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: Favor request for the new residents of 56 Leonard; Sixth Avenue restaurant appears not to be Empire Diner; Tribeca Meet & Greet is this coming Tuesday; action at a former smoke shop; Marseilles dinner. / 1 comment
Plus: Drawings of the restaurant coming to the former Ivy's Bistro space; Liquor Store artwork; Racines NY also participating in Taste of Tribeca for the first time.
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: When Alexander Hamilton's doctor's mansion was on Chambers; break-dancing tournament finals; design charrette for the Water Street arcades; rowing across the Atlantic.
Plus: One Roll and Go slice joint has a new name; upcoming events (including Ladybug Day) at Washington Market Park; Church Street School's annual Happening; Exhale opening on Thompson; former Naked Lunch bar to be a deli.
Why haven't you bought your tickets yet for next Saturday's Taste of Tribeca? The weather looks to be gorgeous, and it's all for a good cause. Plus: Your ticket now also gets you two beer tastes! See which restaurants—including six new ones—are serving what.... / 3 comments
Plus: New app for historical photos of New York City; N. Moore wall uncovered; brand orgy on Warren; "Charlotte's Web"; 346 Broadway community space; Seaport District summer programming. / 1 comment
Plus: Gelato cart outside Whole Foods; statue of soldier on horseback moved to Liberty Park; peeking inside Hank's Juicy Beef and fancy mystery on Chambers; new Cosmopolitan Hotel bar to be for guests only; Worth Street reconstruction update; "Scenes from the Underground" shoot. / 5 comments
This Friday through Monday, Tribeca artists open their studios to the public for the free TOAST Art Walk. Preview some of their work here—and learn about the surprising new twists in store this year, which marks the event's 20th anniversary. / Sponsored
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