A three-alarm fire broke out at South Street Seaport on Pier 17 this afternoon.

The NYC location of Soul Daddy—the healthy soul food restaurant born from the NBC reality show America's Next Great Restaurant, has been closed after just one month of operating at the South Street Seaport. The Los Angeles and Minneapolis locations (on the third floor of the Mall of America) remain open. A statement…

Because of the riot at last week's South Street Seaport concert for Hanson and rapper Drake, organizers have cancelled two more concerts including one by horrible pop act Ke$ha. We never thought we'd say this, but thanks Hanson!

Drake, the most popular rapper in the country, was supposed to play a free concert in New York on the day his new album was released. Also playing that concert: Hanson. See if you can guess what happened! (A riot.)

South Street Seaport, one of New York's veritable tourist traps/teen tour stops, had itself a fatal shooting last night when a wild melee broke out on a party boat. Is New York gritty again, again? [NY Post, image via Getty.]

Admit it. When you read in the paper yesterday that General Growth Properties had filed for bankruptcy protection and then you noticed that the giant mall operator controlled the South Street Seaport, part of you was secretly thrilled by the news. Maybe they'll finally use all that space for something useful instead…