The Hudson River Park’s New Esplanade
While the Hudson River Park's new dog run has been getting most of the attention, I'm personally more excited about the new parts of the esplanade. Let's take a photographic stroll...
Seen & Heard: Tenant for the ExerBlast Space
Plus: Fiddling with W. Broadway traffic light; Shensai Parsi New Year dinner; 376 Broadway mystery; Hotel Particulier event.
In the News: Sheldon Silver Addicted to Frequent-Flier Miles
Plus: The Freight-elevator-shaft Museum in Cortlandt Alley; gossip entrepreneur; qualms about Hudson River Park's air-rights deal.
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.
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History of Tribeca Buildings
https://tribecacitizen.com/2026/06/01/an-renewed-effort-to-save-battery-park-citys-trees/ — Tribeca Citizen / The distance we’ve come in 25 years
Would've had to have been kept quiet. NYPD/other agencies wouldn't be able to identify unrelated drones in a flock of... — JT / Crowd Sourcing: Who saw the Twin Towers drone show on Wednesday night?
I want to add, like Vickery Eckhoff said, the Lutnick photo is pretty telling. Another person uploaded a pretty normal... — M / Crowd Sourcing: Who saw the Twin Towers drone show on Wednesday night?
Does anyone have the count of trees in the Battery and Battery Park City that have been felled for the... — Heide Fasnacht / The distance we’ve come in 25 years
I found this article by googling "New York drone show fake?" It's really a very weird situation. These drone shows... — M / Crowd Sourcing: Who saw the Twin Towers drone show on Wednesday night?
Very curious. Were news outlets informed and kept quiet or were they not informed? It's also hard to find what... — Vickery Eckhoff / Crowd Sourcing: Who saw the Twin Towers drone show on Wednesday night?
It evidently was an art project- I wish that I had seen it!!! — Merle Temkin / Crowd Sourcing: Who saw the Twin Towers drone show on Wednesday night?