Plus: Wiggle room in the design of the new Wagner Park pavilion; remembering the Seaport's Jack Putnam; the history of 173 Duane; looted Renoir returned to rightful owner.
Plus: More on 10 Corso Como's restaurant and clues on the Andrew Carmellini and David Chang restaurants coming to Pier 17; the history of 10 Hubert; models posing for fake candids; bizarre Manhatta review; artist Red Grooms. / 6 comments
Plus: Fuck Jerry's founder lives in Tribeca; more on 10 Corso Como (including news of a Roberto Cavalli store); Fashion Week restaurant advice; Battery Park City senior community sold; new FiDi rentals in the former New York Stock Exchange headquarters. / 3 comments
Plus: Michael Levine of Community Board 1 has retired; another Aretha Franklin tribute; cladding starts at 25 Park Row; "Instinct" shoot; one fabulous phallus.
Plus: Landmarks votes to preserve the back of a Worth Street building; "special report" on retail vacancies; that big oyster; how a Parsons's dean spends his Sundays. / 10 comments
Plus: WeWork said to be close to signing a big lease at 1 World Trade Center; the story of 399 Washington; Tribeca teen is a ball person at the U.S. Open; Yves Saint Laurent beauty pop-up.
Plus: New rendering of Park Row tower; Liberty Island evacuated because of fire; wizardry-themed cocktail class; in praise of Philadelphia pretzels. / 1 comment
Plus: P.S. 234's new principal; body found in the East River; recent local thefts; dads meet to talk about how to raise boys; the Washington Market Park tennis court. / 3 comments
Plus: The mayor's office claims it wants community input on its jail plan (but is Margaret Chin already onboard?); Seaport restaurant/bar is now a taqueria; beekeeping family; public comment for resiliency proposals. / 18 comments
Plus: Tribute to Aretha Franklin at the Franklin Street subway station; a better look at the sad state of the Cast Iron House penthouse; Tribeca Film Festival dates; tennis activities at Brookfield Place. / 4 comments
Plus: Trump's in-laws' citizenship ceremony; restaurateur accused of "culture of fear"; local thefts; touching up the Alice in Wonderland mural; Oculus photo essay; La Monte Young and Marian Zazeela; jazz in the 1970s.
Plus: History of a Lispenard building; new FiDi charter school upsets locals; La Mercerie's charismatic manager.
James! Thank you ! I love the photo. — Native NYer / Upon the Palace has opened
So by extension, ill will toward the future employees of Hobby Lobby? — Bobbie / Seen & Heard: Hobby Lobby construction happening?
Smartphones and doom scrolling has sucked the life out of our kids. Sometimes you need reminders like this to really... — hmmm / Capturing the lives of Tribeca youth before smartphones took hold
How many times, on a summer afternoon, did I sit on the doorsill at Dudley's Paw with Dudley beside me.... — John Willenbecher / Seen & Heard: Hobby Lobby construction happening?
Yum yum. Looking forward to going here! — SW / Upon the Palace has opened
Yes!!!! My lady and I have been BEGGING for one of these!!!! — Jack Gaff / Chambers Street Wines is opening a wine bar on… Chambers
so, no RIOTS or claims of a “rigged election”; is that the point? 🤔 — baba galacticus / It’s quiet out there