Plus: More on the Water Street arcade plan; replacement sculpture for Broadway landmark; the city comptroller's attempt to cut red tape; breakfast at Eataly; disappointment in the World Trade Center Oculus and time-lapse video of its construction. / 2 comments
I finally made it over to the Oculus in the World Trade Center Transportation Hub, and you really must go. Even half-open, it's pretty spectacular—and certainly far more appealing now than when it'll be lined with mall shops. / 3 comments
Plus: Then-and-now shots of the World Trade Center Oculus; shuttered restaurant allegedly being used as an illegal nightclub; shady tour vendors at Chambers and W. Broadway; a visit to Spartina in L.A. / 1 comment
Plus: New York Times dismisses the World Trade Center Oculus as a boondoggle; trailer for the "Ghostbusters" reboot; more on the Battery Park City security "ambassadors"; interior designer Sasha Bikoff.
Plus: The World Trade Center Oculus opens at 3 p.m. tomorrow, and its skylight will open on nice days; the WSJ says the building "wows rather than elevates"; Yips patron loses sock filled with $3,800; Battery Park City Authority trusts its own decision-making, to a point. / 3 comments
Plus: Another interview with the architect, Santiago Calatrava; Tribeca parent on the kindergarten process; Worth Street reconstruction update, of sorts; yesterday's suspicious package in FiDi was a dud. / 3 comments
And here's a code to save $5. Plus: The World Trade Center Transportation Hub at night; food art at Gourmet Garage; Baked wisdom; Broadway reconstruction might end even earlier than expected.
One didn't. Plus: Which parts of the World Trade Center Transportation Hub will open (and when); an anti-hub rant; yet another Starbucks theft; map of television shoots. / 8 comments
Plus: Three small Battery Park City businesses making way for a big chain restaurant; Q&A with Best Market store manager; residential real estate in the Civic Center area; inside Café Altro Paradiso; midcentury Brazilian design. / 5 comments
Plus: This weekend's storm could bring serious flooding; robbery at knifepoint at Church Street bodega; Houseman review; Governors Island pavilion to be made from clothes hangers; not enough light at Bowling Green; 1 Wall conversion gets OKed by Landmarks.
Plus: More details on the spring replanting of the plaza outside 7 World Trade Center; Gentle Monster eyewear opening on Grand; Seaport residents protest alleged plan for a hotel complex; "Limitless" shoot. / 6 comments
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