Plus a dance story hours for the littles; a walk around the Manhattan coastline; a new after hours book club. / 3 comments
The new coffee shop is part of a global expansion plan to reach 55,000 locations by 2030. / 2 comments
L. spotted a wood container outside one of the IPN empty storefronts just south of the garage entrance on Greenwich and N. Moore.
Plus the meeting for the rebuild of Rockefeller is tomorrow; a helpful garden tip from Starbucks; the art of the book at the New Amsterdam Library.
Plus a photo essay from 9/11; Westfield sues Starbucks and vice versa; last advisory hurdle for Soho rezoning. / 1 comment
Plus a potential plan to move the Statue of Liberty line to Pier A; Starbucks shifting its retail strategy; Eater's new Soho list. / 6 comments
Any idea why dozens of Starbucks across the city were mysteriously "temporarily closed" yesterday? Seems like only one of the fifty or so below 14th Street (on Lafayette Street) was open.
A bunch of Starbucks are back online south of Canal -- mobile order and Uber Eats deliver only -- but the one in the Woolworth Building is closing permanently. / 8 comments
Plus: "For lease" sign spotted in Kori's window; survey about the Brooklyn Bridge Esplanade north of Peck Slip; former Tribeca physician's art exhibit at National Exemplar; "Romeo and Juliet" from the point of view of a teenage girl.
Plus: New toy store, Starbucks, and benches at the World Trade Center mall; Laughing Man staff pays tribute to Hugh Jackman; much-needed traffic island installed; painting exhibit. / 10 comments
Plus: The restaurant in the former Denny's space is Brooklyn Chop House; kids' theater program to launch this fall; perforated whatsit at 56 Leonard; Soho Photo shows; shoot tomorrow.
Plus: Another Starbucks; poems to magically appear on rainy days; the new building at Washington and Desbrosses (and musing about what comes next); "The Good Fight" shoot. / 1 comment
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