Read about Raccoon Lodge in the Tribeca Citizen Restaurant Guide.
In 2017, when it was announced that the block would be razed, Robert Ripps set out to document the buildings, businesses and people of one piece of Tribeca. / 6 comments
Plus: A reader wonders whether any bar can approach the Raccoon Lodge; the Warren Street reconstruction project has begun; the Roxy Hotel is working on an oyster bar; old photos of White Street; construction crew hogging Franklin Street. / 3 comments
Plus: Cocktail napkin art by a local lawyer; mourning the loss of Raccoon Lodge and chainification in general; mysterious lamppost appendage; peeking inside a phone-booth ad. / 1 comment
Plus: Raccoon Lodge was stripped of its fake-log façade; three shoots—two TV shows and one feature film. / 7 comments
"I've been noticing these white discs around the neighborhood and am wondering if you know what they are. This one is at the northeast corner of Warren and Church, and I saw another one above the Raccoon Lodge. I'm curious!" —M. / 1 comment
Plus: Raccoon Lodge's farewell party and note; why you should not just avoid chuggers but actively discourage them; clarification about the plans for the Cercle Rouge space. / 8 comments
The Raccoon Lodge is going out with a bang this Thursday, partying from 11 a.m. through the night. Owner Ace Nowara was kind enough to let me take a million photos of the Lodge, for posterity's sake. / 2 comments
Plus: New opening forecasts for Heyday facial shop and the Dead Rabbit guys' Cuba-themed bar; more on the new salon at Harrison and Staple; an improvement to this site that you'll really like; Canal storefront upgrade. / 2 comments
Plus: A tall Tribecan; Battery Park City tween on Broadway; what to do about a pothead neighbor; the changing downtown skyline; Community Board 1 votes against Raccoon Lodge spinoff; breakfast coming to two Tribeca elementary schools. / 1 comment
Residents turned out in droves at the Community Board 1 meeting last night to protest plans for the Lodge, a bar at 20 Warren. The committee unanimously agreed: "That bar should not be on that street," said one member. / 11 comments
Plus: Is Marla Maples living in Tribeca?; TOAST Art Walk is coming up; first look at the "cast-iron inversion" facade on Walker; 443 Greenwich striptease. / 1 comment
Also on Community Board 1's May agendas: Jake Gyllenhaal and Tilda Swinton filming here; Worth Street reconstruction update; Serafina liquor license; and much more.
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Have you tried the library(ies)? I got mine at NYPL branch in my neighborhood. — Reg / Where to watch the eclipse Downtown
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You would think. But not in this city. — R. / The Dinosaurs of Tribeca: Unfinished buildings and abandoned lots