Plus: How Wolfgang's might have handled its mistake; Pearl River Mart opens this week; another Eataly restaurant now takes reservations (and here are some first impressions of it); 1st Precinct meeting. / 1 comment
Plus: Dragon spotted at the new Pearl River Mart; Fourteenjay's party for book of gritty, glamorous photos; activity at Worth Street storefront; a kind ear in City Hall Park; new deli rumored for Greenwich Street. / 2 comments
Also on Community Board 1's November agendas: Two-story addition for a former Pearl Paint building; the steakhouse inside 3 World Trade Center; more food carts; Australian café; Beach Street topper; yoga studio expansion; Tunnel to Towers run; more. / 2 comments
Plus: Free extra shots for a day at La Colombe; Urban Archaeology opening forecast; Franklin Street residential conversion; Daniel Squadron's town hall; Washington Market Park butterfly garden. / 12 comments
Plus: Local soupmaker's first brick-and-mortar outpost; Stormtrooper on view in Tribeca boutique; jack-o'lantern contest; sugar-skull artist at Añejo's Day of the Dead party; artsy Halloween decor on Franklin.
Plus: The New York Dolls reopening party; what to expect at the "Experience Mars" event; why the Broadway bus bulb remains unfinished; show of 1970s art at Hal Bromm Gallery; looking down on Barclay Tower. / 2 comments
Plus: Warm pretzels with mustard; the private dog run on Warren; 1st Precinct Community Council meeting; a martial-arts studio has moved; the River Project's "Release of the Fishes."
Plus: The apartment of La Garçonne founder Kris Kim; inside a Tribeca triplex; opposition to the Battery Park City Authority's South End Avenue revamp; the return of Canstruction; M1 bus extension. / 2 comments
Plus: Admission to the Experience Mars event; former Matsugen space being demolished; zebra crosswalks popping up all over; why Les Halles is now closed weekends; Nickel & Diner restaurant; action in the old Shoofly space. / 12 comments
Plus: A new newsstand on Chambers; Les Halles is now closed weekends; Lower Manhattan Community Church's annual Pumpkin Patch event; more on the Canal Park Conservancy (which could use your help). / 5 comments
Plus: Today's Tribeca Alliance event has been canceled; big signage on the Flea's new backside; Tribeca Tower's noisy boiler; everyday objects elevated to art; "Law & Order: SVU" shoot; "A Musical History of the Lower East Side."
Plus: Tribeca Alliance Family Day; how to reserve at Fowler & Wells; P.S. 150 rummage-and-bake sale; the Beekman tower's trompe l'oeil south side; Made in Italy pop-up; a great show at the Studio Museum. / 3 comments
Don't the speed cameras only kick in at 11mph over? So wouldn't that mean at least 36mph? — malcolm / In the News: Hunting down parking placard abuses
Meantime, I just got a speeding ticket by a camera going 31 on Chambers Street on a surprisingly clear road,... — Elizabeth / In the News: Hunting down parking placard abuses
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