Plus: Squadron's BPCA plan; Trump Soho's next restaurant; is there a gut premium?; FiDi trend piece; Basics Plus opens; 497 Greenwich; Katy Perry's apartment; BPC disco manhole; Tribeca teen venue; half-marathon agita.
Plus: Battery Park carousel and playground update; setback on Lispenard; Dominique Strauss-Kahn townhouse price reduced; Trump Soho auction; Condé Nast takes more of 1WTC.
Plus: Bouley's exclusive new experiment; Trump Soho lawsuit decided; observation deck at One World Trade Center. / 1 comment
Plus: Lots of commercial real-estate news; the curse of Trump Soho continues; pop-up rakes it in; 99 Washington stop-work order. / 2 comments
Seven local businesses can celebrate being included in this year's "Best of New York" issue of New York magazine. Plus: The best gay party is in FiDi?!
Plus: Mexican restaurant coming to FiDi; Trump Soho at risk of foreclosure?; an artist's widow throws a dinner party; sewing classes for kids.
Plus: Rector Square sold for a song; Cooking by the Book; Tweed Courthouse school; mini sailboats in North Cove Marina.
Graffiti gets a new name. Plus: Con Ed won't block Park51; pop-up park in FiDi; Millennium High School overcrowding; Drawing Center bails on downtown; Trump Soho bar.
Plus: Trump Soho sales report; early word on Il Matto; fancy spinning; and celebrities looking at a penthouse. / 4 comments
Buyers want out. Plus: the new bar at the Tribeca Grand; Loft Law mad permanent; fashion designer buys on Worth; and Beekman Tower rental rumors.
Because we still have a Constitution in the United States, which has a 5th Amendment that reads in relevant part,... — James Bogardus / Update on the Dinosaurs of Tribeca: Unfinished buildings and abandoned lots
Thank you for compiling this information. There is also one by South St and Maiden Lane by the Seaport area... — Lorena / Update on the Dinosaurs of Tribeca: Unfinished buildings and abandoned lots
Because these projects have lenders involved who have liens on the properties and need to be repaid, and from an... — Reademan / Update on the Dinosaurs of Tribeca: Unfinished buildings and abandoned lots
95% of the projects in our neighborhood are being sponsored by lightly capitalized, small developers. They usually can’t get bank... — Reademan / Update on the Dinosaurs of Tribeca: Unfinished buildings and abandoned lots
Thanks for this piece. It's something, to see them all listed together. It's a testimonial to something - my guess... — Will / Update on the Dinosaurs of Tribeca: Unfinished buildings and abandoned lots
Why can't some of these dinosaurs be taken over by the city and finished for affordable housing? — C / Update on the Dinosaurs of Tribeca: Unfinished buildings and abandoned lots
Alternatively, now that three kiosk vendors have failed, we could get rid of the kiosk (and its apparently uneconomical costs)... — Don / Bogardus kiosk is back to square one