Newsletter: Apr. 24

LOFT PEEPING: STEVEN HARRIS & LUCIEN REES ROBERTS
Architectural Digest featured the elegant Tribeca loft of architect Steven Harris and interior designer Lucien Rees Roberts, where they re-created the studio they had lived in for 30 years. Please remove your shoes before clicking.

EATALY OUTPOST  RUMORED FOR 4 WORLD TRADE CENTER
And the brands said to have signed (or be close) at the World Trade Center mall include Apple, Havaianas, John Varvatos, Victoria’s Secret, the John Barrett Salon, and more.

FIRST LOOK INSIDE 7 HARRISON
“The homes have the dimensions of Duane Street, but the proportions of Park Avenue,” says the New York Times. “The inspiration is as much Rosario Candela as Donald Judd.” Photos, renderings, and floor plans.

PEARL PAINT HAS INDEED CLOSED
First J&R, now this…. Each week seems to mark the end of an era around here.

YOU KNOW WHAT THIS NEIGHBORHOOD NEEDS MORE OF?
Nail salons! At least that’s what i-Plaza thinks, because it has opened Plaza M on N. Moore.

SEEN & HEARD
••• 4/21: The Arman’s artwork. Plus: Doubleparking on the already compromised Church Street; Taste of Tribeca kick-off cocktail party; free kids’ tennis clinics at Washington Market Park; Poem in Your Pocket Day.
••• 4/23: Free pizza and whiskey. Plus: Big West Street development moving forward; Exceed Physical Culture opening forecast; Paws in Soho sold; feminist Mother’s Day breakfast; Cuban sandwiches; Mulberry & Vine anniversary.

IN THE NEWS
••• 4/21: J. Crew, Posman Books, and Paul Smith are opening in Brookfield Place. Plus: New chef announced for North End Grill; 67 Franklin details; Marc Murphy looks back; Greenhouse club raided; 22 Thames to be downtown’s tallest residential building.
••• 4/22: Three high-end stores sign on at the World Trade Center. Plus: Telepan Local review; the huge scale of Brookfield Place food ops (and more on Le District market); Kidrobot closing; River to River Festival shrinks; political support for 3WTC; Southbridge offering plan; 90 Chambers; more.
••• 4/23: 1 Wall Street could go residential. Plus: Tribeca bank robbery; 3 World Trade Center decision postponed; Park Row development.

AN EXPLANATION FOR THE LIGHTS ON THE AT&T LONG LINES BUILDING
It’s a marketing promotion, as you may have already noticed.

MORE PHOTOS OF OLD TRIBECA
It’s been a while since I’ve posted old Tribeca photos, mostly because I always hope I’ll have more. Perhaps these will inspire you to go digging into that shoebox of photos…. The one below is by Lynn Rogoff.

 

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