While Disney's move might ultimately be good for the burgeoning Hudson Square neighborhood, it will come at a price—four buildings each over 100 years old will be demolished. Here's a look at the character to be lost forever. / 18 comments
Plus: Laughing Man's Street Seats expansion was rejected again; Holland Tunnel to undergo five-year reconstruction with overnight closings; praise for Tetsu's olive oil cake; Trinity Church is also getting a new organ. / 10 comments
Plus: Zesty new brickwork at the Roxy; the Battery Park City Authority decides to pass on public commenting; one-day Alexander Hamilton exhibit; preliminary design for one of the new buildings at Chambers and Church; physical therapy facility. / 1 comment
Plus: Glimpses of 11 N. Moore and 319 Broadway; Trinity Wall Street wants kids' input on its tower; deli closed by Health Dept.; more northwest Tribeca development?; Lafayette storefront; Marvel TV shoot; quilt exhibit; MFA thesis show. / 4 comments
Plus: Peeking inside Maison Kayser; Houseman restaurant gets an awning; the sanitation garage's spiffy sign; update on big Courtyard by Marriott on Greenwich; financial aid for preschool.
("Reconstruction" first means destruction.) Plus: Clarification about NBA/Nike temporary complex; a new local source for broth; souvenir shop closing; MLK Day service opportunity; Skin Gym pop-up in the Seaport; Art Projects International show.
Plus: Inside the Nexxus salon; potential mega-development on City Hall Park; free screening of "National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation"; Beekman hotel-condo update; pet photos with Santa; Washington Market Park holiday party. / 3 comments
Plus: Forecast for Masa's Tetsu restaurant; the grand old New York Mercantile Exchange building on Harrison; Trinity Wall Street music festival; Battery Park carousel RFP; Roberta Freymann sample sale. / 2 comments
Plus: More on the possible P.S. 150 move; Odeon fashion event; worker falls down elevator shaft; Brooklyn Bridge closure; Atera chef looks back; college student arrested for guns.
Plus: Meet a women's soccer gold medalist; gift-wrap for charity; camp out at the Museum of Jewish Heritage; live music at Dirty Bird; frisky Flea; Airbnb, Douglas Elliman, Trinity Wall Street, and Macao Trading Co. offer Sandy-related help; "Deception"; Shelby Lynne.
Plus: Johnny Clegg, juried art show, a meeting about construction noise, new plays.
Plus: Kutsher's lunch counter; feces-tosser arrested; Shibui Spa; law-school suit dismissed; Trinity Church clamps down; new CSA; Hudson River Park Trust. / 3 comments
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