Possible Park51 permutations. Plus: Batman to shoot at OWS?; Earl's Court opening date; Cuomo and his strong-arm move of the St. Nicholas church; New York Cares; a sale at 9 Murray. / 1 comment
Plus: The blah new design for Five Franklin Place; lowest-price Tribeca loft sale since late 2008; negotiations between Occupy Wall Street and residents not going well at all; Jill Abramson. / 1 comment
Plus: Park51 rent dispute; Brookfield to become full owner of WFC; East River Ferry is popular; Naked Pizza.
Protesters actually went to Wall Street. Plus: Penny Chaipis; a new optometrist in the World Financial Center; loft sale at 430 Greenwich; Triburbia.
Plus: Kanye West visits Occupy Wall Street; privately owned public spaces; loft sale at 20-26 N. Moore.
A suitor for 5 Beekman. Plus: Early reviews of Jungsik; Occupy Wall Street's "village"; CB1 meeting with protesters to guard quality of life.
Plus: Zuccotti Park as a tourist attraction; the sukkah; Collect Pond House; 9/11 victims fund. / 1 comment
Plus: Another $1-slice joint; Zuccotti Park required to stay open all night; rebranding of the Pump Energy Foods; Chinatown schools have lots of room; the Tolani pop-up at Theater Bar. / 3 comments
Photographer Milo Hess ventured over to Zuccotti Park and came back with some wonderful photos of the "Occupy Wall Street" protestors. If you've been waiting for bare breasts to appear on this site, it's your lucky day! / 5 comments
There’s a ton of great stuff happening this week, including concerts (by Rufus Wainwright, Laurie Anderson, Lower Dens, the Hairs, and Kenny Loggins) and films such as "The Godfather Part II," "Annie Hall," and "Choose Me." Plus: Pretend you're a bull.
This month's CB1 committees are discussing all sorts of interesting matters: BPC ice rink, Ed's Lobster Bar, Harry's Italian, public art, Blue School, Hazelden.... Update: BPC ballfields meeting (re: ice rink) has been postponed till Feb. 10. / 3 comments
You are absolutely right. Tribeca has become a soulless land of chain cafés, spas and orthodontists. All about Tribeca moms... — R. / Starbucks at West Broadway and Chambers will close tomorrow
Looking at other people = fun. Being looked at = not so fun. This is (still) a gross invasion of... — Downtown Dad Again / Giving new meaning to nosy neighbor
The photograph begs the question: when is that scaffolding coming down? Seems a very very long time that it has... — George Bacon / Starbucks at West Broadway and Chambers will close tomorrow
ITS BACK BETTER THAN EVER! BEST LOCAL PLACE FOR A DRINK AND GOOD FOOD!!! CANT WAIT FOR LUNCH!!! — AA / North Bar is closing for the summer — and will reopen as something new
Since this issue is in play again, I'll opine that the "fluid boundaries between public and private space" is an... — Gary / Giving new meaning to nosy neighbor
I think you would feel differently if your private moments with your children were being surveilled and photographed. People shouldn't... — Fiona / Giving new meaning to nosy neighbor
Truly sad. Got our son's first "Tribeca Cool Kids" clothes there 15 years ago (on sale!) and they couldn't have... — Downtown Dad Again / Koh’s Kids on Greenwich has closed