Rendering via Turnstyle.
The MTA has contracted with a private company to rent out small stores below Columbus Circle, and the complex will open to the public on Tuesday at 5 p.m. The stores occupy “a 325-foot-long passageway from 57th Street to 59th Street under Eighth Avenue leads to the A, B, C, D and 1 train platforms at 59th Street.”
They include:
- Grab n’ Go: Blossom du Jour, By Suzette, Doughnuttery, Dylan’s Candy Bar, Fika Espresso, Georgia’s Bakery, Pressed Juicery, Starbucks, The Nut Box, Gastronomie
- Shop: Flower Girl, Dog &Co, Arth Hats, Kit’s Underground Wine & Spirits, Lush, Papyrus, Specs New York, Spectre & Co., Studio Manhattan, Cellairis, Project No. 8, The New Stand, Bombas, Marc Tetro, R. Nichols, Elma Blint, SDV Designs
- Sample and Dine: The Pizza, Bosie Tea Parlor, Ellary’s Greens, Casa Toscana, Bolivian Llama Party, MeltKraft, Semsom Eatery, 2 Beans, and Yong Kang Street
A Turnstyle release says “16 interactive digital screens will feature curated information. Live performances will entertain each day.”
Looks like a nice group of stores. I will check it out some weekend soon!
Wow,”curated information” Hope it’s also free range
“curated content” is a nice way to say billboards that change every now and again.
See all the trash !!!
Don’t know dem
glad we all have the priorities in the right order
The restaurants will not do very well not many people will not want to eat in a polluted tunnel under ground. When walking through that tunnel at night it smells of urine and smoke. Also the homeless and mentally disturbed will be lurking around the shops.
You don’t have to eat in the tunnel…. Plenty of grab and go choices to take to the Columbus Circle fountain benches or to Central Park – enjoy!
That fountain is where all the skaters go and get high, lots of drunks in hot weather(me included) and homeless love to bath in the water. Don’t get me wrong, I love it, but the gourmet luxury yuppies might not feel the same.
Finally!!!!Something for the homeless to enjoy.
I’m looking forward to this!
6 out of 8 negative comments. What’s up with that?
New York Values ?
No, just people who can’t stand to appreciate this world-class city !
New York Values ?
Hey Scooter could you expand on that???? Always wanted this explained
Because people have opinions…isn’t that the point of commenting?
Haters love to hate.
At what time?! They were still closed about an hour ago..
5 pm as the article says.
I wish them all good luck but I do hope the MTA figured out a way to stop the leaks/flooding in that passage. I saw the early iterations of construction and it did not bode well. Hope there is good insurance.
I’m just glad to have the passageway open again. I often use it while walking just to avoid traffic lights and congestion on the sidewalks. It negates having to cross 59th, 58th and 57th Streets with lights as well as crossing 8th Avenue.
Very skeptical that this will not result in major trash and rat problem….
Subways and stations are already filthy because folks routinely eat, spill and leave trash. (Today, spilled juice covered an entire seat section on the subway)
Also wondering, at what point is there saturation/cannibalization of shopping/food?