Plus: Renovation of a local Starbucks; final days at Art et Maison (and who's taking the space); more on the Battery Park City dune photo; Best Made Co. catalog; music-making opportunity; special CB1 meeting. / 7 comments
Plus: Hairstylist Chaz Dean teased a Tribeca salon; Houseman's opening delayed a bit; LuliTonix's first retail store; inside the Walgreens under construction; a glimpse of Burrito Bar. / 1 comment
Plus: Leonard Street refurbishment unveiled; old signage uncovered on Beach Street; brickwork on Vestry; concerts at Washington Market Park.
Plus: Homes with "safe rooms"; Battery Place Market's Nepalse staffers' fundraising drive; "Law & Order" fans are reviewing Manhattan Criminal Court online.
It's a good thing this is a long weekend, because you're going to lose hours exploring OldNYC.org, a site that makes the New York Public Library's historical photos of the city incredibly easy to browse. / 4 comments
Plus: Mudd Club projection; "Curious George" musical; change at 24 Hubert Wines; Jewish culture festival; "Where in Tribeca...?" still unguessed; Tribeca drug trial.
Plus: Hudson Street bus stop returns; a branch of Simit + Smith appears to have closed; terrific W. Broadway sketch; preservationist walking tour of Tribeca; Lafayette storefront starting to be unveiled; movie recommendation. / 1 comment
Plus: Rendering of forest-topped tower in FiDi; "Goodfellas" got Martin Scorsese barred from a Tribeca restaurant; push to rename West Thames Bridge; body pulled from Hudson River. / 1 comment
Plus: New Chambers streetlights; Scoop opening forecast; By Suzette's big expansion plans; 111 Murray teaser site; old Maiden Lane signage; more atrocious parking by UPS; Riverrun. / 3 comments
Plus: Gehry building to get a café; "ten best" restaurants in Tribeca; Wall Street historical marker to acknowledge slave market. / 1 comment
Plus: The history of Franklin Place; young man gets nudie mags covered up; neighbors opposed to light-up Hotel Indigo; inside historic old hotels on Schermerhorn Row; Battery Park City's new buzz. / 4 comments
Plus: Downtown services lag behind population growth; female impersonators attempt theft; White Street renovations; West and Chambers in 1936; midcentury Jewish designers; Planned Parenthood moving to FiDi; teenagers attack newsstand owner; Seaport tower.
Not surprised to see anyone opposed to Momdani called out as a "racist" by elite Tribecans with luxury beliefs. — lowrider / Mamdani wins mayoral race; Cuomo takes Tribeca
No, but all indications are that you either think class and race or the same thing or don't know what... — Talg / Mamdani wins mayoral race; Cuomo takes Tribeca
I, for one, am excited to see a mayor-elect who clearly loves the city, recognizes what makes it work, and... — malcolm / Mamdani wins mayoral race; Cuomo takes Tribeca
I started exploring Tribeca in the late 1970's and began working here full time in 1980. I remember the old... — Gary / Books of Tribeca: New Art, Old Buildings: Stories from Hal Bromm’s Tribeca
Not a race. Just a bunch of folks who are way too entitled — Don / Mamdani wins mayoral race; Cuomo takes Tribeca
Happy to be moving out of our Tribeca loft after 46 years. This neighborhood has become toxic after starting out... — Don / Mamdani wins mayoral race; Cuomo takes Tribeca
You think rich people are a race don’t you? — Cd / Mamdani wins mayoral race; Cuomo takes Tribeca