Newsletter: Apr. 18
W. Broadway Pedestrian Plaza • First Impressions: Los Americanos • 1 World Trade Center Spire • Brooklyn Flea • 9/11 Memorial Fee • American Thread Building Rotunda • More
Seen & Heard: Is J&R Downsizing?
Plus: Dance in the American Thread rotunda; participating restaurants (including two not yet open) at Taste of Tribeca; Pier 25 playground progress. / 3 comments
In the News: Brooklyn Flea Coming to the Seaport
Plus: Front Street renewals; 56 Leonard selling for $3,000 per square foot; income by subway stop; West Thames bridge; 9 White comps; new high school; Tracy Anderson; hotel gun; flower-store scam. / 1 comment
First Impressions: Los Americanos
Where Latin American food, diner culture, and thrift-shop kitsch are having a three-way. / 10 comments
In the News: Assault Suspect
Plus: FiDi construction recap; Atera owner's exercise regimen; subway accident; Rector Street bridge stairs closed; possible Watts Street real-estate deal; former Stuyvesant librarian arrested in sick plot.
Seen & Heard: Rotunda for Sale
Plus: Flor de Sol action; storefronts in the AT&T Building (not the monstrous one); new sporting goods store; walking tour of Collister Street; Seaport party.
Does Your Dentist’s Office Look Like This?
Tribeca Dental Studio knows what you want from a dentist’s office—state-of-the-art and stylish, with your comfort and convenience always in mind. After all, founder Nina Izhaky, DDS, is a Tribecan herself. Plus: A small decision now that can change your child's life later. / Sponsored
The Tippy Top of the 1 World Trade Center Spire
It's sitting in plain sight, visible from the Vesey Street bridge, and last night workers were testing the colored lights. A reader sent in a photo just as the show was ending. / 7 comments
In the News: 9/11 Memorial No Longer Free
Plus: Sexual assault near City Hall; Seaport Museum gets three more months. / 1 comment
Seen & Heard: The Gap Said Not to Be Reopening
But there's hope. Plus: Turkish bagel place signage; trying out Aux Epices; helping the Chambers Street basketball courts; affordable housing at 113 Nassau; juice. / 3 comments
Hungry for Something New?
As you make plans for First-Time Tuesday, you might turn to the Tribeca Citizen Restaurant Guide for inspiration—as you can see from this list, quite a few restaurants have been added to the guide in the past few months.
A Bold Plan for W. Broadway
A handful of local groups are mulling the idea of banning cars from the block of W. Broadway between Franklin and Leonard—the one flanked by the Con Ed substation—and merging it into Finn Square. / 10 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