Plus: Compose's new name; Bastille Day recap; City of Water Day tomorrow; West Thames Park; W Downtown hater; East River Waterfront video; protesting Dominique Strauss-Kahn; stolen art recovered.
Plus: Building about to collapse?; 9/11 anxiety hotline; Safe Horizon philanthropist; FiDi stats; clay art; W Downtown steal.
Where's the stop sign? Plus: Media company coming to southern Tribeca; Damon Dash's shop; 111 Washington; lobster and barbecue kiosks at WFC. / 2 comments
Plus: Weather Up menu; armed robbery in FiDi; a new beer bar in the Seaport; City Hall Park bike path; Mariah Carey.
Plus: 502 Canal getting rehabbed; "Nutcracker" kids; Deutsche Bank building; Peck Slip Post Office school negotiations; SouthWest N.Y. fights back; artist Robert Swain; the Brooklyn Battery Tunnel getting renamed; new Tribeca landmark; Matt Abramcyk. / 1 comment
Plus: Hudson Reconstruction meeting; Terroir lunch pick-up; Mercy Corps benefit; free cocktail on Tuesday; Otto Penzler; kids' carnival on Saturday; health and wellness conference. / 1 comment
Plus: More on Nutopia; Parkside real estate; Kardashian defense strategy; American Thread Building; photographer Robert Ripps; 34 Leonard update; Hannah Senesh exhibit; Kings of Leon; Stuzzicheria; room 911.
Plus: Unicyclists on parade; a restaurant gets name-dropped in a classic comic strip; the W hotel's cocktail guru; Jeffrey Steingarten; Tribeca Grand's daytime DJ; Wall Street Plaza; artist John Mendelsohn.
Plus: Lady Gaga looks at a Tribeca rental; rezoning-out-hotels plan draws ire; nail salons serving alcohol; W New York Downtown's success; Five Guys Burgers and Fries; Downtown Hospital to open a wellness and prevention center.
Gentlemen, start your bulldozers. Plus: Il Matto gets a rave; W New York Downtown opens; Park51's first (mis)steps; Tribecan Kerry Propper; and a local pastry chef goes slumming in midtown.
What does BLT stand for anymore? (Besides bacon, lettuce, and tomato.) I wondered that as I walked over to the new BLT Bar & Grill in the new W New York Downtown.... / 1 comment
Plus: discounted rooms at the hotel; a review of Perfume Genius; a condo sale on Chambers; a BPC resident nominated for BPCA. / 2 comments
Found the article with that quote. https://www.amny.com/news/fashions-private-eye-targets-canal-st-s-counterfeit-bags/ The article dates back to 2008, and yet no progress has been made... — Marcus / What can be done about counterfeit vendors?
Good point. I remember there was an old interview when the interviewer asked one of the junk buyers, "Did you... — Marcus / What can be done about counterfeit vendors?
It's pretty easy to prove theses are illegal goods, when was the last time you saw a Louis Vuitton or... — S / What can be done about counterfeit vendors?
The headline says "few" but I haven't seen any others. Are there? — mulciber / What’s to do about the few remaining illegal smoke shops?
Maybe it should be illegal to buy the goods. Of course, it's difficult to prove that a buyer knew they... — Marcus / What can be done about counterfeit vendors?
Would love to help. Honest question. What can we do? — Randy / What can be done about counterfeit vendors?
"Zero tolerance" is right. That requires consistent enforcement: Every time police see this happening, seize the goods, fine the vendor.... — Marcus / What can be done about counterfeit vendors?