A Deal to Save Pier 40
...at the expense of riverfront real estate. No clue if they're remotely recent or under consideration, but I found some renderings, from a noted architect, of how the new development might look. / 4 comments
Seen & Heard: Mondo Cane Moving Sale
Plus: Negroni popsicles; Union Bar + Kitchen has soft-opened; Chambers storefront demolition; Paris Cafe party; Super Linda and Bisutoro; seventh-grade dystopian opera.
In the News: Jake Gyllenhaal, House Hunter
Plus: President Obama dedicates 9/11 Museum; artwork about 9/11 sky; Tribeca Film Festival headquarters on the market; Distilled recipe; ferry-horn nuisance; Fountain Pen Hospital. / 3 comments
CB1 Tribeca Committee: The Unofficial Minutes (May 2014)
It was long and ugly, with hot topics including a rooftop bar at the new hotel on Broadway, 60 Hudson's noise and sidewalk shed, closing a block of Varick for a day, sidewalk cafés on side streets, and more. / 3 comments
Seen & Heard: The New TV Show Called “Angie Tribeca”
Plus: Nirvana International's moving sale; Michelle Obama dines out in Tribeca again; Desbrosses question; Washington Market restaurant update; Racines NY on OpenTable; free "As You Like It"; buildings to be lit red.
Nosy Neighbor: Is That a New Ferry Terminal?
"Is there another ferry dock being built in Battery Park City, just south of the current one?" —A.
Newsletter: May 15
First Impressions: Sweet Green • New Hotel in Northwest Tribeca • Nosy Neighbor: Peace & Love • New Kid on the Block: Hotel Hugo • 9/11 Museum • Brookfield Place • Hudson River Ferry • More
First Impressions: Sweet Green
The Tribeca location of Sweet Green arrives with tremendous buzz. Do the salads justify it? / 4 comments
Seen & Heard: Savor Spa Is Scouting Locations
Plus: Arcade Bakery is likely to open Monday; Bâtard signage; Taste of Tribeca is this weekend; Kaffe 1668 on Seamless; Butterfly lunchboxes; stand-up comedy; Chambers kiosk; Church Street School benefit.
In the News: Inside the 9/11 Museum
Plus: Brookfield Place food court delayed again; Aspinal of London opening a shop; absinthe bar; Denny's forecast; teen fight includes stabbing; 30 Park Place panels; Verizon Building getting windows. / 4 comments
New Kid on the Block: Hotel Hugo
Just north of Canal is a new 18-story hotel with a nautical feel, a sexy Italian restaurant, and—soon—a bar on the top floor. / 1 comment









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?