Plus the Luminaries light show is back at Brookfield; Trinity Church to add a digital sign to the fence of St. Paul's Chapel.
Plus: SLT's Tribeca studio opens today; checking in on the Worth Street reconstruction project; residential conversion on Franklin; Richard Aldrich show at Bortolami; two shoots. / 4 comments
Plus: Progress at the World Trade Center performing arts center; organ transplant at St. Paul's Chapel; Korean snack food now in Chinatown.
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: Tom Brady and Gisele Bündchen reportedly bought in Tribeca; Marv Albert also bought here; Pier 17 forecast; Eataly opens next week; Spring Studios restaurant pop-up; Café Grumpy in FiDi; new paint color and organ for St. Paul's Chapel. / 1 comment
Plus: Protestors threaten to "occupy" City Hall Park; St. Paul's Cathedral slideshow; Target also opening a store in the East Village.
Besides the one coming to the Seaport. Plus: The New York Times reviews Bouley; the name of the highly anticipated restaurant opening on Howard; a report on the Tribeca Alliance's first meeting; St. Paul statue returning; artist Diana Delgado. / 1 comment
Plus: Brookfield Place is planning holiday pop-up stalls in the Winter Garden; another Marvel TV show shooting here; checking in on four towers under construction; do a mitzvah for Thanksgiving; how to apply for the community board.
Plus: The fight goes on for 67 Vestry residents; the Room bar in Soho has closed; Trinity Church's popular restrooms.
Plus: DJ Elvis Duran buys big penthouse; renters who renovate; film festival founders split.
Plus: Tribeca is expensive; Condé Nast scion sells; Trinity closes St. Paul's restrooms; East River Blueway renderings; dog drama at Gateway Plaza. / 3 comments
Leaner but probably not meaner. Plus: New synagogue to meet in St. Paul's Chapel; liquor store opens in new spot; helping Poets House.
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