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.
It evidently was an art project- I wish that I had seen it!!! — Merle Temkin / Crowd Sourcing: Who saw the Twin Towers drone show on Wednesday night?
It IS sort of weird, but remember that drone shows are often constructed so you can only make out the... — J / Crowd Sourcing: Who saw the Twin Towers drone show on Wednesday night?
Thanks for covering this. It's so very strange! — malcolm / Crowd Sourcing: Who saw the Twin Towers drone show on Wednesday night?
Amazing photo of Tribute in Light! — SW / Seen & Heard: Kyuramen is open on Gold
The bus I was on zipped by One Park Row so fast that I couldn't be sure, so I verified... — Gary / TurboTax opening an office on Greenwich and Warren
What is the seating for this performance tonight September 10th? I have the required tickets. Is it self seating on... — Steve Tintweiss / Bill T. Jones to commemorate 9/11 at Wagner Park
I swear I saw them opening on Park Row as well! — Heather / TurboTax opening an office on Greenwich and Warren