More highlights from the last 12 months. (Part 1 is here.)

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THERE GOES THE NEIGHBORHOOD
Among the Tribeca Film Festival T-shirts being sold at the 2010 Family Festival was one that said “Here Comes the Neighborhood.” What neighborhood? Times Square? (May 1)

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THE SKETCHBOOKS OF MARIANO RECALDE
Architect Mariano Recalde agreed to let me post his lovely sketches of Tribeca: “Seeing the world and cities through hand drawings is a very different experience than what you get out of photographs,” he says. (May 24)

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WHAT SUP?
Now available from New York Kayak Co., stand-up paddleboarding (a.k.a. SUP) is like windsurfing without the sail—you stand on a board and propel yourself with a paddle. Or not, as I learned the wet way. Photo by Asha Agnish. (June 1)

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THE CHUGGER INFESTATION
Donating to charities via those young, earnest-looking people who ask to speak with you about helping children or the ACLU is a terrible idea. They’re hired guns, and middlemen take a major chunk of the money. (June 2)

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THE ELECTRIC PENCIL
A glimpse of artwork—on semi-display at 16 Jay Street—by the mental-hospital patient who called himself the Electric Pencil. (June 7)

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BEEKMAN STREET PALACE
The film location scout who also writes the Scouting New York blog got a peek inside 5 Beekman Street: “It’s completely empty, essentially abandoned, and has been for a decade, with much of the interior shuttered since 1940… Until now. (June 17)

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SUGGESTION BOX: WHOLE FOODS TRIBECA… (AND THE RESPONSE)
I asked everyone for constructive ways on how Whole Foods Tribeca could improve, then emailed over the suggestions. The manager has responded…. (June 19 and July 6)

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GAGA GOES TRIBECA—AND VICE VERSA
None other than Lady Gaga popped by Duane Park to hang out and sing a little Gershwin. Photo by Malgorzata Saniewska. (June 20)

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RUMMAGING THE PAST
A bunch of old real-estate brochures are now available online, and many are in Tribeca. They make for a fascinating glimpse into the way things used to be. (June 20)

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JAMES FRANCO, ARTIST
Actor James Franco’s first solo art exhibit, “The Dangerous Book Four Boys,” has opened at the Clocktower Gallery. Let’s take a peek, shall we…? (June 24)

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TRIBECA EN PLEIN AIR
Diane Hardy Waller, one of the 24 artists in the Art Students League class that spent two days painting in and around Duane Park, was kind enough to send over examples of the fruits of their labor. (July 4)

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TINY STREETS: PART 1, PART 2, PART 3,
Asha Agnish photographed the tiny streets in and around Tribeca—the streets only locals know. (July 7, 9, 11)

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A PIECE OF TRIBECA® (PART 3)
Businesses around the world—restaurants, nightclubs, investment firms, interior designers, salons, boutiques—are naming themselves after our neighborhood. Why? (July 15)

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SIGNS AMONG US
“I found these signs in and around Tribeca within a few short hours,” writes photographer Barry Fidnick. “Most often, the signs themselves were not remarkable, but upon a closer look, many became thought-provoking.” (July 19)

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REFLECTIONS ON THE CITY, PART 1 AND PART 2
I’ve been enchanted by the patterns created when light bounces off one building and onto another. They remind me how much magic is left to be discovered in this city, even if you’ve lived here a while. (July 26)

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DEFACING TRIBECA
A photo essay of the street-art faces I’ve spotted around the neighborhood. (Aug. 1)

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BOULEY’S TRIBECA: A RECAP
Someone asked me to explain what Bouley is up to these days. Here you go…. [Note: Article was accurate at the time it was published.] (Aug. 4)

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PIE FIGHT ON WHITE!
The students in NY Goofs’ Ultimate Clown School learned the finer points of pie-throwing (and pie-receiving). (Aug. 4)

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TRIBECAUSE: I’M TOO YOUNG FOR THIS!
Based at 40 Worth, the I’m Too Young for This! Cancer Foundation offers no-BS peer support and much more for young adults with cancer. (Aug. 22)