Newsletter: March 20
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25 Water is now SoMA, and a lottery has begun on affordable units
The largest conversion in the country, the building will have 1320 units of which 330 will be offered at a percentage of area median income.
Seen & Heard: Popup Bagels to open this summer
Plus Playgarden Prep adds an all-day pre-k; Swivel Gallery opens in Hudson Square; the Downtown Alliance offers art for sidewalk sheds. / 1 comment
Seen & Heard: Powell Building gets preservation award
Plus US Rep. Dan Goldman will hold a virtual town hall; Paris Cafe has closed (again); Downtown Little League opening night is April 4. / 4 comments
In the News: Selling off 250 Water
Plus the decor at Locanda Verde uptown; Warren Street Hotel hosts Patrick Schwartzenegger; Taylor Swift goes out at Brookfield.
Barber coming to Harrison and Staple
Staple Street Barber is scheduled to open by the end of the month.
Seen & Heard: Two Kids and a Dog in Grand Central
Plus free burgers attract a line; engineers on Warren; new barber on Broadway.
(Art) Field Trip: Nick Cave in the Times Square subway station
There's an installation near the Shuttle, but explore a little further down an obscure hallway to the Bryant Park station and there's even more.
Art in Tribeca: Nick Cave at the Jack Shainman Gallery
One of the new kids on the block in an expanded gallery district, Shainman has taken the McKim, Mead & White lobby for the New York Life Insurance Company. / 1 comment
New Kid on the Block: A.Little Pink
A young NYU graduate with connections to the luxury resale market in Europe and beyond has opened a boutique Filene's in a generous storefront on Franklin. / 1 comment
Newsletter: March 17 | 🍀
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In the News: A De Niro sale on Collister
Plus a carjacking on West and Barclay; 160 Water conversion near complete; the race for City Council District 1.
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History of Tribeca Buildings
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?