Plus: When the Underground Railroad ran through Tribeca; Aziz Ansari's Franklin Street apartment; Soho Rep is about to reopen; mugging victim hunts down attacker; history of a Lispenard Street building; Whole Foods misery. / 1 comment
Plus: Conflicting reports about storefront at Hudson and Duane; twin-towered 565 Broome; New York Vintners is holding classes at Terroir; still no sign for renamed Trump Soho hotel; "Billions" shoot. / 2 comments
Plus: Helmut Newton show in the dazzling lobby of 49 Chambers; loungewear pop-up in a 30 Park Place apartment; the history of a Pine Street building. / 18 comments
Plus: Details on Cuomo's plan for congestion pricing; workaround to keep the Statue of Liberty open during the federal government shutdown; therapist Mark Epstein; American Stock Exchange hotel conversion; the history of 49 Walker; two downtown Gristedes markets might close. / 6 comments
Plus: The kosher restaurant opening on Hudson makes it past Community Board 1; video of Lower Manhattan in 1993; Art Projects International's 25th anniversary show; two-person show at Cheryl Hazan. / 2 comments
The History of Tribeca Buildings database—compiled from Tom Miller's posts at Daytonian in Manhattan—now has 84 entries, each with the zesty anecdotes you've come to expect. Here are six recent additions. / 3 comments
"On the downtown platform of the Cortlandt Street R/W station is a mosaic sign that reads, 'To Hudson Tubes.' What are they?" –E. / 1 comment
Plus: A new neighborhood emergency-response team; curtailing development in the Two Bridges area; subway decay; kakigori at Canal Street Market; the history of 20 Exchange Place.
By jumping in. Plus: The history of 390 Broadway; Thalassa restaurant celebrates its 15th anniversary; all subway stations now have countdown clocks.
Plus: More thefts in the area; actors Cobie Smulders and Taran Killam are trying to sell their Battery Park City apartment.
Plus: More on the noodle bar inside Brushstroke; Fulton Center is blasting Christmas music onto the street.
But he added a vague caveat. Plus: More thefts in the area; when the country's first black-owned-and-operated newspaper was in Tribeca.
But there is space Wall Street and south - that should be target if building housing — stm / Seen & Heard: Big reno for east side of Pace campus
Yes I use those other subways plus bus. Do you use 2/3? The platform is already dangerous — stm / Seen & Heard: Big reno for east side of Pace campus
Relax. This building isn't in Tribeca. (Although the developer will market it as Tribeca.) — Thomas Hagen / Construction Update: 65 Franklin
Housing — Aaron CHRISTENSEN / 25 Water is now SoMA, and a lottery has begun on affordable units
No offense, but you do understand that this building is on Broadway, right? There are buildings that tall and taller... — mulciber / Construction Update: 65 Franklin
TriBeCa has always had homeless people, I worked in the area from the early 2000s to late 2010s. Actually its... — AJ / Encampment set up on Park Row and Beekman
to N: Agree with you completely. There was a black man named Lennie camped out on Chambers against the Medrite... — jeff / Encampment set up on Park Row and Beekman