Plus: Taqueria chain coming to 4 World Trade Center; new rules for construction cranes; intrigue in the world of Da Mikele; Pearl River Mart to get a brief reprieve; cake-frosting tips; Sheldon Silver cronies decide who's running for his seat. / 4 comments
Plus: Investigators still investigating the cause of the accident; Bay Crane's safety record; the machine's "headache ball" tore into an office; woman uses stun gun on her boyfriend at the Battery; shoe brand plans FiDi guideshop.
Plus: Grazin' is said to have closed; another bar starts serving up burlesque; a live-action graphic novel; Trinity Boxing Club space is now a souvenir shop. / 25 comments
Plus: "Highlights in Jazz" concert tonight; replacement patches for your Canada Goose jacket; Nexxus rep insists that the N. Moore salon is open to the public; reader seeks rehearsal dinner suggestions. / 5 comments
Plus: An interview with Tribeca Grill's wine director; Bowling Green co-naming proposal returns; Carson Street Clothiers moved south and changed its name; supermarket with wide beer selection. / 2 comments
Plus: Slice joint becomes half burger joint; activity at a Broadway storefront; hotel conversion demolition update; Joan Osborne at City Winery.
At Kiki de Montparnasse's new shop on Franklin Street, surprise is an important element of the experience: You'll giggle, you'll gasp, you'll blush—and you might just leave with a new notion or two.
Plus: Silverstein says the 7 World Trade Center plaza is being replanted because of Sandy flooding; Q&A with Ten Thousand Things; nine conversions below Chambers; FiDi association meeting.
Plus: Rosie Pope sample sale this week; Tenoverten expands to Texas; a note from the landlords of the George Taylor Specialties space; Todd Snyder's Tribeca T-shirt; Canal Street "bridge"; L.A. restaurant advice sought. / 4 comments
It was founded in 1869, selling ship parts on Water Street, and it has been in Tribeca for 24 years. / 18 comments
Plus: Salt Shed photos, signage, and noise report; snow wave; wooden walkway at Hudson River Park; Franklin Place façade. / 1 comment
Joe Carini's obsessiveness is what makes his carpets so precious: "The color and material and care it’s made with—the conditions it’s made under—that’s its history, and that’s what you’re buying." / 2 comments
Vornado was not involved in building the original 3 buildings, they bought an interest in them much later. — Reademan / Plans for new tower at Independence Plaza have begun
There is parking -- the same that exists there now, however. And see this post on height.... — Tribeca Citizen / Plans for new tower at Independence Plaza have begun
Gunbae!! https://www.gunbaetribeca.com/ — Tribeca Citizen / New plans afoot for the Sarabeth’s corner
Vornado has built 3 of the most ugly and brutalist buildings in the city. They are not great to live... — Will / Plans for new tower at Independence Plaza have begun
I vote to regulate this person out of Tribeca for his comments. What a racist comment. The last thing we... — Italian / New plans afoot for the Sarabeth’s corner
Terrible for the neighborhood. Too tall, ugly does not add anything to Tribeca just more congestion and people. It will... — GB / Plans for new tower at Independence Plaza have begun
(Pam's coverage of development issues is so amazing.) I choose to focus on the positive: 976 new homes, in a... — Komanoff / Plans for new tower at Independence Plaza have begun