Plus, Taylor Swift wins a lawsuit against her broker at 153 Franklin; the beauty of the built-in from a Times story; film festival celebrates classics from the '80s and '90s. / 3 comments
Plus: Big sale at Scott Jordan Furniture in advance of its move; news from the World Trade Center mall; part of the Spring Street Salt Shed is not wearing well; "customer-service atrium" at the Department of Buildings; Milo Hess in a Seaport art show. / 20 comments
Plus: Tribute to Aretha Franklin at the Franklin Street subway station; a better look at the sad state of the Cast Iron House penthouse; Tribeca Film Festival dates; tennis activities at Brookfield Place. / 4 comments
Plus: Handcuffed thief still at large; Hemlock restaurant is closing; Shinola's first hotel will open this fall in Detroit; Water Street renovation.
Taylor Swift has applied for a curb cut outside of 153 Franklin, the townhouse adjacent to the building where she owns the penthouse and a second-floor unit. / 2 comments
Plus: Bethenny Frankel's Soho loft; last year's Taylor Swift stalker was sentenced; "Fiddler on the Roof" in Yiddish; local thefts and a phone attack. / 2 comments
Plus: A visit to Langdon Florist's new shop; survey about wayfinding signage; Proper Food and mystery restaurant opening on Wall Street; the history of 1 Maiden Lane. / 4 comments
Plus: Actor Chris Evans is renting here; interview with Duane Park Patisserie's Madeline Lanciani; history of a funky little Reade Street building; Pier 17 concert promoter; estranged couple does custody hand-offs at the 1st Precinct; lost ring found; Equitable Building renovation. / 1 comment
Plus: Man hit by fire escape dies; Taylor Swift's neighbors; WeWork's grand plans; Perelman Center gets funding and artistic director; Christie Brinkley is renting here; Cuomo approved shady $1 million grant to Cadillac.
Plus: Cuomo wants to add restrictions to the Battery Park City Authority governance bill; more on the gallery opening on White Street; Brooklyn Bridge Beach is still stalled. / 2 comments
Someone has dramatically overpaid for #2N at 155 Franklin—and the evidence points, if lightly, toward Swift. (Update: Now the New York Post says "sources confirmed" it was her.) / 8 comments
Plus: Helmut Newton show in the dazzling lobby of 49 Chambers; loungewear pop-up in a 30 Park Place apartment; the history of a Pine Street building. / 18 comments
The photograph begs the question: when is that scaffolding coming down? Seems a very very long time that it has... — George Bacon / Starbucks at West Broadway and Chambers will close tomorrow
ITS BACK BETTER THAN EVER! BEST LOCAL PLACE FOR A DRINK AND GOOD FOOD!!! CANT WAIT FOR LUNCH!!! — AA / North Bar is closing for the summer — and will reopen as something new
Since this issue is in play again, I'll opine that the "fluid boundaries between public and private space" is an... — Gary / Giving new meaning to nosy neighbor
I think you would feel differently if your private moments with your children were being surveilled and photographed. People shouldn't... — Fiona / Giving new meaning to nosy neighbor
Truly sad. Got our son's first "Tribeca Cool Kids" clothes there 15 years ago (on sale!) and they couldn't have... — Downtown Dad Again / Koh’s Kids on Greenwich has closed
The graffiti in question looks very similar to the same outside of Target (on the never-ending construction barriers) which questioned... — Downtown Dad Again / Tribeca-branded graffiti on West Broadway
Our apartment was inside the "frozen zone" and when we were finally able to return to it in mid-October, I... — Makes You Go Hmmmm.... / A documentary honors the work of the Sanitation Department after 9/11