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
IPN: “most hideous part of tribeca”? Probably But also the biggest concentration of mixed-income housing in Tribeca. The original democratized... — Elizabeth / Developers propose a 900-foot tower for Independence Plaza
Chris, they’ve been building tons of new rental units in the area for the last twenty years. Literally thousands of... — Elizabeth / Developers propose a 900-foot tower for Independence Plaza
Incredible news for the city and I live on that block. Rents up nearly 20% year over year---with more housing... — Chris / Developers propose a 900-foot tower for Independence Plaza
Very sorry to hear Betsy is leaving. She is such a wonderful person and asset to CCSMA. Wishing her best... — JC / Church Street School has a new executive director
Why, whenever some awful development project is announced, does one then read the word Vornado. They seem to have an... — George Bacon / Developers propose a 900-foot tower for Independence Plaza
I am waiting to see the word “‘nymbyism’ — R. / The new rules for curbside and sidewalk dining
Ditto! Thank you! — R. / The new rules for curbside and sidewalk dining