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Seen & Heard: Is Taylor Swift Looking to Expand Her Holdings?
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
In the News: The Mayor Is Jamming Through His Jail Plan
Plus: Someone bought 1 White; local mall to host the return of the Wigstock drag festival is coming back; new ferry route to the South Bronx; the importance of a free press. / 5 comments
In the News: Brooklyn Bridge Closures for El Chapo’s Trial
Plus: Former Trump fixer puts 111 Murray apartment up for rent; local thefts; living in Battery Park City; FiDi development map; Champion to open store on Broadway. / 7 comments
In the News: Inside the Tribeca Home of a “QVC Star”
Plus: Visit to the apartment of a curio collector; local subway stop is among the city's hottest; De Maria restaurant has closed; Bareburger takes heat for being less than entirely organic. / 2 comments
Seen & Heard: Downtown Connection Changes Route to Thwart Scammers
Plus: What is going on at the Cast Iron House?; Robert Janz collages on view at Philip Williams Posters; Khe-Yo is cooking with gas again. / 5 comments
In the News: Gitano Was Shut Down Again
Plus: Alleged bank robber nabbed by cops; city to try out commercial rent control; the Brooklyn Chop House, opening in the former Denny's space.
Ghost Town: The 2018 Retail-Vacancy Report
For the fourth year in a row, I walked every block in Tribeca, counting storefronts that appear to be available. / 39 comments
Seen & Heard: The City Skyline Over Time
Plus: How the former Souths building could be reimagined; the strange guy hanging outside a pediatrician's office; new tenant for W. Broadway storefront; how to search this site. / 2 comments
In the News: Nili Lotan’s New Showroom
Plus: 111 Murray nears the finish line; picnic planners based in Lower Manhattan; pop-up preview of Brooklyn Chop House, opening soon in the former Denny's space.
Nosy Neighbor: What’s Going on at 217 Broadway?
"Most of the building was vacated in the past two weeks, and work crews are in there nearly 24 hours a day. Interior walls on most floors have been removed. It looks like a total renovation... or they're tearing it down." —P.
In the News: The Tent & Trails Building Was Sold
So I think we can assume the store isn't reopening. Plus: More on the pop-up galleries on Canal Street; the fall season at the Schimmel Center; Kathleen Turner Q&A; Harry & Ida's Luncheonette's owner on why it closed. / 2 comments
In the News: Tribeca Bank Robbery
Plus: The neighborhood ranks third in noise-related complaints; co-op board question.
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Eliz, I tried to make clear my disgust and disdain for placard abuse. I validated your outrage at the top... — Komanoff / In the News: Hunting down parking placard abuses
https://tribecacitizen.com/2026/06/17/icymi-the-speed-limit-is-now-20-mph/ — Tribeca Citizen / In the News: Hunting down parking placard abuses
Ah yes, the city was given permission to lower limits, I just didn't know that Chambers had gotten the treatment... — malcolm / In the News: Hunting down parking placard abuses
If free and easy on-street parking isn't compatible with lower Manhattan, then why is it available to city workers? The... — Elizabeth / In the News: Hunting down parking placard abuses
Apparently the speed limit is now 20. No one would ever know that since the street is usually backed up... — elizabeth / In the News: Hunting down parking placard abuses
Sorry, your lone justifiable outrage IMO is that cops, firemen, court officers and other apparatchiks get free parking spaces. We... — Komanoff / In the News: Hunting down parking placard abuses
Don't the speed cameras only kick in at 11mph over? So wouldn't that mean at least 36mph? — malcolm / In the News: Hunting down parking placard abuses