Nabe News: February 4
Lower East Side dress code, Mosaic Man benefit show, and Washington Square Park blueprints, all in today’s neighborhood news roundup!
If J. Crew has its way, there will be a new Lower East Side dress code. We didn’t see any Bowery Boogie pants offered [EV Grieve]
Blueprints for phase II of the Washington Square Park re-design were recently revealed. New dog runs and nine NYPD security cameras included in the plans [Curbed, WSP Blog]
Superdive’s subterranean Mad Dog Room was recently shut down by the DOB for lack of work permits or certificates of occupancy [Eater]
A 24-year-old woman at the NoHo Best Buy was accused of credit card fraud and using fake gift cards. Police arrested her, but turns out, the cards she used were all valid. Oops. The customer is filing a lawsuit [Gothamist]
After a year in existence, Donnybrook on Clinton Street is offering a full-blown daily menu. Most of it is standard Irish pub fare [Fork in the Road]
Benefit for Jim “Mosaic Man” Power will take place on February 16 at Theatre 80, from 7 p.m. to 11 p.m. Eden’s band, Eden & John’s East River String Band, is slated to perform [The Villager]
Recent Stories
‘Caribea’ Grill Readies Space Left Vacant by Domino’s on Allen Street
Ever since Domino’s ditched its decades-old Allen Street location three years ago, the commercial space has been a vacancy consistently peddled on the market. Now, a new concept is a-knockin. Caribea is as it sounds – a fast casual pan-Caribbean grill. The restaurant at 203 Allen will seat fourteen tables and a stand-up bar, for […]
The Projects Jockeying for the $20M Chinatown Revitalization Funds
Several months ago, Governor Hochul announced a $20 million grant in the form of the Downtown Revitalization initiative (DRI). Some forty sites around Chinatown were identified during the DRI process, which is led by a Local Planning Committee of community representatives and supported by State agency staff and a consultant team. That list was ultimately […]
Displaced Chinatown Business Returns Months After Devastating Fire
Four months after a deadly fire knocked out 78 Mulberry Street, one of its businesses returned to the scene. Ewa Trading Company reopened in its former Chinatown home earlier this week. The store had spent some of the interim displacement period selling from a shuttered Vietnamese restaurant a few paces north. The two-alarm fire broke […]
EDC Sues Essex Restaurant for Back Rent over Former Essex Market Lease
Three years removed from its relocation across Rivington Street, the city filed suit against the Essex restaurant for alleged unpaid rent. The Economic Development Corporation (EDC) sued Essex for nearly $60,000 in unpaid back rent on the former Essex Market building it previously occupied, according to the lawsuit filed Monday. The city entity claims that […]
Exile on Orchard Street: Tenement Museum Recreates Exhibits During Renovations
The Tenement Museum is amidst a preservation project at 97 Orchard Street, but will continue its programming with replicas not too far away. The 1863-era tenement this past Sunday embarked on “vital” restoration work to preserve its walls, floors, roof, as well as the installation of a new HVAC system that will provide improved climate […]
