By Bryan Miller 3/14/05 12:00am

Take That, Arthur Avenue! Riverdale Garden Grows in Bronx

Two years ago, when Michael Sherman completed his cooking apprenticeships at several of the city’s most famous kitchens-among them Lespinasse, Bouley, Aureole and March-he decided, like so many impatient young culinarians, to open his own restaurant.

“I looked at all of the boroughs in the city and discovered a huge void-in the Bronx,” Mr. Sherman Read More

By Ben Smith 12:00am

Planning Park, City Clams Up On ‘Negatives’

A city agency is planning to build a science park on the site of a Sept. 11 memorial-but it will “not reveal all negatives” of the project, according to an internal document obtained by The Observer .

The city’s Economic Development Corporation (E.D.C.) is eyeing Memorial Park, which sits under a large white tent Read More