacht / What can be done about counterfeit vendors?