Can you believe it has been six months since Sandy? It may still be chewed up, but many of the businesses that make it special are back. / 4 comments
Plus: Great old liquor store doomed?; Japanese speakeasy coming to Tribeca; fire at Tribeca Blu hotel; Axl Rose looking for apartment; Bikini Bar revised dates; 95 Franklin analysis. / 9 comments
Plus: Desayuno and almuerzo at Los Americanos; sandwich shop reopens; Citigroup plaza changes?; film shoot; Blumberg's moved; 17 Harrison; Loopy Doopy reopens; Gateway Plaza bike-rack protest; Tribeca Park sculpture; Franklin Place sales office; Walker break-ins. / 3 comments
Also on Community Board 1's May agendas: Liquor license for Denny's; P.S. 150's proposed move; Hamptons export Tutto Il Giorno; Upper East Side export Gina La Fornarina; 60 Collister rooftop pergolas; Downtown Connection; sexy shoeshines.
Plus: Dylan Prime auction; Bikini Bar's summer plans (juice bar!); another thought about the Citi Bike racks; five-and-dime at Cosmopolitan Café; Loopy Doopy pushed back; coming up at Soho Photo. / 7 comments
Renowned hairstylist Rheanne White—who lives in Tribeca—has chosen a spot close to home for her first salon. It'll be at 14 Jay, and it'll have 10 chairs.
Plus: Floral designer closes up his shop; John Allan's finally reopens; Everyman Espresso is taking over Bikini Bar; "Girls" filming in the neighborhood; Chambers degradation; 56 Leonard. / 2 comments
Plus: The final part of 1 World Trade Center's spire; Woolworth Building images and history; Matt Bernson expansion plans.
Know anything? Plus: Construction finally set to start at vacant lot on Chambers; Telepan signs a lease; Five Boro Bike Tour; another Radio Shack bites the dust; DeRose Method Tribeca event. / 2 comments
Plus: More on the possible P.S. 150 move; Odeon fashion event; worker falls down elevator shaft; Brooklyn Bridge closure; Atera chef looks back; college student arrested for guns.
The Department of Education is considering it, and parents aren't exactly thrilled. / 22 comments
Sounds like an inside job which then felt like not a good idea. — Sandra / Carjacking on North Moore has a happy ending…
What I find most shocking in this story is not that cars with keys inside would be stolen but that... — K / Carjacking on North Moore has a happy ending…
What a dumb move by real estate agents- not just leaving keys in his car but his client’s car?? Wonder... — Tribeca RE mom / Carjacking on North Moore has a happy ending…
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