Plus: Protesters camping out at Foley Square; Soho Photo competition winners; sample sale at Franklin St. Showroom; more of the likely redevelopment of Zaitzeff's building. / 8 comments
Plus: A visit to the underground farm; students got to Skype with an astronaut about the International Space Station; BMCC president to step down after 23 years. / 8 comments
Plus: History of a Franklin Street building; HQ Trivia host lives here; flood-protection plans for North Battery Park City; more area thefts; property-tax study. / 12 comments
Plus: The Bolton's store on Broadway is closing; the population "heartbeat" of Manhattan; shows opening this week at Art Projects International and Bortolami.
Plus: What's happening to the little building at 35 Walker; the Park Row bike path finally opened; wayfinding signage by the Brooklyn Bridge; vibrational swimming-pool art.
Plus: Gitano is serving a limited menu for now; Battery Park City Authority gets a second local board member; Eataly is banning plastic straws; schoolkids paint mural protesting gun violence. / 4 comments
Plus: More on Gitano; a visit with Tribeca artist Cecilia Vicuña, in exile from Chile; Priority Bicycles did a good deed; FiDi building to have a bar for tenants; Pier 26 construction start date.
Plus: Immersive theater piece takes place in Tribeca; Color Factory to pop up in Hudson Square; turnover at the top of the Battery Park City Authority. / 1 comment
Plus: The victim of the metal-box attack speaks out; "Ghostbusters" firehouse to reopen this month; Beyoncé and Jay Z name-drop Tribeca. / 3 comments
Plus: Understaffed prisons; another rave for La Mercerie; benefits for 9/11 rescue workers; Crunch's popular fitness instructor; River to River dance review; the wheat field that was in Battery Park City. / 2 comments
Plus: Tribeca Art+ Culture Night is this Thursday; finally, seating in the Oculus; Cadillac is shooting here yet again; Raul Guerrero art exhibit; a poem about "The Valley of Tribeca." / 4 comments
Plus: WeWork takes over another Tribeca building; yet another Lower-Manhattan-is-back article; city council considering displacing 22 street vendors from the World Trade Center area; Dutch Street renaissance. / 1 comment
Sounds promising. How much power does such a BID have? Could it actually do something to clear out the illicit... — Marcus / New group to explore the potential of a Tribeca Business Improvement District
I’m officially a senior citizen and I have to tell you if me and my buddies from the Bronx had... — John Gallagher / Carjacking on North Moore has a happy ending…
Blame those in charge, including our mayor. Mamdani pledged support for NYC street vendors. Now they’re facing a crackdown. https://gothamist.com/news/mamdani-pledged-support-for-nyc-street-vendors-now-theyre-facing-a-crackdown... — Marcus / In the News: More on the counterfeit vendors of Canal Street
UN report on counterfeiting and organized crime: https://www.unodc.org/toc/en/crimes/counterfeit-goods.html — Marcus / In the News: More on the counterfeit vendors of Canal Street
Society has lost its mind letting people walk around outdoors with masks on as if it's not obviously insanely suspicious.... — person / Carjacking on North Moore has a happy ending…
I'm okay with extra reinforcing, recalling what happened at Pfizer's residential conversion on 42nd Street. Demolition could have been dusty... — Gary / Construction Update: 100 Franklin / 250 Church
I am curious how they came to the decision to rehabilitate the existing structure rather than just tear it down.... — Reademan / Construction Update: 100 Franklin / 250 Church