Yes, those shaky cameraphone shots above suggest that Topshop is coming right along and should be more than ready for its April 2nd opening. You would hardly recognize the grungy Yellow Rat Bastard interior which looks like it will be......

Click the image above to view the full photogallery. Down in Soho, near the busy intersection of West Broadway and Grand Street where new projects are going up left and right, things seem to have turned sour for the Chocolate Factory, a much ballyhooed condo development set to rise there. DOB record...

Well, we've had news from the Encalve and the Edge. Enclave got a lot of bad comments a while back, could they have turned over a new leaf? Enclave (25 Brewer St.) are launching a new regular Thursday night of "everything from Divas to Dancehall" and the Edge (11 Soho Square) are...

The latest from Racked, covering shopping and retail from the sidewalks up. [Photo by Daniel Krieger] 1) Soho: Above, the final touches being applied to the Greene Street newcomer Droog, which Racked toured today. Those who've been to the famed avant-garde design store's Amsterdam store need no intr...

The very idea of a history-minded walk around Soho is depressing. The buildings are there, certainly. Cast-iron masterpieces are in surplus. But nothing of great value lives inside (great cost, yes). No ancient merchants. No artists. No tradition. Just commercial chain-store mundanity. Rough and tum...

My girlfriend circa 1998-2001 was a little witchy.  No, witchy is not a placeholder for a word that might insult women — she was and is lovely — she was a little bit of a witch, including Tarot and all of that good stuff. One thing I love about her is that she honored everything with rites, rit...

Here’s a question I’ve been curious about lately, in light of my researching and writing of a report into the business use of Social Media for the Ark Group: should businesses add blogging to their arsenal of marketing tactics? Will blogging help sell more products and services? Or is it – as ...

Carroll Gardens: Some vital news for the lovers of the recently shuttered Carroll Gardens staple Patois: According to a posting on a French Culinary Institute's job board, Alan Harding and Jim Mamary are planning a new Patois in Soho and a restaurant and charcuterie shop in Brooklyn. It had been rep...

Coyi Cafe on Avenue B [Photo Credit] 1) Soho: A tipster writes in with a curiously shilly-sounding rave review of Lusso, a new Italian-inspired eatery that has recently opened in the former Le Streghe space: “We started out with a wonderful stuffed calamari as well as a richly-prepared crostin...

SOHO — Zagat notices a restaurant in LA, Dusty's, has a website that looks strikingly similar to that of Balthazar. Perhaps the vibe and decor aren't the only aspects of the Soho staple copy cats are ripping off any more. [Zagat] PADMAVERSE — Padma is branching out into food themed jewel...