Real estate news across the district includes a big sale at 443 Greenwich, affordable units in BPC and two hotel sales in Fidi.
Plus: Daydreaming about severely limiting cars in a big chunk of Lower Manhattan; man dies after fall from Battery Park City building; about the Horace Greeley statue in City Hall Park; "Gilmore Girls" promotion.
Plus: The stylishness of Tribeca moms; Tribeca Pointe conversion to have caveats; designer Alex Drexler's studio; Jackie Robinson Museum still stalled; Battery Park City photographer Jay Fine.
Plus: Truck traffic on Laight Street; Tribeca Watch Repair has been seized; those big tents on Canal Street; Kate Pierson of the B-52's in concert. / 2 comments
Plus: Fulton Street Transit Center opening date; complications to conversion of 41 River Terrace; De Niro's wife now looking in Chelsea; science publisher moving to FiDi.
But you're not part of the target demo. Plus: Another Battery Park City building might go condo; Juice Inn in southeast Soho; should Hudson River Park have enhanced security?
Opening soon. Plus: 9/11 Memorial compensation brouhaha; 1WTC gets even more expensive; Stuyvesant construction noise; liquor-license map; underrated restaurants. / 1 comment
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