Plus: The New York State budget forces New York City to find $50 million for Hudson River Park; the apartments coming to the Leaning Tower of Tribeca; history of the John Street Methodist Church.
"I was walking toward the Barclay side of 7 World Trade Center when I noticed the panels on the base of the building. I couldn't figure out what their function is." —E. / 2 comments
Plus: Weinstein Company owes $50,000 for Tribeca rent; Battery Park City mom suing the Department of Education because her five-year-old son got dry-humped on the playground; teenage banana bread entrepreneur. / 6 comments
Plus: Battery Park Pharmacy has closed; New York Dolls to start serving lunch and dinner; "Bull" shoot; Grace Jones's "One Man Show." / 4 comments
As these pre-1990 photos of Tribeca show, the neighborhood was a markedly different place back then. First up: Franklin Street. / 10 comments
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"Of course we hoped Souths would last forever, but it just wasn’t in the cards," wrote Souths co-owners Johnny Griffin and Roger Herr in the announcement. "Please know we tried." / 17 comments
Plus: Balloon Saloon's fun display; local thefts (not even SoulCycle is safe); "homework therapists" in Tribeca; restaurant bake sale for Planned Parenthood; the battle over the World Trade Center name; "brutalized elegance" on Canal Street. / 1 comment
Plus: Starbucks and Vitamin Shoppe look likely to open sooner than expected; Frenchette menu with prices; more on Ato restaurant's tea room and shop; opera at the Flea; Bortolami gallery show. / 1 comment
KinderCare’s newest and largest early childhood learning center officially opens April 16. The former home of New York Sports Club now has 17 purpose-built classrooms for students up to kindergarten age.
Plus: More on how the closing of Rikers Island would affect Lower Manhattan; new furniture showroom; another FiDi tower in the works. / 1 comment
Bravo!! — Queens Girl / Catching up with Adger Cowans on his 90th birthday
Beautiful story and interview. Thank you so much for posting. It’s a privilege Learning about our artistic neighbors. Looking forward... — DSSA / Catching up with Adger Cowans on his 90th birthday
Relative to other parts of the city FiDi has comparatively little green space, let alone trees on the streets. Further,... — Heide Fasnacht / City moving forward with development of 100 Gold
A lot of NIMBYism in these comments. Financial district is basically the birthplace of the skyscraper, has always been crowded,... — Cd / City moving forward with development of 100 Gold
One solution to the lack of common areas and too much traffic: close streets to cars/trucks permanently, and convert them... — Ben / City moving forward with development of 100 Gold
Typo: before 2010 (not 2020) — stm / City moving forward with development of 100 Gold
Before 2020, the area was still mostly office (personally I would not describe as moribund) and actually less traffic. There... — stm / City moving forward with development of 100 Gold