Plus: Tribeca's Finest Marketplace is opening in Soho; entrance revealed to Danny Meyer's Manhatta restaurant; the bees came back; free Grandaisy bread; Community Board 1 discussion about Town Stages; the Frederick's cornice; flames on Church.
Plus: Trinity Church to start big renovation project; the entrance to Primo's cocktail lounge; 30 Warren topped out; art show. / 3 comments
Plus: More on Primo's bar inside the Frederick; location of Van Leeuwen's Soho shop; how to get a preview of Danny Meyer's Manhatta restaurant; history of a Church Street building; students helping refugees.
Plus: "The best crossing guard in the city"; former Nobu windows papered over; the Frederick hotel finally gets a first-floor cornice; sexy paintings. / 9 comments
Proprietor Aisa Shelley, who owns Mr. Fong's and Oliver Coffee over in Two Bridges, envisions Primo's as "a deluge of terrazzo tile and glazed brick walls with plush velvet seating and a grand marble fireplace."
Plus: The Cosmopolitan Hotel's name change is complete; Hot Rod has left his corner (but Canal Rubber lives on); Nelson Blue restaurant is now Kiwi Cuba; Lloyd Cole in concert; the Submerge marine science festival. / 1 comment
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