Rendering via Curbed. The NY Times has some new news on the Battery Maritime Building. They pose the question, "What if you had a majestic skylighted, columned hall in a Beaux-Arts ferry building at the tip of Manhattan and were required to use it as a public space? What would you do with it?" This is something that Dermot along with Rogers Marvel architects have been slowly figuring out. Plans were set to include......

Better late than never: The Port Authority turned over part of the World Trade Center site to developer Larry Silverstein. This parcel of land is where two of the five planned towers will be built. As part of Silverstein's deal with the Port Authority back in 2006, the PA would control the land but Silverstein, who held the lease to the WTC during the attacks, would be able to build on top of it. The......

May 19: Taste of Tribeca It's time for the 13th annual Taste of Tribeca, with tasting plates from Tribeca restaurants including Chanterelle, Bouley, The Harrison, Tribeca Grill, Megu, Mai House and Blaue Gans. The proceeds will got to support arts and enrichment programs for the kids at Tribeca's public elementary schools, P.S. 234 and P.S. 150, who have illustrated the new “Taste of Tribeca Cookbook” ($15), which will be on sale at the event.......

The Tribeca Film Festival is starting this Wednesday night, so you still have a few days to get your tickets and make dinner reservations. The New York Times gave a few local suggestions including Dennis Foy, Mai House, and Turks and Frogs. Cercle Rouge is offering a prix fixe, three-course menus for lunch ($19.95) and for dinner from 4 - 7 p.m. ($34.95), just for the occasion. Some of our other Tribeca favorites include Landmarc,......

April 5: Italian Festa to celebrate the paperback publication of George deStefano's An Offer We Can't Refuse: The Mafia in the Mind of America. A reading and signing, followed by a Sicilian wine tasting, with antipasti served. Free. Hunters Point Wines and Spirits, 47-07 Vernon Boulevard, Long Island City, Queens. April 7: Russell Simmons & Jivamukti Yoga School hold a benefit for Farm Sanctuary, which provides a refuge for farm animals and works to end......

Losing Something is a new play by theater and media group 3-Legged Dog (3LD), whose headquarters at 30 West Broadway were destroyed on 9/11. Their new space at 80 Greenwich Street is just three blocks from Ground Zero – a seemingly fitting spot in the shadow of no towers for their new multimedia meditation on loss. But this is not your grandmother’s multimedia; Losing Something utilizes a cutting edge technology called Eyeliner, invented in......

Today on the Gothamist Newsmap: suspicious package at City Hall Park, a crane collapse at the Battery Tunnel, and a 10-75 in Brooklyn Heights. The Tar Heel mascot for UNC's basketball team died today after being hit by an SUV on Route 4 in NJ on Friday. Jason Ray had left the hotel to go to a convenience store; he was scheduled to graduate this May. You know what we've always said the Broadway-Lafayette......

In the world of traffic regulation/enforcement, we guess you should assume anything goes. Because this exchange on Streetsblog between Tribeca resident Charles Komanoff and the NYPD shows that even if there's a cop around to complain to, not much will come of it. Komanoff wrote to the NYPD:At 5:52 pm, a heavy-duty truck, probably in the 20,000-lb class, made an illegal left turn from Hudson Street onto Duane Street in lower Manhattan and drove west,......

EVENT: Talking Head David Bryne joins Elizabeth Diller, recipient of a MacArthur Foundation "genius" grant, for a talk about new tendencies and relationships between architecture and music. Christopher Janney moderates. More information here. Friday // 7 to 9pm // Center for Architecture [536 LaGuardia Place] // $15 THEATER: The 3 Legged Dog Art and Technology Center (3LD) saw its headquarters at 30 West Broadway destroyed on 9/11. They’ve since rebuilt a fantastic new space, which......

It was another unusually mild, late November morning when we visited 304 Spring at Renwick, just east of Greenwich Street. The first building designed by Zakrzewski & Hyde, 304 Spring is located in the western edges of SoHo sometimes referred to as Hudson Square, which has transformed since the area was rezoned for residential use in 2003. It's a bit frenetic over there, being steps from the Ear Inn and Philip Johnson's Urban Glass House,......

The unveiling of the new buildings - Towers 2, 3, 4 - that will accompany the Freedom Tower at the redeveloped World Trade Center was met with excitement yesterday, proving there's nothing that beautiful computer renderings, a who's who of architects, and a healthy dose of optimism can't do. The NY Times updated its article about the announcement yesterday and also has an article about the pink elephant in the room: How slow progress......

Perhaps you've heard that this little summer movie starring a seldom written about actor is out this weekend: ie. Mission Impossible III with the utterly crazoid, yet infinitely fascinating Tom Cruise. He flies in helicopters! Rides fire engines! Attends screenings of his movie in Harlem! And, he wants your $10.75. Will you be powerless to resist? Here's a few other movie going options this weekend, if you've decided to boycott the work of Suri's papa.......

The food world can be a rough place. Restaurants and markets come and go with the blink of an eye -- your favorite place can be there one minute and belly up the next. This week, we've got good news and bad news, take your pick. The Good News - Dirty Bird to Go -- we couldn't be more excited to taste the latest from Alison Vines-Rushing, who wowed us at Jack's Luxury Oyster Bar.......

A woman was arrested after she stole a flatbed truck and then led the police on a chase throughout downtown Manhattan. When a sanitation truck called the police about a hit and run at 3AM, police went into pursuit mode for 30 minutes, chasing the runaway flatbed truck on "West Street through the streets of Greenwich Village and back south on Greenwich Street until [the driver] was finally stopped at the corner of State and......

Remember way back in December of 2003 when the City Council started talking about "Potty Parity?" No? How about when the bill nearly got dropped because the NY Nightlife Association was worried about the costs of assuring that all new bathroom facilities be built with a 1:2 ratio of sit-down toilets favoring women? Well, those days are in the past. Welcome to the age of Potty Parity (Post headline: "WEE VICTORY SITING WELL WITH......

On Saturday, Gothamist ventured to buy a Christmas tree on Greenwich Street in Tribeca (thanks, Super Fun Christmas Tree Map). Perhaps that was our first problem - shopping in Tribeca. Anyway, we noticed a very lovely tree, perhaps about 7-8 feet tall, and inquired about the price. The seller said in a friendly manner, "I don't want to stick shock you, but it's $200." Baby Jesus, we were shocked! It was a noble fir which......

Last month we mentioned that Paris Commune was adding a downstairs wine bar- this month Rouge Wine Bar is open. We visited on a recent weeknight and, after drinking at the bar with the very lovely Gladys [a hen, also:wooden] we learned quite a bit. -Like ordering fish, going out looking for a new, spectacular wine might not be the thing you want to do at a new bar right after the weekend. New......

- Paris Commune, the West Village eatery that moved into new space at 99 Bank Street last year, is celebrating its anniversary by opening the Rouge Wine Bar. Quaff wines from France, New Zealand, Australia, South Africa, and Chile while you wait for a table upstairs, or finish off your night by sipping on a glass of cognac while you gaze at the original fresco covering two walls. Look closely and you might see Marc......

Gothamist was wandering down Greenwich Street in TriBeCa when we passed pet store Dudley's Paw. After cooing over the adorable stuffed animals dogs in the window, we noticed a gumball machine filled with "Liver Biscotti Dog Treats." Gothamist was intrigued, but we chalked it up to being what happens when you've got dogs whose owners have gourmet tastes. But the Daily News thinks it's big news, talking to the creator Brad Wilkinson who said the......

A Citigroup-employed reader send us the latest security memo from Citigroup and writes, "As if dozens of gun-toting NYPD cops werent enough...now we ave to put up with dog searches as well....all those investment bankers are going to have to leave their stashes at home." The dilemma of being able to nail that deal and act like a jerk while high as a kite or getting arrested for drug possession - tough one. Check out......