Final Gentrification of Union Square
The northeast corner of Union Square has now been swept clean of its last small independent businesses as Tammany Hall preps for its big upgrade. One less deli, one less smoke shop. And so it goes.
The northeast corner of Union Square has now been swept clean of its last small independent businesses as Tammany Hall preps for its big upgrade. One less deli, one less smoke shop. And so it goes.
The city’s biggest Duane Reade has opened on 14th St. next to Best Buy and Nordstrom Rack. It’s open 24 hours, as is Best Buy. Shop all night.
Next week (February 11 to February 15), material and equipment deliveries and installation work will continue on all floors inside the building as well as roof work. Additionally we will begin work on the new sidewalks around the building.
The following week (February 18 to February 22), Material and equipment deliveries and installation work will continue on all floors and roofs as well as sidewalk work. The site will be closed on Monday, February 18th, for the holiday.
This weekend the site will be open on Saturday, February 9th for interior, superstructure and sidewalk related activities between the work hours of 7AM and 5PM as permitted by the City.
The flowers are back on sale at the corner deli on 13th. Problem solved.
Goodbye Borgo Antico on 13th across from our front door. It’s turned into City Tavern, a rather uninteresting bar with regular old bar food.
