A considerate cartographer wielding a stencil and a can of spray paint has left a helpful navigational compass at the top of the stairs outside the NRW train at Prince Street for commuters exiting the station. As even native New Yorkers cant attest, everyone has exited a subway station and needed a moment to reorient themselves; a directional compass will make it that much easier. The unknown compass crusader stenciled the sidewalk at the uptown 6 train station on Spring Street as well.
[
UPDATE: Spotted one at the uptown 6 Bleeker Street station as well.] [
UPDATE: 06.21.10: Our anonymous cartographer has been busy,
the compasses are appearing all over town.]
Using sidewalk compasses is an idea that has been tried before by both official and unofficial sources. In 2006, a blogger snapped a photo of a compass on the sidewalk
at the 8th Street L station; someone else
caught one on Bleecker. The City of New York's Department of Transportation
got in on the act in 2007, installing compass decals in the ground at selected stations around midtown, in a
pilot program that doesn't seem to have been continued.
Below, see the decal on Spring St. at the uptown 6 train station.
As evidenced by telltale hair salon chairs and other furniture spotted inside, Benedict Yeo on Spring Street will be massaging your scalp and coloring your hair when it opens. 
Portugal's 'Best Chocolate Cake In The World' at 55 Spring Street—initially slated for a June 16th opening and replacing the TuTu boutique that closed last fall—needed a couple more days to get ready. But you need not wait anymore. The store opened this weekend. Your move, About.com.
Coming this summer, (any week now!) residents and visitors alike in the neighborhoods of Little Italy, Nolita and Soho will be able to refresh themselves with a 20oz bottle of Sprite for $2.49 at a new Duane Reade on the corner of Spring and Lafayette.
at the former Kitchen Club at the corner of Spring and Mott Street in Nolita. Kitchen Club and adjacent Chibi's Bar, both owned by Marja Samsom and beloved by the neighborhood, closed in December of last year after twenty years in business. 
Something Borrowed, starring Kate Hudson 
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