Plus: Cuomo proposes a plastic-bag ban a year later; neat old photo of Magoos bar; Governors Island to stay open late on Fridays; bus overhaul; Brookfield Place drill this afternoon. / 3 comments
Plus: A visit to Langdon Florist's new shop; survey about wayfinding signage; Proper Food and mystery restaurant opening on Wall Street; the history of 1 Maiden Lane. / 4 comments
Plus: Television network is said to be mulling a move to Hudson Square; city bans doors-off helicopter flights from the Downtown Manhattan heliport; remembering the legendary Pier 34 art show and when Battery Park City was a beach.
Remember when United Rubber had a store on Warren Street? / 2 comments
Plus: What's up at the building with Azabu in the basement; anti-Chick-fil-A rant; Hudson River Park's financial situation; Tribeca Film Festival family event; history of a Broadway building; is Mattress Firm in trouble? / 1 comment
Plus: History of the building at W. Broadway and Canal; collision at Holland Tunnel off-ramps; new FiDi political club.
Pre-1990 Tribeca was a markedly different place than it is now. In this post: W. Broadway and Staple Street. / 7 comments
Plus: Unappetizing photos at delis and bodegas; history of a Canal Street building. / 1 comment
As these pre-1990 photos of Tribeca show, the neighborhood was a markedly different place back then. First up: Franklin Street. / 10 comments
Plus: Review of the Lymbr stretching studio; school activist wants more diversity; thefts and a mugging; the history of 388 Broadway; new bar on lower Mulberry Street. / 2 comments
Plus: Tribeca family with 18-karat gold bathroom tiles; proposed changes to the Landmarks Preservation Commission's process; the former Bush Terminal Building in FiDi. / 1 comment
Plus: Actor Chris Evans is renting here; interview with Duane Park Patisserie's Madeline Lanciani; history of a funky little Reade Street building; Pier 17 concert promoter; estranged couple does custody hand-offs at the 1st Precinct; lost ring found; Equitable Building renovation. / 1 comment
As I see it, it all matters. A civilized city should have good solutions to all of these issues. — Marcus / Seen & Heard: PopUp Bagels facade revealed!
With Paper Source now closed inside Maman, where are people buying greeting cards/wrapping paper locally? (I want to avoid Hobby... — Sara / Seen & Heard: Maman is back open
I prefer the stickers to homeless, junkies, and excrement from dogs or humans. Focus on what matters maybe? — Thomas / Seen & Heard: PopUp Bagels facade revealed!
Agreed about the sidewalk stickers, along with the painted on / sprayed on sidewalk ads and "clever" saying. Also, what... — Marcus / Seen & Heard: PopUp Bagels facade revealed!
Those sidewalk stickers are a new out of home ad treatment; they are everywhere, they are hideous and yes, they... — nichole / Seen & Heard: PopUp Bagels facade revealed!
I love this interview. What that NC senatorial candidate said about Morris -- that he captured her voice uniquely well... — Komanoff / TCQ&A: Morris Katz
a reminder to parents and care givers: Duane Park Patisserie gives homemade treats to trick or treaters from toddlers through... — madeline c lanciani / Halloween in Washington Market Park — and more to come