Plus: Rescued kitten adopted by people who found it; how cash-free tolls could help with congestion pricing; Mudd Club doorman's memoir; local thefts. / 4 comments
Plus: City Council approves the Pier 40 air-rights deal; Antique Garage opening forecast; last chance to see the model of Aleppo by a young former resident of the city.
Plus: City Council committee approves Pier 40 deal; resident who attacked postal worker was acquitted; school overcrowding is not getting better. / 3 comments
Plus: Lower Manhattan is crowded; the World Trade Center mall's relative lack of holiday decor; parents unhappy with school bus service; remembering Edward Albee; forthcoming Pier 40 vote; how Downtown Alliance's head spends Sunday; another Two Bridges mega-development. / 10 comments
Plus: Darkness on a shared bike/pedestrian path in City Hall Park; Paowalla review; Pier 40 development update; New York Water Taxi finally ditches questionable ticket sellers. / 4 comments
Plus: When artists took over a crumbling Hudson River pier; Tribecans donating much more than usual to a Democratic presidential candidate. / 3 comments
And how to reserve. Plus: Councilman wants to stop more Pier 40 air rights from being sold; 56 Leonard photo essay; proposed law to allow cyclists to use pedestrian signals instead of vehicle signals; database of buildings that should be rent-stabilized, based on tax incentives they have received. / 3 comments
Plus: The history of 75 Hudson; Pier 40 air-rights deal likely to take another step forward; old Statue of Liberty materials now being made into jewelry; Pressed Juicery opens in FiDi; Peck Slip School kids to get closed street as play area. / 1 comment
Plus: Pier 40 air-rights transfer takes a step forward; opposition to the Battery Park City Authority's possible redesign of South End Avenue; how two founders of Bang on a Can spend their Sundays; the city needs office space to accommodate its hiring spree.
Plus: "Love locks" to be cut from the Brooklyn Bridge; St. John's Terminal project to lose its High Line park; St. Paul statue; new Australian café in FiDi.
Plus: Random pepper-spray attack on Desbrosses; writer Pete Hamill is taking a break from Tribeca; fashion show at the salt shed; a threat to make the big 550 Washington project all offices.
Plus: Objections to the Pier 40 air-rights deal; man found dead in the Hudson River; Xi'an Famous Foods considering a FiDi location; big fake potato makes waves.
To the Olio e Piu owners, sincerely: please do not blight this location with fake flowers. We will welcome you... — Cw / Mr Chow is indeed closing
Seeing as Starbucks and other chains tried and failed to replace the bagel place, that is a reasonable hypothesis. — James Bogardus / Apollo Bagels is getting closer…
I think the bagel place is replacing Starbucks and other coffee chains as a place to grab coffee and a... — Amy G. / Apollo Bagels is getting closer…
Lynda I signed up for the 5/17 class. I'll see you then!!! Here is the link to sign up if... — HB / Massive underground spa and meditation space coming to Broadway and White
Lynda I signed up for the 5/17 class. I'll see you then!!! — HB / Massive underground spa and meditation space coming to Broadway and White
Lynda I signed up for the 5/17 class. I'll see you then!!! — HB / Massive underground spa and meditation space coming to Broadway and White
I hate to be so blunt, but this strikes me as racially motivated, not unlike the brouhaha over the courts... — malcolm / Grand Canal basketball court should be back by end of summer