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Newsletter: Sept 24
Loft Peeping: Leelee Sobieski & Adam Kimmel • Robert Janz • Nosy Neighbor: Whalebone Sign • Shake Shack • Field Trip: One Wall Street • More
In the News: Sexual Assault in Hudson River Park
Plus: Bad new for Glad Tidings Tabernacle; riverside real estate; machine guns; Woody Allen. / 10 comments
In the News: Watch Out for Falling Mattresses
Plus: PATH train to Newark Airport?; West Street crossing guards; interior designer showhouse; 99 Reade; nosing. / 2 comments
Seen & Heard: Theater Bar in Play?
Plus: Brazilian bar closed; Scorcese film shooting here; the maybe-an-IHOP space; 72 Vestry question (and answer); new traffic light turned on. / 1 comment
Nosy Neighbor: Why Does 161 Duane Say ‘Whalebone’?
"Why does the building on Duane (just east of Hudson) say Whalebone?" —A. / 1 comment
Field Trip: One Wall Street
The Historic Districts Council led a tour of the 1930 Ralph Walker Art Deco building, home to two extraordinary spaces: a glamorous aerie and Hildreth Meière's Red Room. / 4 comments
Seen & Heard: Fulton Center
Plus: Aamanns/Copenhagen update; Pier 40 meeting; "The Good Wife"; Dirty Bird's chickens; New Amsterdam Market festival; Smith & Mills and Tiny's; World of Suits awning; Pen Parentis; 15,000-square-foot retail space; Tribeca Barber Shop; fake products at Apexart. / 2 comments
In the News: Shake Shack Calorie Counts
Gulp. Plus: A contest to solve the Pier 40 problem; the Flea's "Job" reviewed; art installation reopens; Dance New Amsterdam still in trouble; W. Thames bridge. / 9 comments
Robert Janz: Mountain Man
Where you see torn posters and graffiti, longtime Tribeca-based artist Robert Janz sees backdrops for mountainscapes and animals. He may be 80 years old, but he's working double time and he's not afraid of the cops. / 14 comments
Newsletter: Sept. 20
Loft Peeping: Mario Grauso & Serkan Sarier • New Kid on the Block: Dirty Bird To-Go • Pane Panelle Has Closed • Occupy Wall Street • Woody Allen • More
Seen & Heard: The Woodman
And Alec Baldwin. Plus: 70 Franklin going residential; cobblestoned crosswalks; Cavaniola's sandwich press; 55 White trees; Jennifer Gilbert; artist Liam Dean.