Plus: The Empire State Trail will connect Buffalo and the Battery; Governors Island sues over shoddy construction; street art inside 4 World Trade Center; Doctors Without Borders is moving to FiDi.
Plus: The history of 116 Duane; thief steals electronics and brownies.
Plus: Navy restaurant in Soho is closing; area politicians request a traffic study; the NYPD officer who convinced a man not to kill himself; Sonoma Cost pinot noir tasting. / 2 comments
Plus: Child thief strikes at the Conrad hotel; fashion designer Joseph Altuzarra; Battery Park City landlord settles federal civil-rights lawsuit; 4 World Trade Center is fully leased; Robert De Niro doubles down on anti-vaccine nonsense.
The owner of World of Gold N Diamond was found with zip ties around his neck. / 4 comments
Plus: Video of thieves who returned to the scene of their crime; Brookfield Place to screen films in the Winter Garden; Battery Park City Day Nursery; funds for crossing guards.
Plus: More renderings of the 43-story Park Place tower; Franklin Street building sold.
Plus: The recipe for Maman's chocolate chip cookies; more on last month's shellfish robbery; Parisian caviar pop-up to extend its run. / 7 comments
Plus: A Tribecan and his art collection; mock vigil at Bowling Green; Balenciaga handbags stolen from Saks Fifth Avenue. / 9 comments
Plus: The Downtown Alliance is soliciting proposals to beautify the New York Stock Exchange area; profile of Mysterious Bookshop; L'Appart restaurant at Le District; man attacked by stroller-pushing couple wielding a box cutter.
Plus: Taryn Toomey's "intentional" new fitness studio; nic-fit theft; public art commemorating Little Syria in new FiDi park.
Plus: Uniqlo is said to be mulling a massive FiDi store; student in hit-and-run accident; the history of a Chambers Street building and western Canal Street; Gateway Plaza drama; steam vents. / 1 comment
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