Welcome to TweeBeCa
Twitter is the gift that just keeps on giving.... And thanks again to Milo Hess for the awesome new Tweebeca logo! / 1 comment
A Secret Stash of Tribeca History
Craig Bero showed me around the Cosmopolitan Café's Secret Room, where he displays some of the many treasures he has gathered from around the neighborhood. "That hole outside?" he says of the Chambers Street dig. "I was in there last night." / 7 comments
Newsletter: Oct. 4
Loft Tour Preview #3 • Pier 25 Reconstruction • Pier 40 Shutdown • New FiDi Department Store • Street Art • New Wine Bar? • Barry's Bootcamp • Sushi of Gari • More
Seen & Heard: Barry’s Bootcamp Opening Date
Plus: P.S. 234 "backpack letter"; Jonathan Adler and Simon Doonan; Leonard Street question; 55 Fulton Market rant; Art for Obama; one last glimpse of the Inside Tribeca Loft Tour.
In the News: New FiDi Department Store
It opened without anyone noticing. (Update: It doesn't seem to exist. Update #2: It does, but at a different address.) Plus: Cómodo in Soho; Atera gets two stars in the Michelin Guide; Felice opens today; family meal at Atera; fake grass in City Hall Park?; 99 Reade comps; 225 Rector Place settlement. / 5 comments
Nosy Neighbor: Why Is Pier 25 Ripped Up?
"Why did they rip up the north side of Pier 25? Was work done incorrectly the first time?" —John / 3 comments
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Seen & Heard: Sushi of Gari Opening Date
Plus: Ordering Dirty Bird online; Benares Indian restaurant inches forward; more on Lela Rose's apartment; Sole di Capri menus; Lynda Capse landscapes; how to make your child even more adorable. / 2 comments
In the News: P.S. 234 Drops from “A” to “C”
Plus: Community Board 1's new chair; Battery Park City Authority vs. Asphalt Green recap; a street vendor's troubles. UDPATE: Read the P.S. 234 report. / 1 comment
Museum of Modern Graffiti | October 2012
Street art is so evanescent that someone should try to capture it for posterity.
In the News: Pier 40 Shutdown
Plus: Peck Slip School rendering; high school urinal shooting; Gateway Plaza pet agreement; Jay-Z's securi-T; Pier 42 plans; Edward Albee; Pathmark closing; World Financial Center arts programming. / 4 comments
Seen & Heard: New Wine Bar?
Plus: Another phone store; pig owner; Fresh Direct's parking spot; more on 28 N. Moore; Soho Photo exhibit; contemporary art lollapalooza; 460 Washington demo. / 6 comments
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Robert Ripps book
History of Tribeca Buildings
I live on Lispenard and these guys really bother me. They block the sidewalks. They gobble up the on street... — lowrider / Counterfeit sales on Broadway are worse than ever
I was sorry to read about Dick's Hardware, another storied downtown business threatened with extinction. As a hardware store employee... — Gary / In the News: A 70-year-old Fidi hardware store faces closure
The solution is to have a nice local market or farmers market there before they setup early in morning — Alex / Counterfeit sales on Broadway are worse than ever
Definitely mostly tourists. I've taken to telling them that there are still pancakes at lots of other places that don't... — Elizabeth / Seen & Heard: An all-time record at Bubby’s?
I can’t wait for Friedman’s to open so that the neighborhood can do out for weekend brunch again. — Bec / Seen & Heard: An all-time record at Bubby’s?
Are there some higher up powers that have been protecting these African fake vendors and their Chinese counterparts? It’s inexplicable... — R. / Counterfeit sales on Broadway are worse than ever
The Feds are the only ones who care about this issue. NYPD is incapable and Christopher Marte is worthless. Keep... — SoHo / Counterfeit sales on Broadway are worse than ever