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Nosy Neighbor: Will the sun come out on the Sun Building clocks?
"I have been waiting to see if they are refurbishing the beautiful clocks on the two Broadway corners. There is a box next to the dismantled one…I’m hoping it contains some parts for repair." / 2 comments
Looking Back: The opening of the New Amsterdam library
The New Amsterdam branch of the NYPL was inaugurated 30 years ago on May 3, with Ed Koch, local kids and the former president of France in attendance. / 4 comments
If these walls could talk…
Compiled from Tom Miller's posts at Daytonian in Manhattan, the History of Tribeca Buildings database now has more than 125 entries, each with the zesty anecdotes you've come to expect. Here are three recent additions.
Seen & Heard: Two Hands open for dinner soon
Plus play pickleball on Wednesdays in Battery Park City; three fancy pop-up restaurants from afar at Spring Studios; a look back to the 1940 Vesuvio Bakery.
If these walls could talk…
Compiled from Tom Miller's posts at Daytonian in Manhattan, the History of Tribeca Buildings database now has more than 125 entries, each with the zesty anecdotes you've come to expect. Here are three recent additions.
Looking Back: Harrison Street at night, in the ’40s
From the collection of A. Mogyorosy, who has lived here since 1977, some evocative photos of Harrison Street and the Washington Market taken in the '40s up to the '80s. / 4 comments
A huge trove of 9/11 photos found at house auction
Archivist found 2,400 pictures of the wreckage of the World Trade Center in the aftermath of 9-11 taken by what they think was a construction worker. The photos are now on Flickr. / 1 comment
Oral History: The Tribeca beach, circa 1977
In the mid '70s, with the World Trade Center built and the fill deposited at what would become Battery Park City, the area west of Tribeca became a de facto beach, and a neighborhood playspace. / 2 comments
In the News: Extending the Seaport historic district
Plus 108 The Store gets some attention in Ireland; common spaces in luxury buildings keep residents busy; could a Mister Dips open here? / 3 comments
In the News: Man slashed in Franklin Street station
Plus the new Essex Street Market opens; a review of the Sheraton on Canal; a sort-of milkman at Brookfield; a red room renovation at One Wall. / 6 comments
Moving forward and looking back at The Odeon
The A in the cafeteria sign on the Thomas Street side of The Odeon got a new transformer, and that made it seem like a good time to look back at the restaurant's first incarnation. / 2 comments
Tribeca Deco: The history of communications in paint
The ceiling of the Barclay-Vesey Building, or New York Telephone Building, or 100 Barclay, tells the story of communications from smoke signals to early telephones.
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So, what would all of you lovely whites suggest the poor and aggrieved do? Try harder? Be nicer? Kiss your... — Meg S. / Odeon boarded up; several store windows broken last night
To be clear, it doesn't seem like it's the protestors that are doing the looting and smashing. Many news outlets... — Reade Street / Odeon boarded up; several store windows broken last night
let's be clear, these are rioters - not protestors. — urban cowgirl / Odeon boarded up; several store windows broken last night
Hudson Market was broken into reportedly for cigarettes, beer, etc. — JeffRay / Odeon boarded up; several store windows broken last night
For the record, and this was in a previous post: the hotel construction on Warren was NOT deemed essential... — Tribeca Citizen / The cost of living next to a construction project
Indeed, they are, James. According to the letter of the executive order, hotel construction which began before the 'New York... — Luther / The cost of living next to a construction project
All because nothing says "Justice For George Floyd" better than smashing some storefront windows in Tribeca. — PeterD / Odeon boarded up; several store windows broken last night