Plus: Poet Max Blagg's solstice celebration; Knicks player Lance Thomas lives here; Calvert Vaux, designer of two Tribeca parks; appreciating artist James Rosenquist
Plus: Cute new restaurant at Howard and Centre; a day in the kitchen at Bâtard; thefts at two local malls.
Plus: Massive art installation on Wall Street; more on City Hall restaurant's closing, and how it served the homeless a free lunch; when Trinity Church was the New Year's Eve gathering point; homeless couple with 10 cats; theft at FiDi Mexican restaurant.
Plus: Treating cabbage like steak; female superintendent in Battery Park City; Time Inc. moving in soon; helicopter industry fighting proposed ban. / 3 comments
Plus: High-end amenities now include stroller garages and slop sinks; OneRepublic's Ryan Tedder bought in Tribeca for $11 million; "euthanasia road trip" film shooting on Duane; DAIN art; Tribeca Park piano; Battery ticket-hawker gangs. / 8 comments
Plus: Grand Banks's new food menu; "Head of Goliath" reception; settlement over Battery Park City security abuse; is Beekman Street safer now?; Austrian restaurant opening in FiDi; screening of never-before-seen Hitchcock documentary.
Plus: The Hideaway was closed by the Department of Health; New York Sports Club has been emptied out; Liberty Street Bridge closure; a likely tear-down on Fulton; Lea DeLaria shopping in Tribeca; adorable bird's nest. / 7 comments
Plus: Añejo is opening a downstairs lounge called Abajo; new Tribeca Park sculpture to be installed today (also, a talk with the artist); Maison Kayser build-out; something up at Nassau and Beekman; El Vez Burrito soft serve. / 1 comment
Plus: Modell's said to be expanding, not moving; wedding dress company relocating here; 66 Reade restoration; death row art exhibit; "Good Wife" shoot; go buy flowers. / 3 comments
Discussed at this month’s meeting: The controversial seasonal café on the street outside Laughing Man; the long, ugly reconstruction of Worth Street; plans for the 101 Murray tower; various street-activity permits. / 7 comments
It's titled "Head of Goliath" and it's made from repurposed materials. / 3 comments
Also on February’s Community Board 1 agendas: A sidewalk bench in front of Laughing Man; Worth Street construction; new Malaysian restaurant; 101 Murray demolition; Brookfield Place restaurants; pay phones. / 3 comments
A nightmare for Chinatown neighbors (and perhaps Tribeca too, if these ever open). These foolish and too small mini-jails were... — Marcus / Halting overnight work on the supertall jail on White Street
We can consistently be for: - stricter traffic enforcement against cars - stricter traffic enforcement against bicycles It's not either/or.... — Marcus / The neighborhood’s camera infrastructure
Yes, please. Wasn't this in the works? — Marcus / The neighborhood’s camera infrastructure
Whom should we be contacting then? Who has the power of these matters? Our congress and senate reps, or some... — Marcus / Canal Street ranks as one of city’s deadliest
We want Venetian gondolas — Marcus / Canal Street ranks as one of city’s deadliest
Drivers who support this city by paying for parking, tolls, gas, inspection, licenses, registration and insurance are not allowed to... — Sherri Rosen / The neighborhood’s camera infrastructure
Bring the canal back! Boats rarely run over pedestrians. — FiDiGuy / Canal Street ranks as one of city’s deadliest