Plus: "Nutcracker" with a cast of 270 kids; Nest Fragrances pop-up kiosk; more questions for the Battery Park City Authority.
Plus: The history of the Ladder 8 firehouse; a New York Times editorial on the Pier 40 air-rights swap; local leaders' questions for the Battery Park City Authority; Mexican chain opens in FiDi. / 2 comments
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
Plus: Saks Fifth Avenue's Brookfield Place store hoping to open in June; America's Cup preliminary races to be held here; 1 World Trade Center in Legos; Community Board 1 vs. Battery Park City Authority. / 2 comments
Plus: Trees being planted on W. Broadway; Kamakura Shirts opens at Brookfield Place this week; trans.LUXE sale; 1 World Trade Center emergency response exercise; Soho Photo shows.
It cost less to build. Plus: Park Place tower moves forward; big new Starbucks on Broadway; art collector Martin Z. Margulies; band of youths allegedly attack Seaport woman; outer-borough politicians oppose East River tolls; St. Nicholas church presentation. / 4 comments
Plus: What's happening in the former Rheanne White salon on Jay Street?; Spartina restaurant opening in L.A.; World Trade Center oculus roof; best practices for responding to gun-wielding maniacs; Hands On! instrument sale. / 2 comments
Still unconfirmed, though. Plus: Maman and Two Hands look closer to opening; Community Board 1 to discuss unauthorized changes to Tribeca Tower's plaza (and the annoying exhaust noise); how to get a photo of your dog with Santa. / 15 comments
Plus: Four Seasons restaurant isn't coming downtown; elected officials protest the Battery Park City Authority's security shift; missing Sheldon Silver; Citi executive admits accepting construction-related bribes. / 4 comments
Plus: A second Matt Bernson store; inside the corner window at W. Broadway and Worth Fountain Pen Hospital holiday expo; the Battery Park City Authority's public meeting schedule. / 7 comments
Plus: American Cut opening in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey; two potential candidates for Sheldon Silver's seat; efforts on behalf of Federal Hall.
"And why is the POW flag with it? (It kinda looks like the ISIS flag—are we missing something?) And who makes these decisions?" —E. / 1 comment
This argument is a bit circular isn’t it? What was “very necessary” about destroying a neighborhood (as is apparent to... — Peter / The distance we’ve come in 25 years
The Battery Park Resiliency Project is a very necessary floodwater management project that has been fully approved. This exact same... — harryh / The distance we’ve come in 25 years
https://tribecacitizen.com/2026/06/01/an-renewed-effort-to-save-battery-park-citys-trees/ — Tribeca Citizen / The distance we’ve come in 25 years
Would've had to have been kept quiet. NYPD/other agencies wouldn't be able to identify unrelated drones in a flock of... — JT / Crowd Sourcing: Who saw the Twin Towers drone show on Wednesday night?
I want to add, like Vickery Eckhoff said, the Lutnick photo is pretty telling. Another person uploaded a pretty normal... — M / Crowd Sourcing: Who saw the Twin Towers drone show on Wednesday night?
Does anyone have the count of trees in the Battery and Battery Park City that have been felled for the... — Heide Fasnacht / The distance we’ve come in 25 years
I found this article by googling "New York drone show fake?" It's really a very weird situation. These drone shows... — M / Crowd Sourcing: Who saw the Twin Towers drone show on Wednesday night?