Newsletter: July 13

TINY STREETS: PARTS 2 AND 3
Asha Agnish shot the tiny streets in and around Tribeca—the streets only locals know. Part 2: Catherine Lane, Elk Street, Franklin Place, and that little spur off Harrison. Part 3: Cortlandt Alley, York Street, and everyone’s favorite, Staple Street. (Part 1 ran last week.)

CALENDAR: JULY 13–AUGUST 15
This week in and around Tribeca: Jill Sobule and Julia Sweeney; Real Housewife Bethenny Frankel; Baby Soda Jazz Band at Washington Market Park; making summer pickles; Comedy Below Canal; Jimmy Webb at Rockefeller Park; Steve Earle and Alison Moorer at City Winery; “Pumping Iron II: The Women”; Duncan Sheik at Castle Clinton; the CEO of Do Something; authors Peter Straub, Naomi Novik, Rebecca Cantrell, and Jeffrey Ma; Korean Cultural Service film screening; concerts by Emmet Cohen, Jukebox the Ghost, the Dan Martin/Nick Russo Trio; much more. Plus: the full calendar through August 15.

GWYNETH AND CHRIS’S PLACE
Curbed uncovered photos of the River Lofts apartment owned by Gwyneth Paltrow and Chris Martin. (Or maybe Martin doesn’t live there anymore? So says one commenter.)

IN THE NEWS
••• 7/9 roundup: Pier 25 and 26 update. Plus: Trump Soho sales report; early word on Il Matto; fancy spinning; and celebrities looking at a penthouse.
••• 7/11 roundup: Should Broadway and Walker be in the Chinatown BID? Plus: Gael Greene reviews Plein Sud; and Doug Liman, who has an office here, has a new TV show.
••• 7/12 roundup: J&R now has a café (um, OK). Plus: An open-house report; a meeting about Cordoba House; and the summer ritual of Mah-Jongg.

YOUR OPINION COUNTS
Thanks again to everyone who has posted a comment lately! They’ve been fun to read, even when they’re taking the site to task. Here are a few especially notable ones, on topics such as Whole Foods, Lady Gaga, the types of shops we’d like to see more of, the new incarnation of Bouley Bakery, and more.

SEEN & HEARD
••• 7/11 roundup: Babesta’s postcard-project finalists (including “Reflections,” right, by Cora Shea Dardis). Plus: Bike-rental deal; Nick Lowe and the Roches; Anaïs & I to make boys’ clothes; TAMA Gallery still selling; Mysterious Bookshop event.
••• 7/12 roundup: Le Pain Quotidien is now open in Battery Park City. Plus: Return of two sidewalks; Kevin Kline is coming; exciting news for BMCC Tribeca Performing Arts Center; yoga and spa deals.
••• Congratulations to Robert Ripps for correctly identifying the location of the clock in last week’s “Where in Tribeca…?” contest.

 

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