Tribeca Citizen | Tag archive for Pier 15

5/20/13

In the News: The Bar at Pier 15 Will Open Soon

Plus: Battery Park City a proposed “slow zone”; New York Downtown Hospital lays off its EMTs; underground supper club on Franklin Street; secret wrap restaurant.

Seen & Heard: Landmark Finally Getting Unveiled

Plus: Desayuno and almuerzo at Los Americanos; sandwich shop reopens; Citigroup plaza changes?; film shoot; Blumberg’s moved; 17 Harrison; Loopy Doopy reopens; Gateway Plaza bike-rack protest; Tribeca Park sculpture; Franklin Place sales office; Walker break-ins.

In the News: 1WTC Spire Is Going Up Soon

Plus: Woman assaulted on Pier 15; Asphalt Green litigation; Super Linda taqueria open; Temp gallery party; longing for the old Tribeca; Seaport green roofs still not approved; fashionable FiDi.

In the News: New Seaport Buildings

Plus: Pier 15 review; the cause of the Pier 17 fire; 9/11 families want politicians to speak at anniversary.

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6/18/12

TCQ&A: Marco Pasanella

“When we first moved here, we lived in the middle of the Fulton Fish Market,” says Marco Pasanella, wine-store owner and author of a new memoir. “Our ground floor tenant was a fishmonger who moved 75,000 pounds of salmon out of our front door—every day!”

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6/11/12

In the News: 56 Leonard

Plus: Merchant’s Hospitality’s plans for Pier 15 (and a bit of a rant); principal speaks out; art exhibit; Trinity Church and Occupy Wall Street.

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12/20/11

Pier 15 Unveiled (Part 2)

Shall we ascend to the upper level?

Pier 15 Unveiled

The East River Waterfront’s revamped pier is pretty fierce, with lots of ramps, stairs, and cut-outs. On a gray morning with few people, it wasn’t the warmest place to be—I kept imagining I was in an Italian prison yard, aesthetically speaking, although that’s not necessarily a bad thing.

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