Plus: Chipotle and Blaue Gans have reopened; Peanuts murals by various artists; bubble tea shop now open on Chambers; celebrate mushroom sustainability at Graffiti Earth; when Grand Banks will start serving food; "Big Bank Attack" shoot.
Plus: Man hit by fire escape dies; Taylor Swift's neighbors; WeWork's grand plans; Perelman Center gets funding and artistic director; Christie Brinkley is renting here; Cuomo approved shady $1 million grant to Cadillac.
Plus: Progress at the World Trade Center performing arts center; organ transplant at St. Paul's Chapel; Korean snack food now in Chinatown.
Plus: The Grand Banks guys' new Governors Island restaurant; Oculus evacuated over suspicious package; Knicks player says he choked woman because she attacked his "private parts"; husband of bike-accident victim sues park. / 1 comment
Plus: Justin Timberlake and Jessica Biel reportedly bought in Tribeca; Augustine review; Landmarc wins its trademark fight with the Seagram Building restaurant; potential $100 million funding shortfall for the World Trade Center performing arts center. / 2 comments
So it'll be named after Ron Perelman. Plus: Fertility center in Tribeca; Mayor de Blasio hamstrings the Landmarks Preservation Commission; more on the mostly car-free day in Lower Manhattan; Seaport District shopping guide. / 1 comment
And in other World Trade Center news: Opening date for the first Oculus store; some outdoor spaces will be for arts programming; all of the shops expected to be open seven days. UPDATE: More WTC news about the performing arts center and subway connections came in from the FiDi Fan Page. / 8 comments
Plus: More details on the 19-story building going up on Broadway; Battery food cart worker sprayed boss with hot sauce; chef Floyd Cardoz's next move; a banker-turned-ceramicist.
Plus: Funding for design of the World Trade Center performing arts center; painting of Franklin Street of yore; "high-energy Pilates" coming to Soho; recap of Lower Manhattan's food-related future; crossing guards.
Plus: Num Pang to open two FiDi locations; Municipal Archives exhibit on Robert Moses's plan to ruin Tribeca; 65-story tower to be built on Broad; arguing against the World Trade Center performing arts center. / 9 comments
Plus: Profiles of Tribeca gallerist Hal Bromm and artist David Lyle; Physique 57 opening in FiDi; judge recuses self from clocktower lawsuit; poker pro and wealth manager get engaged; man pretends to be Tracy Morgan's son at Haus.
Plus: What the new head has to say; Tribeca Trust's temporary pedestrian plaza; Schumer and Squadron call for WTC arts center funding; 1 World Trade Center is two-thirds leased; designer Carlos Motta; free FiDi wi-fi extended.
Vanity addresses are often requested by developers from the Borough President's office, to make a building more marketable. This article... — James / Nosy Neighbor: Does the tower planned for IPN have an address?
Love these bagels. Can’t wait!! — CG / Popup Bagels coming to Greenwich and Reade
It was supposed to reopen after filming of the Netflix series "The Black Rabbit" ended in the fall, but so... — Luis Vazquez FiDi Fan Page / Seen & Heard: Powell Building gets preservation award
Happy to see the neighborhood get a bagel upgrade with Pop Up Bagels! Zuckers on Chambers finally gets much needed... — Tribeca Dad / Seen & Heard: Popup Bagels to open this summer
I don’t like the toll but to say the same amount of traffic is popping up elsewhere cannot be true.... — Tyler / Tunnel Traffic: How it started; how it’s going
Recalling another oldest bar has anyone heard of any updates on The Bridge Café? — JPL / Seen & Heard: Powell Building gets preservation award
Jk Singer (talk about atrocious punctuation! Jk? Reading too much ee cummings? bell hooks?) must be a very lonely person... — Bruce Ehrmann / Sneak Peek: Printemps