Newsletter: July 18
New Construction Update • Asphalt Green • David Weeks Studio • Ponte's • The Smile Newsstand • Abercrombie and Superdry • 22 Thames • More
Seen & Heard: Plans for Church Street Wine Bar Nixed
Plus: Capturing the men of Tribeca; Bell Bates school; film and advertising shoots; Where in Tribeca...? answer. / 1 comment
In the News: The Smile Is Opening a Café in Shinola
Plus: 22 Thames could be very tall; renderings of the Leonard's interiors; new FiDi beer garden; a long look at the South Street Seaport; beekeeping in Battery Park; police blotter. / 2 comments
In the News: Ponte’s Is Closed
Possibly for renovation, possibly for relocation. Plus: Rafael Viñoly designing downtown building; Pier 26 noise meeting; Square Diner cook; "high-tech" 7-Eleven. / 1 comment
More Furniture on Walker
A Dumbo-based company that makes furniture, lighting, and more is opening later this summer. Pictured: "The Rod Laver Gaming Chair [...] It's the most comfortable chair for playing Grand Theft Auto." / 1 comment
Checking in on All the New Construction
You know how you can't keep track of all the new buildings sprouting up? I walked and Citi Biked around the neighborhood so we'd have an up-to-date sense of what's happening where—shamelessly peeping through holes when necessary.
Seen & Heard: Abercrombie and Superdry Have Reopened
Plus: 37 Warren's topper; something coming to Less Less; Khe-Yo opening delayed a bit.
In the News: Searching for Quiet
Plus: Duane Park Patisserie's Madeline Lanciani on TV; why some parking signs say "AWM"; sexual harassment at Brookfield Place law firm; fire at Fulton Center; Magnolia Bakery opens in the Seaport; curator Raphael Rubinstein. / 5 comments
How’s Asphalt Green Working Out for You?
I only use the pool, which I love, so I really don't know how the rest of the facility is going over. Let's hear it! / 12 comments
Newsletter: July 15
Racines NY on Chambers • China Blue • Tribeca Bike Lanes • Asphalt Art • Suggestion Box: Citi Bike • Finn Square • Hudson River Park • New Diner • Celebrity TweeBeCa • More
Seen & Heard: 93 Worth’s Topper Revealed
Plus: Morton's and Bill's Bar & Burger opening in FiDi; Water Street improvements are done; Brookfield Place corridor closed. / 1 comment
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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?