LOFT PEEPING: ELIZABETH & ALBERT WATSON
The duplex penthouse atop 101 Warren is nearly 3,800 square feet, with a wraparound terrace. “Even our pantry has a view,” the famous photographer told the New York Times. Let’s go gawking.
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1 WORLD TRADE CENTER’S PATRIOTIC NEW TRICK
“It was obviously a test, since it only lasted for a few seconds,” says Doug Smith, who captured it in a photo.
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IN THE NEWS
••• 1/7: Teens attacked by the Battery Park City ball fields—and the security guard was useless. Plus: What’s next for Shinola; condo across from the Holland Tunnel entrance will be even bigger; Community Board 1 asks Cuomo to appoint locals to the Battery Park City Authority; police blotter.
••• 1/10: Hoping to make ReBeCha happen. Plus: Janet Delaney’s 1980s photos (including the one above); licorice history on N. Moore; discussing Oregon pinot noir; Battery Park City couple opened a tearoom; Fulton Center video; Trinity Church sells Hudson Square stake; bank robbery.
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A REPRIEVE FOR RACCOON LODGE
The Warren Street dive bar didn’t close after New Year’s Eve after all. It’ll likely stay open through the end of the month, and possibly longer, while lease negotiations down the block continue.
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SEEN & HEARD
••• 1/7: Grease sing-along. Plus: A peek inside Best Market; Gunbae wants a 4 a.m. liquor license; two more chain restaurants in Hudson Square; could the former Aloha Rag store become a restaurant?; used Christmas tree for sale.
••• 1/8: The copper topper. Plus: ICE NYC fitness studio opening date; exhibit of Nicky Nodjoumi paintings; “Blue Blood” shoot; applicants wanted for the Manhattan Solid Waste Advisory Board; how do we get buildings like 10 Bond?
••• 1/9: Lucinda Williams. Plus: City Hall restaurant’s farewell note; changes to Pier 17 and Tin Building plans; Leonard Street handcuffs; new sign for the Palm Tribeca.
••• 1/10: Inside the Dogpound gym. Plus: Another peek inside Best Market; Art in General’s new location; a message from Mariachi’s; poetry night at Pen Parentis.
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WELCOME TO TWEEBECA
Can you believe what @soandso tweeted about Tribeca?
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CANALI CLUB HAS CLOSED
The gym inside Truffles Tribeca has been seized by the city marshal; the lights are on but the door has been padlocked.
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WHERE IN TRIBECA…?
Congratulations to Robert Ripps for correctly identifying last week’s Where in Tribeca…? (Click the link to discover the answer.) We’ll play again Friday morning.
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CRAIG BAGNO’S NEW YORK (PART 3)
Craig Bagno is shooting New York City with film cameras: “TLRs, point & shoots from the 80′s, folders, rangefinders, the SLR that I’ve owned since I was 16.” Take a look at his work.
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