Plus: The Cosmopolitan Hotel's name change is complete; Hot Rod has left his corner (but Canal Rubber lives on); Nelson Blue restaurant is now Kiwi Cuba; Lloyd Cole in concert; the Submerge marine science festival. / 1 comment
Plus: Church Street storefront only available for two-year lease; Pearl River Mart is opening a store in Chelsea; the World Trade Center Greenmarket; Conception art show; advertising shoot. / 1 comment
Plus: The new Franklin Street mural is an ad; the former Ichimura has changed names again; the inside of St. Nicholas National Shrine; candidate Aaron Foldenauer; "reimagining education" at Portfolio School; restaurateur Drew Nieporent.
Plus: An endorsement of Christopher Marte; thefts, including one at gunpoint; rave review for Ato restaurant; Spring Studios to become Fashion Week hub; artist Rosalyn Drexler. / 5 comments
Plus: Tribeca Art+Culture Night is coming up; Landmarc's reinvention as an event space; new restaurant at the Trump Soho hotel; 91 Leonard from the west; the sales office in the former Matsugen space; counterfeit vendors in curb cuts; two-tower building at the Holland Tunnel. / 5 comments
But that doesn't mean it won't be torn down. Plus: Mulberry & Vine got renovated; mini golf tournament on Pier 25; NYPD continues to park illegally; Swiss Institute appears to have left; Church Street vape shop has opened; Quick Cryo clarification.
Plus: Andy Goldsworthy and Samantha Power talks at the Museum of Jewish Heritage; "Like Father" shoot today; retrieving records from Soho Pediatric Group; Uthman Wahaab art exhibit.
Plus: City council candidate debate; Squeeze drummer's art show; the city's parklet program. / 1 comment
Plus: Mitigating the drainage problem at 30 Park Place's plaza; New York Vintners's large "indoor farm"; tacky newsstand lights; tennis at Brookfield Place. / 3 comments
Plus: One city council candidate skipped a debate, and another never voted until last year; Chanterelle chef's seafood class; aircraft flyover; "Gotham" TV shoot; more on the big "Instinct" shoot. / 4 comments
Plus: Broadway building for sale; Verizon outage (and what to do about it); garden store coming to Grand; muffins made from recycled juice pulp; Sola Pasta Bar opening soon in Soho; Tribeca Film Festival to launch a TV event. / 9 comments
Plus: Pediatric office closed; signage for the Cheeto restaurant pop-up; a talk by schools chancellor Carmen Fariña; "Ocean's 8" is shooting in the area again today; group show at Lubov. / 6 comments
James! Thank you ! I love the photo. — Native NYer / Upon the Palace has opened
So by extension, ill will toward the future employees of Hobby Lobby? — Bobbie / Seen & Heard: Hobby Lobby construction happening?
Smartphones and doom scrolling has sucked the life out of our kids. Sometimes you need reminders like this to really... — hmmm / Capturing the lives of Tribeca youth before smartphones took hold
How many times, on a summer afternoon, did I sit on the doorsill at Dudley's Paw with Dudley beside me.... — John Willenbecher / Seen & Heard: Hobby Lobby construction happening?
Yum yum. Looking forward to going here! — SW / Upon the Palace has opened
Yes!!!! My lady and I have been BEGGING for one of these!!!! — Jack Gaff / Chambers Street Wines is opening a wine bar on… Chambers
so, no RIOTS or claims of a “rigged election”; is that the point? 🤔 — baba galacticus / It’s quiet out there