LOCATION: Intersection of Mulberry and Hester Streets

Published by NY1 on August 19, 2008.

A year after SoHo's Moondance diner moseyed out west, the cherished eatery of artists, writers and entertainers is still shuttered and gathering dust in Wyoming.

Published by New York Daily News on August 16, 2008.

When the 25,000 square foot annex opens in November, it will be the first location outside the Museum's home in Cleveland. The announcement took place at 76 Mercer Street, the future site of the annex.

Published by Mitchell's Manhattan Real Estate Blog on August 15, 2008.

When the 25,000 square foot annex opens in November, it will be the first location outside the Museum's home in Cleveland. The announcement took place at 76 Mercer Street, the future site of the annex.

Published by nycblogestate.com on August 14, 2008.

Opening an "annex" in SoHo, for what the Hall says will be at least two years, sort of admits the Cleveland problem, even though the Hall obviously isn't going to say that's the reason for the decision.

Published by New York Daily News on August 14, 2008.

Coming to SoHo in September: a full-scale re-enactment of the triumphant parade scene in the 1986 film “Ferris Bueller’s Day Off.” Participants wanted. [Urban Prankster]

Published by New York Times on August 14, 2008.

Wagner, Nicita and a living trust in their names purchased the tree-bedroom, 2,341-square-foot unit at 166 Duane Street on July 28. The seller was identified as Carole Sadler, according to public records posted today. The deal was first reported by Cityfile.

Published by The Real Deal on August 14, 2008.

Document: The New York Police Department wants to create a special security zone in Lower Manhattan, with checkpoints and traffic restrictions.

Published by New York Times on August 13, 2008.

The Freeman Street subway station, a few blocks south of Crotona Park in the south-central Bronx, could not seem farther from the art gallery precincts of Chelsea, SoHo and Dumbo. So New Yorkers might be surprised to know that a series of colored-glass panels on the elevated subway station has been acclaimed as an exemplary work of public art.

Published by New York Times on August 13, 2008.

The museum will open in November at 76 Mercer St. in SoHo. The addition marks the first time the 25-year-old hall of fame has expanded outside of its original location on the shore of Lake Erie.

Published by Crain's New York Business on August 13, 2008.

Billy Joel and Clive Davis are going to join the mayor at the location in the SoHo neighborhood. It will be the first time the hall of fame has expanded outside Cleveland.

Published by Crain's New York Business on August 13, 2008.

Ms. Dunst seems to be everywhere. In the past few months, she’s been spotted walking in Soho in black shorts and a flannel shirt, hair tousled, Barack Obama Rolling Stone cover visible; in a white T-shirt dress, walking with Dave Ransone, the tattooed bartender of the Rusty Knot and East Village bar Black and White;

Published by The New York Observer on August 13, 2008.

In this crowd, the sighting of Ms. Dunst was hardly unusual. Since March, when she moved to New York (and into a $3 million Tribeca penthouse she bought last year) to star in Andrew Jarecki’s All Good Things with Ryan Gosling—after a stint in rehab at the Cirque Lodge in Utah, which she told the press she entered for “depression”—Ms. Dunst seems to be everywhere.

Published by The New York Observer on August 13, 2008.

In this crowd, the sighting of Ms. Dunst was hardly unusual. Since March, when she moved to New York (and into a $3 million Tribeca penthouse she bought last year) to star in Andrew Jarecki’s All Good Things with Ryan Gosling

Published by The New York Observer on August 13, 2008.

When is a demolished apartment building not demolished? That question was the subject of hours of protest and oratory at a public hearing in Lower Manhattan about proposed changes to the rules on renovating rent-stabilized housing.

Published by New York Times on August 13, 2008.

The lawsuit concerns the design and construction of Avalon Chrystie Place, at 229 Chrystie Place, below Houston Street, on the boundary between SoHo and the East Village.

Published by New York Times on August 13, 2008.

The restaurant is a joint venture between the former Devin Tavern general manager Gregg Nelson and Robert Larcom, who works a day job as a special projects director for Drew Nieporent's Myriad Restaurant Group (Nobu, Tribeca Grill, Mai House, etc.). Meg Grace, formerly of Café 2 and Terrace 5 at the Museum of Modern Art, is serving food according to what is in season, so the menu is always changing. What's available at the moment includes bacon peanut brittle;

Published by New York Sun on August 13, 2008.

Ms. Shaper worked for three years at Rivendell, as well as its SoHo shop and wine bar, Vintage New York. She left in 2003 to work for a wine distributor, and as wine director for a Long Island restaurant group. Her dream was to open her own winery "in around 20 years," as she recalled.

Published by New York Sun on August 13, 2008.

Billy Joel and Clive Davis are going to join the mayor at the location in the SoHo neighborhood. It will be the first time the hall of fame has expanded outside Cleveland.

Published by ABC News (Channel 7) on August 13, 2008.

Self-described "die-hard rock fan" Mayor Michael Bloomberg joined music legends Billy Joel and Clive Davis today in announcing the development of a new 25,000-square-foot annex to the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, located at 76 Mercer Street in Soho.

Published by The New York Observer on August 13, 2008.

In the past few months, she’s been spotted walking in Soho in black shorts and a flannel shirt, hair tousled, Barack Obama Rolling Stone cover visible; in a white T-shirt dress, walking with Dave Ransone, the tattooed bartender of the Rusty Knot and East Village bar Black and White;

Published by The New York Observer on August 13, 2008.

The city is suddenly in the midst of an unlikely ferment (so to speak) of wine-producing activity. On Varick Street in Manhattan, City Winery is set to open this fall, offering amateur winemakers the opportunity to partner in the creation of a personal barrel of wine, using grapes sourced from America or Chile.

Published by New York Sun on August 13, 2008.

Self-described "die-hard rock fan" Mayor Michael Bloomberg joined music legends Billy Joel and Clive Davis today in announcing the development of a new 25,000-square-foot annex to the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, located at 76 Mercer Street in Soho.

Published by The New York Observer on August 13, 2008.

Billy Joel and Clive Davis are going to join the mayor at the location in the SoHo neighborhood. It will be the first time the hall of fame has expanded outside Cleveland.

Published by CBS News (Channel 2) on August 13, 2008.

The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame is coming to New York. The Cleveland-based museum is opening an annex in SoHo featuring at least of bit of memorabilia from New York's storied rock history.

Published by WNBC on August 13, 2008.

Billy Joel and Clive Davis are going to join the mayor at the location in the SoHo neighborhood. It will be the first time the hall of fame has expanded outside Cleveland.

Published by SI Live on August 13, 2008.

The proposal is part of a multimillion dollar plan to secure lower Manhattan. It includes cameras, license plate readers and radiation detectors.

Published by CBS News (Channel 2) on August 12, 2008.

"It's like a Halloween dream sequence thing," one of them added. Indeed, the sidewalk was mostly occupied by a line of costumed extras (masqueraders and witches, mostly). Lipstick Jungle star Brooke Shields was reportedly not around, but we were told that she is expected on set at Franklin and Varick streets tomorrow (just saying!).

Published by The New York Observer on August 12, 2008.

While Brooklyn winemakers are looking to make a commercial splash, City Winery in the West Village will target a select crowd when it opens this fall - connoisseur customers who can afford to spend $5,000 on a barrel of wine that they help create for their own consumption.

Published by New York Daily News on August 12, 2008.

Celebrity hotelier Robert De Niro's notoriously secretive Greenwich Hotel has finally allowed another media outlet, besides Vanity Fair, to peak inside its exclusive chambers. Sort of.

Published by The New York Observer on August 12, 2008.

Early last Thursday morning 62-year-old Enois Malbranche-- in his yellow cab picked up three teenagers in downtown Brooklyn and dropped them off at the corner of Lafayette and Franklyn, according to police.

Published by ABC News (Channel 7) on August 12, 2008.

At the same time, Mr. Bloomberg, a Republican-turned-independent, endorsed Daniel Squadron, who is running against State Senator Martin Connor, the onetime Democratic leader in the State Senate. Mr. Connor’s district includes parts of Brooklyn and Lower Manhattan.

Published by New York Times on August 12, 2008.

Ten high school students from Stuyvesant High School in lower Manhattan and five students from Grand Central High School in Philadelphia were called on this summer to work on InstantAction.com. They monitored the forums on the site, helped with programming code, analyzed usage of the site and worked on quality assurance by checking for bugs in the games and sites.

Published by Crain's New York Business on August 12, 2008.

The rezoning has received criticism from some in Chinatown who are upset about being left out of its boundaries and others who wanted the Bowery included. However, given that it does not allow for that much new development, it does not seem to be the controversy magnet that some other rezoning plans are, and has mostly won support from the community board and other groups in the area.

Published by The New York Observer on August 11, 2008.

At a press conference in Lower Manhattan yesterday, the president of Manhattan, Scott Stringer, said such buildings should be brought under the city's code.

Published by New York Sun on August 11, 2008.

American Apparel's opening its 20th New York City location at 429 Broadway, at the corner of Howard Street, in Chinatown, Racked reports.

Published by The New York Observer on August 11, 2008.

The beauty also studied fashion design at F.I.T., and she's put it to use advising customers at her comfy shop at 88 Thomas St., near the Odeon. Cosby carries such labels as Vanita Rose, Anna Sui, Sestra Moja and Interluid for women, as well as clothing for children - thus the "peanut butter & caviar" name.

Published by New York Daily News on August 10, 2008.

Murphy sank $60,000 of his $300,000 share of the windfall from Bonds' historic 756th homer into his new store at 38 Lispenard St.

Published by New York Daily News on August 10, 2008.

The La Guardia bombing reinforced the notion that the city was a stage for groups seeking attention for international causes. For instance, on Jan. 24, 1975, a bomb went off at Fraunces Tavern in Lower Manhattan, killing four people. It was one of 49 bombings attributed to the Armed Forces of National Liberation, a Puerto Rican nationalist group known as the F.A.L.N., between 1974 and 1977.

Published by New York Times on August 9, 2008.

But there was once a time — before Sept. 11, 2001 — when the federal court in Lower Manhattan was the center of the action.

Published by New York Times on August 9, 2008.

FOOD AND DRINK: The Ear Inn. "I love this bar. It reminds me of what old New York must have been like. It's right on the West Side Highway and I imagine the fisherman and guys on the docks would just roll in and up to the bar. Plus, the burgers ($8) are fantastic." Free music at midnight, Mon.-Wed. and Sun. through August. 326 Spring St. (212) 226-9060.

Published by New York Daily News on August 8, 2008.

Workers will hold “Ready to Walk” rallies throughout the day at locations across the five boroughs, including Verizon’s Lower Manhattan headquarters. They last went on strike in 2000, staying out for 18 days. A bitter, four-month strike against NYNEX in 1989 caused serious service disruptions. In 2003, the union extended the deadline and reached an agreement, averting a work stoppage.

Published by Crain's New York Business on August 8, 2008.

They reportedly plan to announce the new deadline during a noon rally in front of company headquarters in Lower Manhattan.

Published by ABC News (Channel 7) on August 8, 2008.

While special interest groups in Chinatown battle internally over the plan, most East Village and Lower East Side residents look forward to the pending changes.

Published by New York Daily News on August 8, 2008.

Celebrity chef David Bouley has signed a lease at 10 Hudson Square, where he plans to open a 10,000-square-foot casual restaurant in January 2009.

Published by Crain's New York Business on August 8, 2008.

Enois Malbranche, 62, pulled up to the intersection of Lafayette St. and Franklin Ave. in Clinton Hill about 6:25 a.m. when the women bailed without paying the fare, police sources said.

Published by New York Daily News on August 8, 2008.

He threw some crumbs on the ground in front of him and almost immediately, a flock of pigeons was at his feet. Then, with a quick thrust of his right arm, he seized one of the birds.

Published by New York Times on August 7, 2008.

With the city alone, Testwell holds roughly $12 million in contracts and has done millions of dollars in work for the government agencies that build schools, and has done work on bridges and subway tunnels. Among the projects where investigators have uncovered irregularities in the testing are the new Yankee Stadium and the Freedom Tower in Lower Manhattan.

Published by New York Times on August 7, 2008.

The Ciprianis’ legal problems began when a convicted mob financier who worked for the family’s restaurant company pleaded guilty in 2007 to defrauding insurance companies and the Social Security Administration. Prosecutors said the financier, Dennis Pappas, worked full time as a vice president for Cipriani, but off the books.

Published by New York Times on August 7, 2008.

Meanwhile, officials at the Department of Education are agreeing to build a "war room" to tackle the crowding issue in Manhattan's Community School District 2, a particularly coveted — and strained — school district that covers the Upper East Side and parts of Midtown and Lower Manhattan, including TriBeCa.

Published by New York Sun on August 6, 2008.