Plus: La Mercerie restaurant at Roman and Williams Guild is now open for lunch and dinner; R & Company's 8,000-square-foot triplex annex; more thefts.
Plus: How Amazon is changing Whole Foods; rent-regulated apartments in Lower Manhattan; facial massage; actor buys in Tribeca; how rich people feel about carpets; questions for the new BPCA president. / 7 comments
Plus: Security warning; listing for the Koh's Kids space on Greenwich; the Craft Studio's Tribeca location is a pop-up; the New York City Drone Film Festival; tackiness at Whole Foods. / 3 comments
Plus: Broadway redevelopment site put on the market; the story of the loft with a Keith Haring mural; more thefts and a police officer was assaulted with mace; Rammellzee art exhibit. / 6 comments
Plus: History of a Lispenard building; dissecting the sale of an old-school artist's loft; Haus discussion; the Ainsworth is opening on Fulton; St. Joseph's Chapel statues to be moved to St. Peter's Catholic Church; Red Bull theft and an apparent drugging; Spring Studios. / 4 comments
Plus: Flasher reported at a Chambers Street subway station; clandestine photographs of the Lodz Ghetto; state senator Brian Kavanagh.
Plus: Attempt to make the world's largest bagel-and-lox sandwich; alleged stalker of model Bella Hadid arrested; Chinatown Ice Cream Factory could get evicted; Community Board 1's new district manager.
Plus: Artist alleges that 11 Hubert was illegally subleased to her; "Tip-Jar Bandit" caught red-handed; Eben Lillie on growing up at Chambers Street Wines; a disastrous idea to let developers build taller. / 14 comments
Plus: Tetsu is now serving lunch; CTL Electronics and the fight to save cathode ray tube televisions; Fourteenjay founder on opening a salon in the city; more thefts; big new FiDi pub; affordable housing (and the lack thereof). / 1 comment
Plus: When the Underground Railroad ran through Tribeca; Aziz Ansari's Franklin Street apartment; Soho Rep is about to reopen; mugging victim hunts down attacker; history of a Lispenard Street building; Whole Foods misery. / 1 comment
Plus: Ruchi Indian restaurant reviewed; checking in on Fraunces Tavern; phone snatching on N. Moore; attempted theft at Saks. / 1 comment
Plus: Ilysa Winick tells her story; Governors Island update (including more access); thefts and a mugging at gunpoint; Cuomo's congestion plan won't include new bridge tolls. / 6 comments
Second that; thank you for the compelling history of this building (and our neighborhood)! When available, would be great to... — Reader on Reade / 54 Laight Street in the Tribeca North Historic District is for sale
Congratulations for staying in business in Tribeca. I had a storefront in Tribeca with my family for over 50 years... — Amy Bergenfeld / Spotlight: Greenwich St. Jewelers at 50
Apparently Chip City shuttered all 20+ of its retail locations this week. — James Bogardus / Cookies coming to 325 Greenwich
Sorry, but to whom should businesses cater, if not the neighborhood families who live and raise children there? — K / Starbucks at West Broadway and Chambers will close tomorrow
Even though the location was busy, the setup isn’t aligned with the renewed architectural focus of the brand. There is... — Matt / Starbucks at West Broadway and Chambers will close tomorrow
Spas……we need more nail spas. — Francesco / Starbucks at West Broadway and Chambers will close tomorrow
You are absolutely right. Tribeca has become a soulless land of chain cafés, spas and orthodontists. All about Tribeca moms... — R. / Starbucks at West Broadway and Chambers will close tomorrow