Seen & Heard: Hudson Street Construction Update
Plus: 56 Leonard above street level; breaking glass in northwest Tribeca; Dylan Prime temporarily closed; sample sale at By Joy Gryson; Espasso sale (in Brooklyn); First-Time Tuesday report on Roberta Roller Rabbit (and a deal at Torly Kid); new items on CB1 agenda; 5 Beekman scaffolding is back.
A Sneak Peek Inside Spring Studios
The folks from Spring Studios New York invited me to see the under-construction facility at 50 Varick from the inside (and on the roof). Given the proposed stipulations on the number and size of events, I'm even less sure what the opposition could be at this point. / 5 comments
Newsletter: Apr. 4
New Kid on the Block: Haus Alkire • First Impressions: Hummus & Pita Co. • Community Board 1's April Agendas • Gay Pride Dance Party • Cafeteria Spinoff • Tribeca Sailing • 1WTC Observation Deck • More
In the News: The Ballfields Are Open
Plus: Pier A progress; Tribeca Open Artist Studio Tour; South Ferry station; Euphoria Spa; Hotel Particulier; FiDi Fika open again; Community Board 1's new members; the daguerreotype era; cram schools; 50 Laight storefront; 15 Broad comps; Half Marathon.
First Impressions: The Hummus & Pita Co.
The menu is themed around the word "it," so you "start it," "make it," "fill it," "top it," and "sauce it," then possibly "side it" and "drink it." Whether you "push it," "work it," or "drop it like it's hot" depends on how much you like hip-hop. / 2 comments
Seen & Heard: Bread Tribeca Update
Plus: 5 Beekman bared; lunch at Maslow 6 Wine Bar; shipping-container art at Brookfield Plaza; that thin building on Leonard; demolition on Broadway; a First-Time Tuesdays report. / 6 comments
Spring News, Deals, and Delights
Celebrate the season with ways to perk up your look and your home, a new resource for parents, deals on delicious food and wine, and discounted tickets to the neighborhood's biggest annual event. / Sponsored
In the News: Cafeteria Spinoff Coming to Cosmopolitan Hotel
Plus: Views from what will be 1 World Trade Center's observation deck; 1 York CEO not a "tone-deaf one-percenter"; Bridge Café and Paris Café updates; 43 Murray comps. / 3 comments
Seen & Heard: Leonard Street Demolition
Plus: Progress at 449 Washington; Reade Street Pub loss; Blaue Gans on TV; Beach Street penthouse; an OpenTable wish; Apexart's space art.
New Kid on the Block: Haus Alkire
The new Haus Alkire boutique is a homecoming for designers Julie Haus and Jason Alkire—they used to live in the building. Plus: Best dressing room in Tribeca?
Last Chance for Tribeca Film Festival Passes and Packages!
The 2013 Tribeca Film Festival is fast approaching! Don’t miss your last chance to get passes and ticket packages! Plus: Suit up with 2013 Festival merchandise. / Sponsored
Seen & Heard: Tribeca Sailing
Plus: Paintings of Tribeca in flames; a report on the new Franklin Station Café; the restaurant at 73 Warren; cork recycling; daffodils! / 1 comment
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In our house the cart bagels are what we call "cake bagels", barely 1 step up from Lender's frozen bagels.... — Nicole Vianna / Bagel Wars: Ess-a-Bagel coming to Murray Street
Unfortunately this is true about virtually every public works project in the city. Take a walk around all of the... — Reademan / A progress report on the work in north Battery Park City
We went from ‘too many empty storefronts’ to ‘too many unlicensed smoke shops’ to ‘🥯🥯🥯🥯🥯🥯🥯🥯🥯’. That feels like progress to... — Jason / Bagel Wars: Ess-a-Bagel coming to Murray Street
This bagel Baedeker doesn't even include the ubiquitous food carts that vend breakfast essentials, including - say it - bagels.... — Gary / Bagel Wars: Ess-a-Bagel coming to Murray Street
Don’t ask me how I have this connection, but I’ve spoken to the construction manager 1:1 before (he didn't know... — Upset BPC Resident / A progress report on the work in north Battery Park City