Plus: Private club to open in Tribeca; walking in to Frenchette; new map shows Landmarks Preservation Commission permits; World Trade Center mural. / 1 comment
"I feel comfortable saying that every fixture is handmade with love," says Ryden Rizzo, founder of the Allied Maker lighting company. "The pride that people take in their work is what makes an excellent product."
And counting. Plus: A better look at 70 Vestry's gated entrance; WellPup, dog treat company founded by a Tribeca resident; those "shaftway" signs on windows. / 3 comments
The Trader Joe's Soho store (technically in Hudson Square) opened this morning, and if you go in the next few hours, you'll get the rare opportunity to experience a Trader Joe's Manhattan store without crowds. / 17 comments
But at $16 million less than the initial ask. Plus: Century 21 guard involved in assault wasn't appropriately licensed; construction contractor said to have stolen from laborers; Tribeca designers collaborate on inexpensive furniture.
Now that Renaud Vuaillat's Twenty First Gallery is on Franklin Street, instead of in his Chelsea townhouse, he'll be able to mount many more shows. / 1 comment
Plus: Bethenny Frankel's Soho loft; last year's Taylor Swift stalker was sentenced; "Fiddler on the Roof" in Yiddish; local thefts and a phone attack. / 2 comments
Plus: The back of Tribeca Synagogue is curved, too; Rag & Bone's Tribeca store now sells women's clothing; rehabilitation of a White Street building; World Trade Center PATH station closed this weekend; Treadwell Park question; "Billions" shoot. / 2 comments
Carol Adams's store, Torly Kid, has grown up with the neighborhood. She founded it in 2004 as Babylicious, and then renamed it—and broadened the age range—as kids in the area got older. "Having been here so long, I feel like I know everyone," she says. / 1 comment
Plus: A retail renaissance?; Tribeca family's "hoverboard-friendly" home; the Stadium Goods sneaker resale shop; an attorney's pied-à-terre; Citigroup employee stops kid from running into the street; the views from a 56 Leonard penthouse; 9/11 compensation claims.
Plus: Single-family home on Greenwich revealed; proposed fixes for the New York Stock Exchange area; discussion about improving Tribeca's public spaces; Maxwell's on "Law & Order; SVU"; "Billions" shoot; Papa Kitchen on Church has opened. / 9 comments
Plus: Noted Tribeca café opens tomorrow; tickets for the Pier 17 concerts aren't cheap; Twenty First Gallery opens today; Lower Manhattan Cultural Council's open studios; more on the gymnastics facility.
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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
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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