Interior designer Nina Barnieh Blair solved the lack-of-light problem in her White Street loft by removing walls and adding glass partitions, then painting the walls white and furnishing the rooms with Scandinavian, midcentury, and African design. / 1 comment
Plus: Another Starbucks; poems to magically appear on rainy days; the new building at Washington and Desbrosses (and musing about what comes next); "The Good Fight" shoot. / 1 comment
Plus: What's happening in the old Maserati showroom; hair-removal salon on Duane appears open; sidewalk seating at Khe-Yo; enforcing the rules for semi-public spaces; yoga studio finally gets signage; "Tape" shoot. / 1 comment
I said yes to a sales-office visit because 30 Warren, designed by Post-Office Architectes for Cape Advisors, interests me more than most new buildings. It's trying to stand out rather than simply fit in. / 4 comments
All just out of easy reach. Plus: A classic "overheard" anecdote; building at Canal and Cortlandt Alley to become offices; Tribeca gallery now accepting donations; more thefts, including construction equipment from the World Trade Center. / 2 comments
Plus: Soho Grand is opening a 24-hour diner; Blaue Gans is taking a break; new fast-food restaurant on Church; nightclub proposed for former Haus space; the conversion of 51 White. / 1 comment
Plus: The Warren Street reconstruction project moves eastward; new tenant for the former Haus nightclub space; "FBI" shoot; celebrating Betty Carter and Fat Tuesday's; 45 Park Place is a quarter of the way up.
Popular vlogger Casey Neistat has opened a three-level "factory" (as in Andy Warhol's): "Maybe the reason why creator community in NYC sucks so bad is because it's not centralized. What if this can become the space for all creators?" / 19 comments
Plus: The New York State budget forces New York City to find $50 million for Hudson River Park; the apartments coming to the Leaning Tower of Tribeca; history of the John Street Methodist Church.
"I was walking toward the Barclay side of 7 World Trade Center when I noticed the panels on the base of the building. I couldn't figure out what their function is." —E. / 2 comments
Plus: Weinstein Company owes $50,000 for Tribeca rent; Battery Park City mom suing the Department of Education because her five-year-old son got dry-humped on the playground; teenage banana bread entrepreneur. / 6 comments
Plus: Balloon Saloon's fun display; local thefts (not even SoulCycle is safe); "homework therapists" in Tribeca; restaurant bake sale for Planned Parenthood; the battle over the World Trade Center name; "brutalized elegance" on Canal Street. / 1 comment
This Streetsblog post is over 4 years old, with no clear update since then. I see the Tribeca Trib also... — Elizabeth / In the News: Hunting down parking placard abuses
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