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Schoolhouse Expansion
Vintage-inspired lighting company Schoolhouse Electric is making a play to take over your entire home: It's rebranding as Schoolhouse Electric & Supply Co., and it's selling far more than light fixtures. / 1 comment
Loft Peeping: Playful Triplex
The November issue of Interior Design features a Tribeca apartment by Ghislaine Viñas that's a real kick. Plus: Best shower ever? / 4 comments
In the News: 9/11 Museum Delayed
How will we ever learn what happened? Plus: Jungsik review; Tweed Courthouse as school?; Kutsher's slideshow; OWS vs. Trinity Church.
Defacing Tribeca, Part 3
This is my third (and last) photo essay of street-art faces. The urge to draw human faces strikes me as so primal, reminiscent of cave paintings.
Newsletter: Nov. 21
The way Tribeca was • New Kid on the Block: Artsee • School plan rejected • 12 Tweets of Tribeca • Recent real estate sales • Coming up • Cortlandt Alley • More
In the News: Bentley Theft
By a guy wearing quite the get-up. Plus: More ambulances; OWS members staying at a hotel; the moral issues of having a big townhouse and a country house; Kristen Wiig. / 4 comments
Coming Up: George Clinton, Ninja Turtles, and the Supreme Leader
Or maybe you're more interested in Dan Zanes, "Raiders of the Lost Ark," Louise Lasser, or Fulton Fish Market art. If nothing else, watch this short video of Marlene Dietrich.
Where in Tribeca…?
Know where this was shot? Say so in the comments. (Update: We have a winner!) / 4 comments
In the News: Night of Action
Plus: Battery Park City Authority town hall; funding for the East Side's Pier 42; fire on White Street; Kutsher's Tribeca; City Hall's renovation.
Seen & Heard: Fulton Street Transit Center
Taking shape! Plus: Asphalt Green's opening is delayed again; pre-Thanksgiving Greenmarket schedule; Pier 25 closed for the season; new chef at Plein Sud. / 1 comment
New Kid on the Block: Artsee
The stylish eyeglass brand Artsee has opened a suitably stylish shop in the Goldman Sachs building. "We display frames like they're a museum collection," said co-founder Julio Santiago. / 2 comments