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: Renderings of the Broadway hotel and its Blue Bottle café; the first public meeting of the Tribeca Alliance; Casey Neistat tests rocket shoes and takes on the Harley-Davidson dealership; comparing 3 and 4 World Trade Center; first look at what might be included at Trinity Church's new FiDi tower.
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
"Why is the statue of a soldier on a horse at Vesey and Greenwich behind a fence? I've noticed it now for a month or so. Will it stay there? I thought that space was for the proposed performing arts center." —A. (The answer: It'll be galloping to its new home soon....) / 3 comments
The Murdoch companies changed their minds. Plus: New restaurant in the Lazy Point space on Spring; an update on Pier 17; Soho is a retail ghost town, too; 9/11 Museum janitor sues over accident. / 3 comments
Plus: A thorough explanation of the new FiDi school; must-read article on W. Broadway history; "Luminaries" installation extended; Flinders Lane opening forecast; Danny Meyer in talks to run FiDi event space; pick-up service for unwanted clothing. / 4 comments
Plus: World Trade Center Oculus now saying it'll open in two months; Sweetgreen to open in FiDi; broken lights for months now at the ball field terrace; Municipal Art Society chairs' proposal for skyscraper planning review; WeWork's first dorm.
It's an import from London, and we can expect "'dictionary thick' cuts of carefully sourced beef." / 2 comments
"It was obviously a test, since it only lasted for a few seconds," says Doug Smith, who captured it in a photo. / 3 comments
Plus: A dramatic view inside the World Trade Center Transportation Hub; Soho building has a clock at the top; Schnipper's fast-food restaurant is moving forward; picture window on Canal. / 2 comments
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