Seen & Heard: Businesses Getting Robbed from Below
Plus: New Bikram yoga studio?; Matthew Morrison; Live Well Company update; poetry fan Oliver Platt; something coming to the Antique Orange space; Citi Bike report; Sing for Hope piano in Washington Market Park. / 2 comments
In the News: Is One Burglar Behind the Rooftop Crime Wave?
Plus: Suicide on Walker; Dance New Amsterdam enters bankruptcy; Hudson & Broad space for sale; trampoline fitness; shopping for salt shakers; subway-stairs accident; Donald Judd's home. / 1 comment
TCQ&A: Francesca Kennedy
"The online deals at Tribeca Spa of Tranquility are great," says Francesca Kennedy, founder of the sandal company Ix. "I highly recommend a Korean scrub—you'll never feel cleaner in your life!"
Newsletter: May 30
Loft Peeping: Coltrane Curtis • Another Rooftop Burglary • Ceasing and Desisting • P.S. 150 Move • One World Trade Center • Chambers Construction • More
Seen & Heard: One World Trade Center Aglow
Plus: Tribeca Snack Kitchen at Mulberry & Vine; Where in Tribeca...? answer; historical photo solution.
In the News: Waterproof Transformers
Plus: Rooftop crime wave; empowering Battery Park City's doormen; New York Mercantile Exchange for sale; 161 Hudson analysis; chickens relocated; police blotter.
Seen & Heard: Chambers Construction
A glimpse of the future. Plus: Basketball court update; All Good Things pastries; P.S. 89 Wellness Fair; "Bridesmaids" director Paul Feig; historical photo question; more. / 9 comments
My Very First “Cease and Desist” Letter
FYI, asking nicely would've worked just as well. / 13 comments
In the News: P.S. 150 Staff Supports the Move
Plus: Sandy birth-rate blip; Statue of Liberty security; Seaport Museum still slated to close; dinner with kids.
Another Rooftop Burglary
That makes at least 10 since the start of the year. / 8 comments
Left rectangle ads redesigned
Robert Ripps book
History of Tribeca Buildings
The counterfeit goods vendors have all of the advantages over legitimate businesses. They (illegally) operate tax-free in an all-cash economy. They occupy... — Larry / In the News: Mamdani will be sworn in underground
Citibank is W Broadway and Duane, not Hudson (which is Forge). Also, Chase is at Greenwich and Murray Worth and... — Nicole Vianna / Wells Fargo is open on Chambers and West Broadway
A 26-story building is too high and expensive. It should be lower than that, like 11 stories. — Paul Borri / Site at 250 Water has sold
This is such sad news. All of the toys I’ve bought there were of such high quality they got passed... — Jean Grillo / Boomerang Toys will close at the end of the month
How terrifying, and thank God you are finally asking the hard questions instead of, say, noticing that this city has... — GetOutOfTheKitchen / Mamdani inauguration will close off Broadway on New Year’s Day
Yes, this horrible lawlessness needs to be stopped! And this new Mayor must fix what has been happening for decades... — GetOutOfTheKitchen / In the News: Mamdani will be sworn in underground
And if the brands are evil, then we should not buy their products, and we should not buy fake versions... — Marcus / In the News: Mamdani will be sworn in underground