Plus: Hipsters don't want no truffles; rich-people problems; ways to help post-Sandy; a lawyer offers businesses assistance; volunteers helping stranded IPN tenants.
Plus: Aamanns/Copenhagen opening delayed; Matt Bernson sample sale; "Boardwalk Empire" on Tribeca; T-shirts. / 1 comment
Plus: Baby born during the storm; Katie Holmes; Halloween parade; Seaport dining; Trinity Place department store; data-center central; Jason Binn; Battery turkey; FiDi nightclub, Ward III's Sandy cocktail; Tribeca walking tour report.
Here are a few updates that have come in, along with photos from during and after the storm. If you get power back, please comment on this post and include your address (or at least your block). / 9 comments
Send in your storm-related photos, videos, observations, and news, and I'll post them here. UPDATE: Photos are coming in.... UPDATE Tues: I can't update this but you can comment or go to twitter.com/tribecacitizen (you can see updates even if you don't have a Twitter account) / 56 comments
In times like this, I'll do what I can, but I encourage you to get your information from a news source such as the New York Times. In the meantime, here's the map of evaucation zones.
Know which restaurant this was shot at? Prove it. (UPDATE: We have a winner!) / 1 comment
Plus: Tribeca is expensive; Condé Nast scion sells; Trinity closes St. Paul's restrooms; East River Blueway renderings; dog drama at Gateway Plaza. / 3 comments
Plus: Alleged Hudson River Park rapist claims Four Loko defense; new BPCA president has been to BPC 20 times; Brushstroke to go (sort of); chasing Russell Crowe; World Trade Center antenna; rooftop garden. / 4 comments
Plus: Au Mandarin to close; Maserati and Iran; Brooklyn Battery Tunnel renamed; World Financial Center rents. / 1 comment
That's the news from the folks behind the pro-Asphalt Green meeting this past weekend. More as it develops.... UPDATE: A report of what happened at the BPCA meeting.
Twitter is the gift that just keeps on giving…. And thanks again to Milo Hess for the awesome new Tweebeca logo!
BIDs are the harem eunuchs of the real estate world -- all responsibility and no authority. — James Bogardus / New group to explore the potential of a Tribeca Business Improvement District
I've been to Friedman's several times and agree with your evaluation of the food. It's very good, and I think... — Toni / New Kid on the Block: Friedmans
Read the story. — Tribeca Citizen / Carjacking on North Moore has a happy ending…
How is this a happy ending? I am confused by this headline as a car was stolen. — Rob / Carjacking on North Moore has a happy ending…
Why are you showing a 14-year-old’s face? If this were a Tribeca neighborhood kid who conducted this dumb act, would... — KD / Carjacking on North Moore has a happy ending…
Neither the Chinatown BID nor the SoHo Broadway Iniative have had any success with reining in the illicit vendors. Additionally,... — SoHo Neighbor / New group to explore the potential of a Tribeca Business Improvement District
Sounds like an inside job which then felt like not a good idea. — Sandra / Carjacking on North Moore has a happy ending…