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December Blizzard: The Morning After
More than 20 inches of photos! Updated with video from around midnight.... / 2 comments
In the News: One World Trade
Plus: Jon Stewart saves the day; Tribecans who eat; Pace's new building; Riedel scion; Otto Penzler; 9/11 museum; Corton; bank robbery arrest; restaurant roundups; author Helen Simonson; "Nutcracker" blues; Seaport may sell a boat.
Newsletter: Dec. 23
Flashback to 1986 • New Kid on the Block: Featherstone Design • Reflections on the city • Canal Street: buyers beware? • Twelve Tweets of Tribeca • More
In the News: 9/11 Health Bill
Plus: Marc Forgione; New York Downtown Hospital; 70 Broad sells; Jewish Community Project to expand.
Reflections on the City (Part 2)
There's something about light bouncing off one building and onto another that gets me every time. I just wish they moved, like reflections off water....
Seen & Heard: 57 Reade
Plus: Deal on Kids Empowerment Academy; sale at Torly Kid; call for submissions at cell-phone-photo show; Do Yoga Do Pilates.
In the News: Asphalt Green
Plus: Doorman gifts; Compose opinions; movie theater lease; coffee geeks; landmark mobile app; SouthWest chef a TV winner; mobile post office; inside a 7 Worth sale; Chinatown BID; bank robber. UPDATE: Ski retailer coming to Tribeca.
Twelve Tweets of Tribeca
Pros: Sexy French men, DILFs, eight-foot Christmas trees. Cons: stuck-up soccer moms, Billy Joel, Tribeca wind. Welcome back to Tweebeca! / 1 comment
Canal Street: Buyers Beware?
Should the NYPD try to cut off demand for counterfeit goods—like the ones being hawked relentlessly on Canal Street—by arresting the stereotypical "four women from Kansas" for a few hours? / 6 comments
In the News: Park51 Not Moving
Plus: Inside Alycea Ungaro's fridge; self-service beer taps; Compose.
Flashback to 1986
La Lumia's Jackie Sencion loaned me a 1986 map of lower Manhattan that's annotated with ads for local businesses. It's hamazing!
New Kid on the Block: Featherstone Design
The old Number (N)ine space on Washington is now home to jewelry company Featherstone Design. "I love it here!" says founder Deirdre Featherstone, who plans on hosting monthly open-studio days. / 1 comment