Plus: Memorial for Niklas Ahern, killed by a hit-and-run driver; pet comedy show at the BMCC Tribeca Performing Arts Center; Warren Street construction's eastward expansion is on hold.
Plus: Dance party at Ward III; how to get rid of old prescription medicine; demolished buildings at Beach and West; Strategist holiday pop-up; smashing pumpkins; BMCC lecture series.
Also on Community Board 1's October agendas: Landmarks-related changes to buildings on Duane and Walker; something involving liquor at Chipotle; naming a block after an NYPD officer killed in Iraq; the plans for a pedestrian park at Sixth and Church; more. / 5 comments
Plus: The city's "first tea-themed immersive art pop-up" is coming to Broadway; suggestion sought for sushi-grade fish; "Ray Donovan" set; Department of Buildings launches online map of construction projects; Warren Street reconstruction. / 14 comments
Plus: A block of Warren Street will be closed next weekend; Morgenstern's ice cream cart in walking distance from here; spiffy new awning for Tribeca Spaces; Frenchette's classy ashtray; the next best thing to a TC tote. / 3 comments
Plus: Two Hands is accepting cash once again; a block of Warren Street to be paved for an event and then torn up again; acupuncture franchise said to be opening in Tribeca and FiDi; Sole di Capri is now serving brunch; Community Board 1 nonsense. / 1 comment
Plus: The Warren Street reconstruction project moves eastward; new tenant for the former Haus nightclub space; "FBI" shoot; celebrating Betty Carter and Fat Tuesday's; 45 Park Place is a quarter of the way up.
Plus: No word on whether Au Cheval is moving forward with its Walker Street restaurant; Tetsu looks closer; preparations for the "Sphere" sculpture at Liberty Park; Island Oyster food service. / 1 comment
Plus: Downtown Wine & Liquors has closed after thirty years; kiddie rides up for adoption; new children's ballet school; summer show at Alexander and Bonin; gallery gone dark for two-month renovation. / 2 comments
Plus: Le District is finally getting a French fry station; the Warren Street reconstruction project is starting; "Black List" TV shoot; painting at Taymour Grahne. / 13 comments
Plus: A reader wonders whether any bar can approach the Raccoon Lodge; the Warren Street reconstruction project has begun; the Roxy Hotel is working on an oyster bar; old photos of White Street; construction crew hogging Franklin Street. / 3 comments
Plus: The return of the Pussycat Lounge; pushing for a one-seat train ride from the World Train Center to Newark airport; Chambers and W. Broadway in 1914; buses vs. bollards on Duane; a world of shadow at Soho Photo. / 8 comments
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