The digital media company Culturespaces has transformed the landmarked lobby of the Emigrant Savings Bank, turning it into a video experience. / 4 comments
After being thrown off of a whites-only streetcar in 1854, Elizabeth Jennings Graham fought to desegregate the city's public transit system. And won. / 2 comments
Plus celebrities at the One White farm stand and Balloon Saloon; the history of the Staple Street skybridge. / 1 comment
The Black abolitionist Rev. Theodore S. Wright lived there for several years in the 1840s while also the minister at the First Colored Presbyterian Church on Frankfort. / 3 comments
The commission has digitized the images from the designation reports for both buildings and historic districts. / 5 comments
Plus the history of the first subway; dolphins lunch in New York Harbor; residents sue the city over Local Law 97. / 8 comments
Plus the Messiah leaves his mark, unfortunately; a new Thai restaurant in Nolita; ornithologist alert: name that bird. / 11 comments
A music obsessive was determined to find the Tribeca connection to the punk rock band the Plasmatics. And he found it. / 10 comments
An urban legend trumped revolutionary history when it comes to the origin story for what's left of the Rhinelander Sugar House behind 1 Centre.
The city will add oral histories to its collections of images and maps to create multi-media stories for each neighborhood. / 2 comments
A restoration reveals the Tuckahoe marble and cast iron details of an 1858 Tribeca classic that was shrouded in 20th-Century missteps. / 1 comment
Pour one out for Belle Reve as well :( — Bradford / Corner of Lispenard and West Broadway is sold
Glad to see this, and I like the renderings. This lot was always a graffiti-vandalized eyesore. So this is quite... — Marcus / Construction moving along at 14 White
Surely someone is offended that no one was offended. — Marcus / Corner of Lispenard and West Broadway is sold
Farewell, Jungle on Mars. You won't be missed. — Marc / Seen & Heard: Puffy’s window shattered
The chopped cheese at Tribeca Olive Branch is very popular in my home! — Elizabeth / The Great Tribeca Deli Resurgance
I believe these buildings are landmarked. — Heide Fasnacht / Corner of Lispenard and West Broadway is sold
No word on that yet... — Tribeca Citizen / Corner of Lispenard and West Broadway is sold