Author Archives 
Nosy Neighbor: What’s This Thing Embedded in the Sidewalk?
"I hope it's new or else I really need to work on my powers of observation." —D.
In the News: The Many Mysteries of Bar Works
Plus: Owner of 28 Liberty decides against pursuing glass pavilions on landmarked plaza; museum exhibit about early American tattoo artist; longtime 1st Precinct officer retires.
The Recollections of Jane Freeman (Part 4)
Tribeca artist and writer Jane Freeman takes us back to the 1990s, when you could still make art—such as Freeman's dioramas, interspersed throughout the text—from materials found at odd-lot stores and discarded on the street. / 6 comments
Newsletter: Jan. 16
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We’re Getting a 66,000-Square-Foot Marshalls Store
As with the nearby Target store, it'll be mostly underground. / 11 comments
In the News: Could BMCC Get Developed?
Plus: The De Blasio administration has jacked up commercial real estate taxes (and an acclaimed West Village restaurant is closing partly as a result); Cut has Sunday brunch and a lunch deal; when Broadway was Typewriter Row; East River Esplanade logjam cleared.
Field Trip: The Met Breuer
Who says you don't get a second chance to make a first impression? Plus: the Second Avenue Subway. / 2 comments
Where in Tribeca…?
Know where this was shot? Prove it. / 7 comments
Seen & Heard: Chinese Food Recommendations
Plus: Proposed storefront replacements for Chambers and Reade; soft blobs at Taymour Grahne; confirmation of Agatha Ruiz de la Prada's closing; Broadway and Walker in 1912. / 5 comments
In the News: Mike Myers Is Moving Here—Not!
Plus: The reveal of 14 White has been postponed; blowout salon opens this weekend; sailing club owner accuses new North Cove Marina operator of industrial espionage; art via Argo Electronics on Canal; knife pulled during Duane Reade antacid robbery. / 1 comment
Huge New Tower Across from City Hall Park
The 42-story building on Broadway will join four other new residential projects on the perimeter of City Hall Park. / 6 comments
CB1 Tribeca Committee: The Unofficial Minutes (January 2017)
Discussed at last night's meeting: The imminent Warren Street reconstruction project; Apple's event space on Duane; weekend construction at 24 Leonard condominium; expanded outdoor seating at Laughing Man; the loud start of the Five Boro Bike Tour; CB1's street fair scheduled for Warren; Maxwell's sidewalk café. / 11 comments