In the News: Penis-Painting Revenge Plot
Plus: Seamless crackdown; Telepan Local's fried watercress; Alice Feiring wine club; the Condé Nast effect; a peek inside the 93 Reade conversion; Seaport working group. / 2 comments
Seen & Heard: Harold Ramis Tribute
Plus: Ruben's Empandas has closed; salon rumor; Four Seasons construction update; Battery Dance Company event; Russell Simmons on meditation. / 4 comments
The Nicest Train Platform in Manhattan
A glamorous new platform at the World Trade Center PATH station opened yesterday.
Nosy Neighbor: What Are Those Panels on the Sanitation Garage?
"The new sanitation building has panels on the south side. It looked like they can rotate which made me think they were solar. An angry-looking construction worker barked that they were 'solar sheets.'" —Tony
Seen & Heard: Creperie Correction
Plus: Bag of brown, gunky fluid on N. Moore; 88 Leonard retail space; 28 N. Moore conversion drawings; "Where in Tribeca...?" hint. / 4 comments
Newsletter: Feb. 24
Skywing Tower • Fake Chinese Restaurants • New Building Coming on Vestry • Café Clementine Protest • Smith & Mills sister • Artist Studios • Welcome to TweeBeCa • More
Real Estate Sales Report
Who bought where, from whom—and for how much. (Includes a penthouse bought by a media honcho.)
Seen & Heard: Tribeca Open Artist Studio Tour
Plus: Hunter College's open-studio event; Brooklyn gallery popping up here this weekend; Perry Burns at Cheryl Hazan.
Nosy Neighbor: How Many Fake Restaurants Are on Seamless?
"I noticed a new Chinese restaurant on Seamless called Joe's Noodles at 121 Reade. I haven't walked by yet but that address appears to be the Tribeca Abbey apartment building. Do you have any idea what's going on here?" —Archie / 11 comments
In the News: SkyWing Tower Not Happening at 101 Murray
Plus: Café Clementine protests health grade; ramen in FiDi; boxing club getting KOed?; ferry crossing to Jersey; review of 9/11 play; gym thefts; a vindictive prostitute.
Another Big New Building in Northwest Tribeca
Plans have been filed for an eleven-story building at 67 Vestry. / 3 comments
Left rectangle ads redesigned
History of Tribeca Buildings
Only 53 sq feet (so like, 5 x 10 ft space?) of retail on that prime corner? What a missed... — Reader on Reade / Demolition should start soon on the Tribeca Pharmacy building
What a shame I loved that Pharmacy Art Deco looking building. — sonia stock / Demolition should start soon on the Tribeca Pharmacy building
YES!!! — Bere / Nosy Neighbor: What restaurant is coming to the pavilion at Wagner Park?
What was that great pizza place that was next door? it was open for a few years. — Luigi / Restaurant and supper club under construction at Buddha-Bar space
Actually, bikers can cross the intersection when pedestrians get the "walk" sign. — Tribeca Citizen / The neighborhood’s camera infrastructure
Agree entirely. — Tribeca Citizen / Halting overnight work on the supertall jail on White Street
Great photos Linda and Arlo — Sardi Klein / Washington Market Park hosts the first of the Halloween festivities