Plus: More photos of the Gerken Building penthouse; entertaining Q&A with Augustine restaurateur; Harold's Meat + Three review; FiDi condo sues over 9/11 Tribute Center move. / 1 comment
Plus: Ninja has reopened after a rebuke by the Health Department; Canal Street Market has pushed back its debut; sample sale at Room; the Beekman is getting an unworthy neighbor; huge mirrors for sale. / 9 comments
The first restaurant to open in the Beekman hotel is Tom Colicchio's Fowler & Wells, serving Frenchified New American fare in a genteel room. / 2 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: Trinity Church to reveal the design for its tower tomorrow; two Alexander Hamilton exhibits; food writer visits BlackTail and the Beekman hotel bar. / 1 comment
Plus: Tribeca Alliance Family Day; how to reserve at Fowler & Wells; P.S. 150 rummage-and-bake sale; the Beekman tower's trompe l'oeil south side; Made in Italy pop-up; a great show at the Studio Museum. / 3 comments
Plus: Yves is just waiting for the gas to be turned on; Augustine's opening date; rumored raid on an ice cream truck; 67 Vestry is on the market; where to get a really good six-foot sandwich. / 2 comments
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: A peek inside Augustine; Municipal Building cupola tour; checking in on Ward III's progress; learn to shuck from an expert; new Broadway storefront; new lighting store.
Plus: Man stabbed on the Port Authority's Hudson River pier; Sway nightclub on Spring Street is coming back to life; Acappella opening an outpost in New Jersey.
Plus: Rumored nightclub underneath the Beekman hotel; "The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe" on stage; Seaport warning; Peter Murphy in concert; donated studio space for artists. / 7 comments
Plus: The hoist at 56 Leonard is getting dismantled; update on Fowler & Wells and Augustine restaurants; Target advertising; Front Street fashion boutique closed. / 1 comment
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