Nosy Neighbor: Is 93 Reade Adding a Floor?
"Any chance you can find out what is going on at 93 Reade? The rumor is that they are adding a floor." —Anonymous
Newsletter: Oct. 18
New Kids on the Block: Roberta Roller Rabbit and Westville Hudson • Garage Teardown • Hudson Square Makeover • Asphalt Green • More
Seen & Heard: A New Kids’ Facility
Plus: Fences up at 56 Leonard; fresh peppercorns; Westville Hudson gets its liquor license; Cass Lilien commission; "Blue Bloods" shooting again. / 2 comments
In the News: Downtown’s Jewish Renaissance
Plus: Landmarks Preservation Commission approves Seaport buildings; 87 Chambers update; Blue Bottle sold; hawk spotted; Special Forces sculpture has a temporary home. / 1 comment
Seen & Heard: Costume Sale
Plus: Chefs for hire; Lady Liberty is on her way; "for lease" on Broadway; Hionas Gallery opens another branch. / 3 comments
In the News: Anti–Asphalt Green Rally
Plus: Chambers Street hotel (or condo) sold and back on track; Trinity Church cancels its Halloween festivities; bakery closed; another 7-Eleven; cheesesteaks in FiDi. / 11 comments
Another Parking Garage Is Biting the Dust
That's the rumor, anyway. And since the site falls just outside the Tribeca West Historic District, the Landmarks Preservation Commission won't have any say over it.
New Kid on the Block: Roberta Roller Rabbit
"Roberta Freymann changes with the seasons," says Sabrina Simpson, manager of the new two-brand store that opened last weekend on Duane. "But with Roberta Roller Rabbit, we feel you should be on vacation year round."
In the News: Strauss-Kahn Rental Finally Sells
Plus: Sushi of Gari Tribeca; Espasso branches out; Cuomo aide.
Seen & Heard: Pumpkinfest
Plus: Celebrity dog appearance; upcoming literary salon; Foley Square food festival; photos of Asphalt Green Battery Park City. / 1 comment
New Kid on the Block: Westville Hudson
Westville Hudson—the fourth restaurant in the Westville mini-chain—opens tonight for dinner, with or without its liquor license (due at any moment). But the delivery zone ends at N. Moore and W. Broadway. Take a look around.... / 3 comments
The Makeover of Hudson Square
Some thoughts (and renderings) about the plans to make the streetscapes around the Holland Tunnel entrance greener and more pedestrian-friendly. / 1 comment
Left rectangle ads redesigned
Robert Ripps book
History of Tribeca Buildings
Good pleasure and entertainment - waiting for you right now...;) — Danielvow / Seen & Heard: The return of the Oculus
The fare increase was implemented mainly in response to inflation, as I understand, for general operation cost. (As anyone who... — Marcus / Looking back on a year of congestion pricing
Didn't stop them from raising the fares. $550 million in net revenue and the public is still paying more per... — TribecaMom / Looking back on a year of congestion pricing
As I wrote in September 2024, when the story of the renovation cancellation appeared here: "This station’s platform level has... — Gary / Chambers Street J/Z station to get makeover
All sounds great! Now if the city would enforce actual traffic laws and no honking laws and other noise laws... — Marcus / Looking back on a year of congestion pricing
United American Land concluded that "the office market [is] not viable at present" per Crain's New York Business. That said,... — James Bogardus / Canal and Broadway corner will get a new one-story building
Ah, a member of that diminishing band of Tribecans who remember the Towers Cafeteria! Of course in those days they... — George Bacon / TCQ&A: Cinematographer, producer and screenwriter Neal Marshad