Newsletter: Aug. 12
New Kid on the Block: Box Kite Coffee • A Piece of Tribeca® • Tribeca Royale • Edible Arrangements • Loft Tour Tickets • More
In the News: Tribeca Royale
Plus: "Triburbia" in paperback; 101 Warren duplex on the market for $35 million; fishing with North End Grill's chef; 62 Beach analysis; teenage sex. / 1 comment
Real Estate Sales Report
Courtesy of StreetEasy, these are the properties whose sales were recorded by the city in the past seven days.
Photo Safari!
Fun for everyone, or at least people who don’t mind random pictures with snarky captions.
Seen & Heard: Loft Tour Tickets on Sale Now
Plus: Progress at Tetsu; Steven Alan Home Shop sale; Pret update; Hudson storefront; India Music Week (including the world's largest Bhangra Dance); chamber music at the Greek; Hudson plaza construction finally ending?
New Kid on the Block: Box Kite Coffee
"We took the parts of RBC we really liked," says Cora Lambert of the Box Kite Coffee counter she has just opened inside Maslow 6 Wine Bar. Unlike RBC, however, it has a restroom.
In the News: 1 Hudson Square Landmarked
Plus: Another Sheldon Silver–related cover-up?; touring 4 World Trade Center; big lines for Comic-Con tickets; parts of a Starbucks ceiling fall.
Seen & Heard: Edible Arrangements Is Open
Plus: A visit to Oren's Daily Roast; signage at Telepan Local; florist Mel Furukawa "sort of open"; ExerBlast space mystery; running group for moms; new deli on Church.
A Piece of Tribeca® (Part 4)
Want to go Tribeca, Baltimore? How about Tribeca, Kuala Lumpur? Or Tribeca, Bangkok? / 4 comments
Newsletter: Aug. 8
Remembering Liz Berger • Hudson River Park's New Dog Run • First Impressions: Simit + Smith • Arne Svenson Lawsuit Dismissed • Maslow 6 • New Flower Shop • More
In the News: Rebirth of Greenwich Street
Plus: 4 World Trade Center sculpture; 200-year-old liquor bottles found; 1 Worth deal; Bill Thompson's tenure at the Battery Park City Authority; make your own gargoyle; UFC Gym; hole-in-the-wall sushi.
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History of Tribeca Buildings
So sad to hear! L&O was the best ... so professional, so kind, so talented. Will miss them a lot.... — Sam D. / L&O Frame will close in July
No one is speaking about the impacts and dangerous conditions for people living in 310 Greenwich street . The businesses... — Native / Plans for new tower at Independence Plaza have begun
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Larry & Gabbie are the best. Sad to see them go but happy for them in retirement — Johnny Mac / L&O Frame will close in July
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