Plus dreaming of El Teddy's and its crown; could the residential tower at 161 Maiden Lane be listing?; recommendations for the film festival; the latest from the police blotter.
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: What's up at the building with Azabu in the basement; anti-Chick-fil-A rant; Hudson River Park's financial situation; Tribeca Film Festival family event; history of a Broadway building; is Mattress Firm in trouble? / 1 comment
Plus: De Blasio caught flak for visiting a Tribeca school; free eye portraits; Tribeca Film Festival's virtual-reality lineup; work starts on a Harrison Street storefront. / 7 comments
For the person who has everything: booze, sweets, flowers, spa treatments, fitness classes, new experiences, and branded merchandise. / 1 comment
Plus: Broadway building for sale; Verizon outage (and what to do about it); garden store coming to Grand; muffins made from recycled juice pulp; Sola Pasta Bar opening soon in Soho; Tribeca Film Festival to launch a TV event. / 9 comments
Plus: Chelsea Manning is living in Tribeca; candidate announced for Squadron's seat; more renderings of Greenwich Street hybrid tower; Tribeca Film Festival dates.
Plus: Justin Timberlake's "celebrity discount" at 443 Greenwich; Thom Browne's expanded store opens Tuesday; free films outside the World Trade Center Oculus; BMCC would like to fix parts of its "peculiar" campus; Lower Manhattan travel advice.
Plus: Community Board 1 votes against four street fairs (but allows its own); film attendance is down at the Tribeca Film Festival; hope for two-way tolls on the Verrazano Bridge; the life of a food-cart vendor. / 16 comments
Plus: Sail the harbor like Justin Trudeau did; local liquor store is winding down; low-flying planes to map the coastline with lasers; theft-themed literary salon.
There will be other events in place of the Tribeca Family Festival. Residents along Greenwich are likely to be thrilled at the news, while local businesses will be disappointed. / 24 comments
Plus: The view from inside 187 Franklin's flaming façade; skeleton at City Hall Park; Blue Ribbon Federal Grill signage; group show about "the nature of presence"; the history of Franklin Place. / 3 comments
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