Big Summer Update from The New School

Well, here is what our new neighbor on the southeast corner of 5th and 13th is going to look like, and here are all the details. Not bad. At least it aint all glass.

A sign of the times. The long abandoned Zen Palate restaurant on Union Square West has been stripped of its copper facade as high as human hands can reach. Copper scavengers on the prowl.

Visit Rookie on Union Square West for your children’s clothes needs. In the former location of American Eagle.

Serafina is expanding its chain of quick in-and-out shops by being the first retailer to arrive in the new apartment building on University between 12th and 13th. It’s been about five years since those spaces were ready for occupancy. Now we’ll have yet another spot to buy overpriced coffee.

New to the neighborhood: Layers Bakeshop at 209 East 14th St., between 2nd and 3rd Aves.