Plus: Poet Max Blagg's solstice celebration; Knicks player Lance Thomas lives here; Calvert Vaux, designer of two Tribeca parks; appreciating artist James Rosenquist
Plus: Before-and-after photos of a building that got cut in half; facade improvement at the little building on Walker; potential progress at 100 Franklin; last call for the Best of New Tribeca survey. / 5 comments
Longtime Tribeca artist and writer Jane Freeman lets us take a peek at a handful of her journal entries from the 1980s, when Tribeca was young and "we walked our dogs in acres of chamomile weeds." / 3 comments
Plus: Trying to control Holland Tunnel traffic; photorealistic painting of Hudson and Harrison; the north side of Reade in 1864. / 1 comment
Tom Miller, who writes about the history of Manhattan buildings at Daytonian in Manhattan, has allowed Tribeca Citizen to create a database of his Tribeca posts (55 and counting). "There is never a shortage of scandal, tragedy, and humor in their long histories," he says. / 3 comments
Plus: American Apparel got approval to close its Tribeca store; renovation on White Street; the history of 78 Reade; Shake Shack introducing gluten-free buns; interview with artist Robert Janz. / 4 comments
Plus: Two downtown stops will be skipped by 2/3 trains on weekends for a year; when City Hall Park was "The Fields."
Plus: Activity in a former phone store; Bâtard chef to cook at North End Grill for a night; an amazing panorama of City Hall area in 1908; "Where in Tribeca...?" remains unsolved. / 5 comments
Plus: Crane operator blamed for accident; the history of a Reade Street building; local politician on housing affordability; Armoury profile; past and future thefts; Pedro Almodóvar's apartment. / 1 comment
For much of the 1980s, there was a massive Richard Serra sculpture in the Holland Tunnel off-ramp circle. And for a short time, Serra also had a sculpture in Finn Square. / 13 comments
Plus: New identity for Brushstroke's sushi counter; more neighborhood thefts; man attacked subway operator; John Street Church celebrates its 250th anniversary. / 2 comments
Plus: Brookfield looking to sell 49 percent of Brookfield Place; the history of two buildings with lots of character; a local mother's film about cannabis oil for sick kids; new Greek restaurant in FiDi.
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I swear I saw them opening on Park Row as well! — Heather / TurboTax opening an office on Greenwich and Warren