Plus: Manhunt at the gym; Jerry's Café closed for renovation; Tribeca Trust looking for Tribeca lovers; Starbucks in WFC closes, reopens; Woolworth Building booklet; Con Ed question. / 3 comments
Ever wanted to explore inside 5 Beekman, a.k.a. Temple Court? Annika K. Martin did, and she took tons of photos—and they go far deeper than the photos you tend to see of the space. / 5 comments
Plus: Man killed by New York Stock Exchange security truck; scaffolding promo for the "Canyon of Heroes"; detox program; handbag sample sale.
Plus: A nice, long look inside the Woolworth Building; about that sale at 165 Duane; a rendering of the 93 Worth topper; Jane Pratt declines. / 1 comment
Plus: Widening the Brooklyn Bridge walkway; H&H Bagels dispute; new renderings for 1 World Trade Center; Fulton Center RFP; 130 Fulton loft sale.
I finally got inside the event space inside the Woolworth Building. It's a little beat-up looking, but also glamorous and fun and rather sexy. / 1 comment
Plus: Another food-truck clusterpark; Woolworth Building's top 25 floors sold (now what?); Demi Monde; 9/11 Memorial and the Sphere; homeless man beaten. / 1 comment
Plus: Independence Plaza lawsuit ruling; gallery leaving Tribeca; Blockheads closes; restaurant updates; falcons leave FiDi. UDPATE: Added a report about Major League Soccer being interested in playing on Pier 40.
Annika K. Martin shares her photos from an Open House New York tour of downtown's most spectacular building, from the basement swimming pool to Frank W. Woolworth's private office to the 47th floor terrace. Or was it the 44th floor? Why there's confusion is just one of the many things you're about to learn. / 11 comments
Plus: The Woolworth Building's "no tourists" sign; the original Zuccotti Park protest; OBAO now open in FiDi; swapping lofts; a $7.50 cookie; film director Andrew Niccol; outdoor furniture indoors.
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