Newsletter: Sept. 8

TEN YEARS IN TRIBECA: A PHOTOGRAPHER’S TRIBUTE
Donna Ferrato has a luscious new book about life in Tribeca since 9/11. “Change is where it’s at,” she says. “The landscape and the people’s faces will keep changing, getting older, and that’s what I love the most.” Here’s a preview.

NEW KID ON THE BLOCK: GIRELLO
First impressions of Walker’s new pizzeria, next door on Varick.

VALENTINE NO. 17
Do look down.

IN THE NEWS
••• 9/6: Photos by Stephane Sednaoui of working at Ground Zero. Plus: Don’t call it Ground Zero; North End Grill; southbound service resumes at Cortlandt station; protest on Wall Street; Century 21′s expansion.
••• 9/7: Restricted access this weekend. Plus: Stuyvesant vigil OKed; marriage proposal at Diner en Blanc; 195 Hudson loft sale; more info on Jung Sik, Kutsher’s Tribeca, and Atera; nursery robbed; predictions about downtown in 2021.

WHILE I WAS OUT…
I took a semi-vacation last week, and when I came back today, I immediately went for a walk to see what had changed. Plenty! Updates on 77 Reade, Ted Muehling, the BOFFO pop-up, Columbine, Tribeca Tap House, 55 Warren, and Hidden Treasures.

SEEN & HEARD
••• 9/7: Asphalt Green BPC discounts extended. Plus: Starbucks progress; Greenmarket report; Wolfgang’s expansion; Nicola’s pop-up; restaurant intrigue.
••• Correction: Despite what BOFFO’s website says, the Nicola Formichetti pop-up shop opening Friday is at 50 Walker (not 57 Walker).

12 TWEETS OF TRIBECA
Now more than ever, we could all use a visit to TweeBeCa, a.k.a. where Strap-On Rodney used to work.

 

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