Newsletter: July 29
Loft Peeping: 270 Broadway Penthouse • City Hall Park Sculpture Exhibit • Aloha Rag • New Amsterdam Market • Sweetgreen Preview • Welcome to TweeBeCa • More
Aloha Rag Has Closed Up Shop
All signs are that the closing was somewhat abrupt, although the website does say that the shop is moving.
In the News: Condo vs. Dog Owner
Plus: The duo behind China Blue; Ronnie Cutrone; Atera raises its price; Trinity Church's demolition plan. / 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.
Seen & Heard: Bottomless Brunch at Tribeca Canvas
Plus: Simit + Smith has opened; Kitchenette taking brunch reservations; Mavis Staples in concert; Star Pizza back in business; Hudson River Park update. / 7 comments
A Broadway Tour
The owner of several Broadway buildings that still rent to creative types invited me over to look around—I got new views of Franklin Place, the 84 White penthouse, and Cortlandt Alley, and I learned how those great old Tribeca fire doors worked. / 1 comment
Seen & Heard: New Amsterdam Market to Be Monthly This Fall
Plus: Mangez Avec Moi's off-menu Laotian feast; architect chosen for Trinity Church tower; Brookfield Place's Devon & Blakely to close this week.
In the News: Sweetgreen Preview
Plus: Vermouth founder's apartment; does South Street Seaport owner owe $1.8 million in back taxes?; construction fencing on Fulton; 80 John analysis.
“Lightness of Being” at City Hall Park
There's a new sculpture exhibit up at City Hall Park. Be warned: It includes clown performances. / 2 comments
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History of Tribeca Buildings
This argument is a bit circular isn’t it? What was “very necessary” about destroying a neighborhood (as is apparent to... — Peter / The distance we’ve come in 25 years
The Battery Park Resiliency Project is a very necessary floodwater management project that has been fully approved. This exact same... — harryh / The distance we’ve come in 25 years
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?