Plus: Opening forecasts for Northern Tiger, Amada, the Smyth's restaurant, and more; update on Brookfield Place's Le District (including restaurant names); BFX Studio is opening in FiDi; Trinity Church supersized its new glass tower; 81 White loft.
Plus: World Trade Center PATH station's grand staircase; WTC retail floor plan; Trinity Church's kids' choir is holding auditions; knife assault in the Seaport; Battery Park City Authority resumes donations.
Plus: The fight goes on for 67 Vestry residents; the Room bar in Soho has closed; Trinity Church's popular restrooms.
Plus: Buildings with high ceilings; Postmasters show reviewed; World Trade Center Greenmarket; Trinity Church benefit. / 2 comments
Plus: DJ Elvis Duran buys big penthouse; renters who renovate; film festival founders split.
Plus: Mapping the gentrification of Tribeca; closed doors at Battery Park City Authority; World Trade Center think piece; 443 Greenwich lawsuit; Trinity Church's music director. / 3 comments
Plus: New liquor store; construction starting at big Hudson Square site?; sidewalk piano recital; Community Board 1 testimony; Pen Parentis lineup; Corbin Building neighbor; trick-or-treating among the dead. / 5 comments
Plus: Restaurateur Ana Abramcyk; subway platform hero; walking tour of Tribeca.
Plus: Artist Raymond Pettibon; shiny new building for the Seaport skyline; Alexander Wang partied at Pier 17; 25 Broad refurbished; Canal Street building.
Also on this month's CB1 agendas: A caviar store/bar on Murray; new restaurants in the 35 Thai and Kidville spaces; a big new fitness facility; those annoying Academy buses; the 5 Beekman hotel; and much more. / 1 comment
Plus: The duo behind China Blue; Ronnie Cutrone; Atera raises its price; Trinity Church's demolition plan. / 1 comment
Plus: Mangez Avec Moi's off-menu Laotian feast; architect chosen for Trinity Church tower; Brookfield Place's Devon & Blakely to close this week.
Apparently Chip City shuttered all 20+ of its retail locations this week. — James Bogardus / Cookies coming to 325 Greenwich
Even though the location was busy, the setup isn’t aligned with the renewed architectural focus of the brand. There is... — Matt / Starbucks at West Broadway and Chambers will close tomorrow
Spas……we need more nail spas. — Francesco / Starbucks at West Broadway and Chambers will close tomorrow
You are absolutely right. Tribeca has become a soulless land of chain cafés, spas and orthodontists. All about Tribeca moms... — R. / Starbucks at West Broadway and Chambers will close tomorrow
Looking at other people = fun. Being looked at = not so fun. This is (still) a gross invasion of... — Downtown Dad Again / Giving new meaning to nosy neighbor
The photograph begs the question: when is that scaffolding coming down? Seems a very very long time that it has... — George Bacon / Starbucks at West Broadway and Chambers will close tomorrow
ITS BACK BETTER THAN EVER! BEST LOCAL PLACE FOR A DRINK AND GOOD FOOD!!! CANT WAIT FOR LUNCH!!! — AA / North Bar is closing for the summer — and will reopen as something new