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Best of Tribeca: 2015 Edition (Preview)
Last year, when polling readers about their favorite new businesses, I neglected to include a few nominees. In an effort to get it right, I'm running this year's contenders by you first. Please feel free to let me know if I missed anything. / 7 comments
Seen & Heard: “Brandon Santander” Is Back
Plus: Brookfield Place fixed the Santa situation; some construction/painting is happening inside Best Market; lingerie store opening on Franklin; arrow sculpture coming to Capsouto Park; new salon on W. Broadway in Soho; MasterCard shoot. / 10 comments
Seen & Heard: Groceries Spotted at Best Market
Plus: Estela spin-off looking very far along; Room sample sale; Tribeca episode of "The Affair" aired; peek inside a vacant Chambers storefront; infrared aerial photography show; butterscotch pot de crème. / 1 comment
In the News: Sweetheart Deal for Gigino at Wagner Park
Plus: The Port Authority will pay News Corp. and 21st Century Fox to move to 2 World Trade Center; former Sushi Azabu chef now in Harlem; Gateway Plaza window settlement; Water Street building getting demolished; Seaport District shopping; a heartwarming story. / 3 comments
Joël Robuchon Has Bailed on Brookfield Place
Instead, Saks Fifth Avenue is opening a men's store there. / 9 comments
Seen & Heard: Holiday Craft Fair Today
Plus: "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2" trailer; Salvatones Christmas concerts; the pronunciation of Thames Street; Poi Dog Pondering concert; recycling plastic bags. / 9 comments
5 Days of Fitness + Personal Training, Free Gift from Crunch
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Nosy Neighbor: Can We Get an Update on the Broadway Reconstruction?
"Do you know anything about how much longer the construction on Broadway, south of Vesey, is supposed to continue? The bus stops between Barclay and Vesey have all been temporarily suspended." —W.
Seen & Heard: Best Market Confirmed
Plus: Muse Paintbar opens today; Baked holiday market today; no sign of progress at the other Independence Plaza North storefronts or the Pier 26 restaurant; Axel Audio pop-up shop. / 22 comments
CB1 Tribeca Committee: The Unofficial Minutes (December 2015)
Discussed at last night’s meeting: The new sculpture coming to Albert Capsouto Park; the noisy new exhaust vent at Tribeca Tower on Duane Street; Ann Benedetto's work on a Tribeca Alliance; proposed newsstand outside P.S. 234. / 2 comments