Plus: The history of 112 Franklin (and the people who lived and worked there); mugging on Chambers; Fulton Street is getting nicer; city comptroller wants Battery Park City Authority revenue to go to low-income housing. / 7 comments
Plus: The plan to put tolls on the East River bridges moves forward; alleged attempted rape at the Conrad hotel; Community Board 1 wants the new FiDi school to be bigger; Tribeca Film festival pulls the anti-vaccine film; Good Stock. / 1 comment
Plus: Robert De Niro says he personally wanted the anti-vaccine film in the Tribeca Film Festival; group robberies at Patron of the New and American Apparel. / 2 comments
Plus: Otte now has an outlet; tasting sake at Shigure; the history of cast-iron 63 Nassau; cell phone mugging. / 5 comments
Plus: The new salon at the Roxy Hotel; dancers photographed around the neighborhood; "Surface Resonance" show; two commercial shoots this week.
"Upon encountering someone in the apartment, he said 'sorry' and left," reports a reader. / 2 comments
Plus: Lower Manhattan reported to have relatively poor air quality; armed robbery at magazine store; Mariah Carey is letting us into her world; dogs may now dine outside.
Plus: Kathleen Turner is moving to Tribeca; FiDi tower with school gets landmark approval; FiDi development map; Hickey Freeman store debuts next week; new 1 Wall renderings; "rooftopping" daredevils. / 3 comments
Plus: Then-and-now shots of the World Trade Center Oculus; shuttered restaurant allegedly being used as an illegal nightclub; shady tour vendors at Chambers and W. Broadway; a visit to Spartina in L.A. / 1 comment
Plus: Time-lapse video of the Independent art fair; NYPD plans to crack down on Battery Park vendors; "virtual kidnapping" scam said to be spreading in Lower Manhattan.
Plus: The World Trade Center Oculus opens at 3 p.m. tomorrow, and its skylight will open on nice days; the WSJ says the building "wows rather than elevates"; Yips patron loses sock filled with $3,800; Battery Park City Authority trusts its own decision-making, to a point. / 3 comments
Plus: Trinity Church decides to build offices, not condos, in its tower; the ferry routes to be introduced next year; Battery Park City man arrested on weapons charge; Community Board 1 rejects Water Street land grab. / 12 comments
Joke or not, that sign has to go. — Marcus / Seen & Heard: Wayfinding for a counterfeit bazaar
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