Plus: Phone snatched through restaurant window; new restaurants Le Coucou and Chikarashi; ticket vendors forced out of the Battery are now plaguing nearby streets. / 2 comments
Plus: Atop 1 World Trade Center at night; parents want to sacrifice pre-K for a gym; phone thefts get more violent; the owners of a Tribeca pied-à-terre; Polynesian canoe visiting here. / 3 comments
Plus: The economics of film festivals; Wyeth and its owner, John Birch; hit-and-run driver to face prison time; looking back at the city's first railroad line; push-polling incident gets weirder. / 1 comment
Plus: Condo plans for the former Pearl Paint buildings; Combina restaurant closed; who was behind the arcade plan push-polling; Cadillac café to be run by Joe Coffee; anti-Semitic graffiti.
Plus: Sweetgreen will no longer serve bacon or sriracha; sleazy "push-poll" technique used by arcade plan supporter; why 3 World Trade Center is being built that way; Wounded Warriors to roast a pig in front of a FiDi mosque; why you shouldn't rob someone on an escalator; other thefts. / 3 comments
Plus: Fergie is headlining the gay pride dance; the best birthday party idea for DIY kids; Spring Studios marketing itself as event venue; ferry companies' relationships with those questionable ticket sellers at the Battery.
Plus: Aesop's Tribeca store is open; two run-ins with mentally ill people; Worth Street reconstruction will be even worse than suspected; vague parade signage; 1st Precinct Community Council meeting; two shoots. / 9 comments
Plus: New design for the Hubert Street mansion; North Cove Marina tenants unhappy with new management; Park Place tower funding, details; illegal ticket vendors arrested; FiDi sidewalk shed relief; Broad Street tower to be second tallest building in Lower Manhattan. / 2 comments
Plus: Battery Park City nanny and toddler disappear, then return; this weekend's obstacle course on Pier 26; Café Altro Paradiso review; a peek inside the new Wyeth showroom; resident urges Battery Park City Authority to think green.
Plus: A split at Tutto Il Giorno; vending machine staffer has coins stolen; review of a bar called the Ship. / 7 comments
Plus: Man detained for loitering around Taylor Swift's building; crane accident widow sues city for $600 million; Community Board 1 calls for the return of the Seaport Working Group.
Plus: New ferry service to increase air pollution; Sheldon Silver sentenced; more thefts; Carson Street clothing shop is closing; outdoor seating at the new Le Pain Quotidien in Battery Park City; R & Company exhibits. / 4 comments
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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