CB1 Tribeca Committee: The Unofficial Minutes (May 2013)
What was discussed last night: Swing dancing at Duane Park, sidewalk cafés at Petrarca and City Hall, the New York Academy of Art, and codifying what the committee tends to find acceptable regarding liquor-license applications. / 1 comment
New Kid on the Block: Best Made Company
Axes-and-more outfit Best Made Company has carved out a small shop in its new headquarters on White Street. The merchandise looks as if a talented Boy Scout has been working toward a merit badge for design.
Newsletter: May 9
Part of Franklin Street Closed for Citi Bike NYC • TCQ&A: Sanjay Lamba • Pop-Up: 25Park • Documentary Film Cinema • Postmasters Gallery • Walker Street Crime • More
Seen & Heard: J&R’s Consolidation Is Complete
Plus: John Allan's Tribeca has reopened; food-themed bike tours; the answer to last week's "Where in Tribeca...?"; 5 Beekman scaffolding. / 2 comments
In the News: Glitter Rain Is Forecast for the Seaport
Plus: 56 Walker back on the market (for twice the price); fake shopping for summery decor.
A Big Chelsea Gallery Is Moving In
Postmasters is coming south: "We will keep the 14-foot-tall Corinthian columns and wooden floors" and "there will be sofas."
In the News: Verizon Leaving Half of Its Building
Plus: Affordable housing at 89 Murray; history of a lamppost; Pan Latin now at Fulton Stall Market; when BPC was a beach; BPCA issuing $300 more in bond debt; Vietnamese food in FiDi. / 3 comments
New Plans for the Il Mattone Space
Gina La Fornarina is out. Frozen yogurt and wraps are in. / 10 comments
Pop-Up: 25Park
Alison Brettschneider's mini-chain of 25Park boutiques has a new pop-up inside what will eventually be Tribeca designer Robin Brouillette's boutique on W. Broadway. Here's a taste of what you'll find. / 2 comments
In the News: New Documentary Cinema
...in a cool old building. Plus: Penthouse with dome raises price; 22 Renwick listings; a 1660 map of Manhattan. / 1 comment
Part of Franklin Street Is Now Closed to Cars
The Department of Transportation has evidently—and unilaterally?—decided to close the block of Franklin that's directly in front of Pécan. Why? The answer has two wheels. / 18 comments
Seen & Heard: Walker Street Crime
Plus: TOAST Art Walk gallery; postponement for the Butterfly; Denny's is moving forward; website for the Leonard; White & Church auction; where to buy old photos of Tribeca? / 3 comments
Left rectangle ads redesigned
Robert Ripps book
History of Tribeca Buildings
All sounds great! Now if the city would enforce actual traffic laws and no honking laws and other noise laws... — Marcus / Looking back on a year of congestion pricing
United American Land concluded that "the office market [is] not viable at present" per Crain's New York Business. That said,... — James Bogardus / Canal and Broadway corner will get a new one-story building
Ah, a member of that diminishing band of Tribecans who remember the Towers Cafeteria! Of course in those days they... — George Bacon / TCQ&A: Cinematographer, producer and screenwriter Neal Marshad
Great story & pictures. This historical gem should be open to more NYC history lovers (and one shouldn't practically need... — Gary / Field Trip: The old City Hall station
Seems a complete waste of space. The 8-story building made far more sense, and at least it covered up those... — Marcus / Canal and Broadway corner will get a new one-story building
I am so sorry to hear this. We keep losing small businesses and gaining vacant storefronts. It is such a... — SusanD / Boomerang Toys will close at the end of the month
Seriously? Trading a contextually appropriate (and beautiful) eight-story office building development for a one story strip mall on a prime,... — Reader on Reade / Canal and Broadway corner will get a new one-story building