Newsletter: May 16
The Crime Wave • Change at All Good Things • Based in Tribeca: Valerie Carmet Gallery • Working Class Emporium • Kori • Four Seasons Hotel • '70s World Trade Center • More
Crime Wave: The NYPD Responds
Eugene Schatz of Community Affairs at the 1st Precinct emailed about the recent crime wave.
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Seen & Heard: Video of Obama’s Motorcade
Plus: Yesterday's sun halo; Crab Nights starting up again; Collect Pond Park update; Kori has reopened; Washington Market Park event; City Hall Greenmarket; Ninja lunch.
In the News: The Four Seasons Hotel is Back On
Plus: 346 Broadway only might have a hotel; historical Tribeca; Corton rave; the west side in 1993; robbery with BB gun. / 1 comment
A Vendor Has Left All Good Things
Just nine months after opening, Orwashers Bakery has packed up and gone. All Good Things explains its plans to replace it, and where you can still buy Orwashers (and how to get a free loaf of bread). / 16 comments
Is This a Crime Wave?
"When I spoke to one of the cops at the scene," said a reader about a new incident, "he had said that the same thing happened earlier that night on Duane Street, and was the third one in the neighborhood that weekend." UPDATE: And we have another one. / 4 comments
In the News: Lower Manhattan in the 1970s
Plus: Holland Tunnel plaza; Squadron's community confab; Tetsu update; Thomas Street real estate analysis.
Seen & Heard: Working Class Is Closing
Plus: The Marines are leaving; Fika beer and wine; bank branch closing; free City Winery concerts; Sing for Hope pianos; Dosateria raw cane juice; Bogardus Plaza event; another deli; Real Pilates event; Obama protection. / 1 comment
In the News: Storm Damage
Plus: Drunk abuses FDNY help button; school waitlists; Lispenard analysis; wedding lawsuits; Drama League to open its new home; New Amsterdam Market. / 2 comments
Seen & Heard: Details on President Obama’s Visit
Plus: A break-in on Duane Street last week; Nancy Pelosi's daughter; update on the Greek; Brooklyn Bridge access ramps. / 6 comments
Based in Tribeca: Valerie Carmet Gallery
Mosaic artist Valerie Carmet shows us around her Hudson Street studio. "It's very sunny, peaceful, inspirational, full of plates, stained glass, and mixed media and materials," she says. "But mainly messy!"
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History of Tribeca Buildings
Sadly, this is a real problem. To the owners who say "but no one is using the turf now" I... — Duane Street / Nosy Neighbor: Are dogs allowed on the turf at Pier 25?
I have never seen enforcement of dog related issues any where in HRP, or for that matter BPC. The blatant... — Downtown Dad Reborn / Nosy Neighbor: Are dogs allowed on the turf at Pier 25?
So many off-leash dogs, dogs on the lawns/turf, and even dogs in the kids playgrounds at HRP. HRP really needs... — Person / Nosy Neighbor: Are dogs allowed on the turf at Pier 25?
Same as you see over at South Street Seaport next to the ships. Signs that say "Dogs must be leashed"... — Dellin Betansaze / Nosy Neighbor: Are dogs allowed on the turf at Pier 25?
These are probably the same pet owners that use Whole Foods for their dog walks. Or let their dogs into... — Elizabeth / Nosy Neighbor: Are dogs allowed on the turf at Pier 25?
That's what this looks like indeed. Either horrible incompetence or actual intentional corruption. — Marcus / Participatory Budgeting voting is open now
Corner of Chambers and Reade??? Huh??? — Makes You Go Hmmmm.... / Nosy Neighbor: Why does the corner of Warren and Greenwich smell so bad?