When chef Ned Baldwin decided to open his own restaurant, he kept asking himself, "What's in the restaurant that I want to go to?" Drawing on fifteen years of working and eating in New York City, he came up with Houseman. / 3 comments
That corner has become far more desirable in the last 12 years—in good part to Whole Foods—and one has to imagine that the rent went up accordingly. / 25 comments
Plus: More of 290 West revealed; Tara of Tribeca's liquor-license hearing; new Wyeth outpost to be two floors; Soho's Taka Taka has closed; update on big new Hudson Square building.
Plus: Parm's menu; the Pope's visit will include the 9/11 Memorial; review of the One World Observatory restaurants; Battery Park City preschool lost a child. / 3 comments
The chain of Italian restaurants is taking the entire building at Reade and W. Broadway, including the rooftop. / 5 comments
Thanks to Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2. Plus: Military flyovers today and tomorrow; possible lead on who's taking the Ivy's space; 111 Murray as a vacant lot; Papaya Dog opens in FiDi. / 1 comment
Also on Community Board 1’s July agendas: The big hotel being built on Greenwich will have "rooftop features"; Keith McNally's Beekman restaurant; more construction on Leonard; FiDi is getting a Le Pain Quotidien; Atera's bar; W. Broadway pedestrian plaza. / 4 comments
Plus: Gotham Bikes is renting; a complaint about bike access at the World Trade Center; fireworks tonight; helicopter response.
Plus: Opening date for the Arrojo salon and school; new trees along Brookfield Place; checking in on the salt shed's progress. / 3 comments
You won't have to go to Union Square to get your chips and tableside guacamole. / 8 comments
Including news about the retail arcade, children's playroom, and penthouse. Plus: Kitchenette's farewell note; Petticoat Lane has moved out; 290 West offers a peek; "Tallulah" film shoot.
Greenwich Street, the 9/11 Memorial, new views of the Oculus, and 3 World Trade Center. Plus: Fake snow on White Street; brunch at Gunbae; "Girls" and "Mutant Turtles"; Dark Horse revamp. / 4 comments
This argument is a bit circular isn’t it? What was “very necessary” about destroying a neighborhood (as is apparent to... — Peter / The distance we’ve come in 25 years
The Battery Park Resiliency Project is a very necessary floodwater management project that has been fully approved. This exact same... — harryh / The distance we’ve come in 25 years
https://tribecacitizen.com/2026/06/01/an-renewed-effort-to-save-battery-park-citys-trees/ — Tribeca Citizen / The distance we’ve come in 25 years
Would've had to have been kept quiet. NYPD/other agencies wouldn't be able to identify unrelated drones in a flock of... — JT / Crowd Sourcing: Who saw the Twin Towers drone show on Wednesday night?
I want to add, like Vickery Eckhoff said, the Lutnick photo is pretty telling. Another person uploaded a pretty normal... — M / Crowd Sourcing: Who saw the Twin Towers drone show on Wednesday night?
Does anyone have the count of trees in the Battery and Battery Park City that have been felled for the... — Heide Fasnacht / The distance we’ve come in 25 years
I found this article by googling "New York drone show fake?" It's really a very weird situation. These drone shows... — M / Crowd Sourcing: Who saw the Twin Towers drone show on Wednesday night?