Plus: Petition against the de Blasio administration's plan to build a 40-story jail on Worth Street; forthcoming barbershop includes "Dazzler" massages; the Kati Roll Company opens today; more shoots. / 21 comments
The History of Tribeca Buildings database—compiled from Tom Miller's posts at Daytonian in Manhattan—now has more than 100 entries, each with the zesty anecdotes you've come to expect. Here are six recent additions.
Plus: Tribute to Aretha Franklin at the Franklin Street subway station; a better look at the sad state of the Cast Iron House penthouse; Tribeca Film Festival dates; tennis activities at Brookfield Place. / 4 comments
Plus: Someone bought 1 White; local mall to host the return of the Wigstock drag festival is coming back; new ferry route to the South Bronx; the importance of a free press. / 5 comments
Many of Jane Freeman's photos from the 1980s and 1990s were taken at locations I've been unable to identify. Feel free to weigh in, but please don't just toss out a guess. / 19 comments
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Plus: Chefs visiting the Seaport District; 1st Precinct community event; FiDi hotel/co-working space; Sean Patrick Maloney's annoying texts. / 3 comments
The space you need. Every amenity you want. In the middle of the neighborhood you love. / Sponsored
Plus: Former Trump fixer puts 111 Murray apartment up for rent; local thefts; living in Battery Park City; FiDi development map; Champion to open store on Broadway. / 7 comments
Gerardo Blumenkrantz's quirky illustrations at Houseman are all the more charming for being totally unnecessary. / 5 comments
Plus: Visit to the apartment of a curio collector; local subway stop is among the city's hottest; De Maria restaurant has closed; Bareburger takes heat for being less than entirely organic. / 2 comments
"Will the new subway elevator outside 30 Park Place (for the Chambers Street station on the E line) ever open? It's been under construction for years, although there's been no sign of work for a long time. The adjacent stairs opened in the fall of 2016." —I. / 2 comments
I'm all for it. — Marcus / The neighborhood’s camera infrastructure
Interesting question - considering what happened at the Tents & Trails building on Park Place. The current cross-bracing is complex,... — Gary / Construction Update: Southeast corner of West Broadway and Warren
The crossing on the west side of the intersection of Canal and 6th Av is very long. There is a... — Heide Fasnacht / Canal Street ranks as one of city’s deadliest
im devasted i loved nish nush :( — Nish Nush / Nish Nush has closed to make way for a new building
K sez: Will be interesting to watch how they shore up the neighboring buildings - which were tilting/falling after the... — K / Construction Update: Southeast corner of West Broadway and Warren
No surprise. I've almost been run over multiple times by red-light running speeders. There should be: - speed bumps -... — Marcus / Canal Street ranks as one of city’s deadliest
It's 4,000 new units at 100 Gold St, they're estimating over 8,000 new residents. — FidiMom / Seen & Heard: Big reno for east side of Pace campus