Early Edition: February 5
Posted: February 5, 2010 at 6:00 am
CommentsPosted: January 18, 2010 at 6:26 am
CommentsThe Law & Order franchise is back in the neighborhood today for the gazillionth time. NBC film crews will occupy the Bleecker Street real estate between Lafayette and Laguardia Place for the shoot.
Posted: December 3, 2009 at 11:58 am
CommentsNapapijri at 149 Mercer Street in SoHo is shutting down for good. A tipster sent us the official press release with the following message: “Apparently nobody wants to pay $500 for a hat.”
Dear Valued Clients,
We are writing you today with some sad news. We are closing our doors December 27th, 2009. We will be running [...]
Posted: July 30, 2009 at 6:27 am
CommentsYesterday morning, the Mercer-Houston Dog Run received some late-summer greenery. A small group of workers was busy planting flowers and bushes along the metal fence. Yet despite the recent rehabilitation and this latest effort to beautify, the park remains stubbornly depressing.
Posted: June 17, 2009 at 8:21 am
CommentsThree weeks after renovations began at the Mercer-Houston Dog Run, the project is nearing completion. Pretty good timing. All of yesterday, a team of steamrollers was busy putting the final touches on the quaint park at the northwest corner of Houston and Mercer. By evening, there was a fresh coat of pavement [...]
Posted: May 27, 2009 at 8:08 am
CommentsAs we speak, the decrepit dog run at the northwest corner of Mercer and Houston is receiving a much-needed facelift. Behind a perimeter of a few dozen orange construction cones, a large section of the old blacktop has been torn up, priming the area for fresh pavement.
More concrete (pun intended) details per the official NYU [...]