••• The Wall Street Journal details the convoluted back story of the American Express Carriage House (60 Collister) and, in particular, the three-story “Marble House” condo inside it. (It was created by Stuart Parr.) Floor-to-ceiling marble really flips my switch, although maybe it’s just a bit too much like a mausoleum? Anyway, the project is another Tribeca notch on the belt of VE Equities, the developers who are also behind 471 Washington, 1 N. Moore, and 11 N. Moore (a.k.a. 20-24 Varick). Photo by Michael Weinstein.

••• The WSJ is also evidently making a point of spelling the neighborhood TriBeCa. You’ll come around….

••• The Broadsheet has photos of the Disney cruise ship that arrived yesterday, which I wouldn’t even mention except the accompanying noise and music inspired a wonderfully crotchety letter: “Not content to draw attention to itself with its garish orange paint job, this 130-thousand ton mega-turd chose to serenade the neighborhood for well over half an hour with bullhorn renditions of the owner’s corporate jingle, at decibel levels that would make a heavy metal rock band stick their fingers in their ears. […] A century ago, this sort of problem would have been solved by a well-placed iceberg.”

••• There’s a new bench in Goldman Alley, where “hardscape” has never seemed so apt a word. —Broadsheet

••• Grandaisy Bakery is closing its longstanding Soho location; the Tribeca one will be the flagship. —New York Times

••• Manhattan Loft Guy on a sale at 170 John St.