Plus celebrate National Oyster Day (really?) at a local restaurant; the architect of the World Financial Center dies at 92; another sidewalk shed goes up -- this time on Staple Street. / 4 comments
In fact, it could be open by the time you read this. / 6 comments
Plus: City makes deal for Seaport markets (but not New Amsterdam Market); 1WTC observation deck; new Thai in FiDi; Verizon building starts its new life; praising 92YTribeca; Brookfield Place's ambitions; Gwyneth's new book.
Plus: 56 Leonard sales report; Pen Parentis's April lineup; March Madness at Brookfield Place; City Hall Greenmarket.
Plus: Acrid smoke at 60 Hudson; free macarons; Greenwich garage about to be demolished?; seafood festival at the World Financial Center; chefs supporting Seaport buildings; Thai opportunity. / 2 comments
Including its two restaurants. Plus: Battery Park tents to be removed; Atera insists on pre-payment; 4 New York Plaza; Paris Café.
Plus: New sections of the East River Waterfront coming online; Seaport embracing the NYC Half Marathon; Community Board 1 wants a piece of the Sandy aid pie; Sabor de Mexico review.
Six leases have been announced: a cupcake bakery, an Asian sandwich shop, a burger joint, a grilled-cheese shop, a taqueria, a pizzeria, and a health-food restaurant. / 4 comments
Plus: Minimum sentence for drunk-driving killer; that Hudson Street parking lot; tech firms being lured downtown; Andrew Carmellini; another Seaport restaurant shuttered. / 1 comment
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
...in a glass, boxy penthouse, perhaps. Plus: Michael Kors coming to the World Financial Center; funding for the West Thames bridge; magazine editor Jesse Pearson; Canal subway mosaics; Pier 40 plan resistance.
Plus: Pace building gets OK; FiDi merchants' association; 1WTC graffiti; Jenna Lyons; Katie Holmes; Vesey crosswalk; Brazilian restaurant attempts a comeback; schoolyard wood chips; 1 West lawsuit; Bon Chon closed. / 6 comments
Chris, I remember you and all the creative sketches that the artist/employees hung on the walls. I miss the hardware... — Dana / A new gallery is opening tonight in the Tribeca Hardware space
...and there's the beer bar... — Tribeca Citizen / Trouble at the Tin Building?
There must be a reader that you are entering the grid as you leave the FDR Drive. — Tribeca Citizen / Clarity — finally — on one angle of congestion pricing for Downtown residents
I was driving northbound on the FDR, got off at the 34th St / Midtown Tunnel exit, stayed on the... — Jon Kolleeny / Clarity — finally — on one angle of congestion pricing for Downtown residents
Tribeca Paint, at 217 W Broadway, copies keys. — Robert Ripps / A new gallery is opening tonight in the Tribeca Hardware space
Ah! I worked there for 10 years, 2002-2012, loved that place! Ironic it’s an art gallery now, lot of us... — Chris / A new gallery is opening tonight in the Tribeca Hardware space
A - Let me guess, you are driving your kids to an already expensive private school in an SUV, right?... — Elsa / Tunnel Traffic: How it started; how it’s going