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Seen & Heard: Still No Activity at Trader Joe’s
Plus: Collister Street was closed for a private Halloween party; a good source for nuts (but it's in Brooklyn); beautiful restoration on Canal; local artist Todd Stone; "The Black List" shoot. / 3 comments
Seen & Heard: Ice Rink Opens This Weekend
Plus: Longstanding sidewalk shed on Broadway finally coming down; second-favorite Halloween decoration this year; 187 Franklin balconies; Soho Rep reopening forecast; Spring Studios advisory council.
Taylor Swift Bought a Tribeca Townhouse
The three-story building at 153 Franklin sold in an off-market deal to a lawyer linked to the singer. / 2 comments
In the News: City of Shadow
Plus: Bouley won't reopen for at least two years; anti-dancing law to be repealed this week; Weinstein Company consolidation; Roman and Williams opening a store on Howard; artist Toni Dove; remembering James F. Gill. / 1 comment
Seen & Heard: CrossFit Studio Is Said to Be Closing
Plus: KinderCare's window billboards; accessory apartments for household staff; the Franklin St. Showroom; paintings by Jeff Bye. / 3 comments
First Glimpse of the Unhistoric Townhouse
The workers have pulled away some of the mesh in order to install one of the lacy metal balconies. / 9 comments
In the News: Diller Island Is Back On
Plus: Back to the drawing board for new building at Broadway and Canal; review of Harry & Ida's Luncheonette; how to spend Battery Park City revenue. / 1 comment
Nosy Neighbor: When Did the Signage on 49 Chambers Change?
"I always though the Emigrant Industrial Savings Bank sign on 49 Chambers was done in brick, rather than painted on, but in your recent Then & Now post, the sign seems to have changed between 1936 and 2017. Any idea what the story is?" —A. / 4 comments
In the News: New Canal Street Building Moves Forward
Plus: The latest condominium in the HoTun neighborhood; temporary chili at Shake Shack; Taste of the Seaport; how Facebook plans on putting the screws to small publishers. / 1 comment
Seen & Heard: Now That’s a Terrace
Plus: The massive McDonald's air conditioner on Chambers Street; Edible Arrangements and Pirch have closed; correction about the Reade Street Pub building; the loft squatter's whereabouts. / 4 comments
91 Leonard Has Finally Been Revealed
Designed by Skidmore Owings & Merrill and Hill West, the 19-story building is meant to "reinterpret the classically inspired facades of Tribeca's cast-iron warehouses and lofts." / 6 comments
In the News: A Gang of Shoplifters
Plus: The history of a Broadway building (and one that didn't survive); Battery Park City supermarket space is on the market; Arcade Bakery's babka recipe; more on the MTA's next payment system; artist Claes Oldenburg.
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I saw the police chatting up some of the vendors the other day at Canal and Broadway. The police were... — Marcus / Illegal vending on Canal Street: “It’s a constant churn.”
This is the cleanest and best barbershop in NYC and I have been to a dozen of them. Eli is... — Arnold Rafi / New Kid on the Block: Tribeca Gents Barbershop
Do they take food stamps? — Jezz Harkin / Lines out the door and then some for Meadow Lane
wishing him luck with his new business. But the lines out the door are totally ridiculous — Native / Lines out the door and then some for Meadow Lane
The counterfeit sellers are back at it again. — Tribeca Resident since 1975 / Illegal vending on Canal Street: “It’s a constant churn.”
Recommended re-design for Canal Street: Convert it back to a canal. — marcus / Seen & Heard: Modern Bread & Bagels is moving forward
Emma, I’d like to hear the scoop. — Jeff / Action at the old Tribeca Tavern