Loft Peeping: 2012 Loft Tour Preview #1
The 13th-annual Inside Tribeca Loft Tour, benefiting Friends of Duane Park, is Sunday, Oct. 14 (1–5 p.m.). If you haven't bought tickets yet, this luscious eight-bedroom apartment will surely inspire you.
Seen & Heard: Capri Caffé Has a New Name
Plus: Battery Park City Authority board meeting; "Blue Bloods" filming here; Scorcese's 80's movie shooting on a North Cove Marina boat; dog alert. / 1 comment
In the News: Rally Against Rape
Plus: Accused rapist attempts suicide; Bubby's is closing its Dumbo location; the owners of Greenwich Jewelers; 69 Murray; P.S. 150's principal; Battery Park City Block Party; unleashed dogs in Battery Park.
Nosy Neighbor: Do Newspaper Boxes Need Permits?
"They seem to become eyesores—covered with graffiti, trash, broken plastic doors, stickers, etc. Do they need permission from the city to plop them down wherever? And do building owners have a right to ask them to be removed?" —Miriam / 5 comments
Newsletter: Sept 24
Loft Peeping: Leelee Sobieski & Adam Kimmel • Robert Janz • Nosy Neighbor: Whalebone Sign • Shake Shack • Field Trip: One Wall Street • More
In the News: Sexual Assault in Hudson River Park
Plus: Bad new for Glad Tidings Tabernacle; riverside real estate; machine guns; Woody Allen. / 10 comments
In the News: Watch Out for Falling Mattresses
Plus: PATH train to Newark Airport?; West Street crossing guards; interior designer showhouse; 99 Reade; nosing. / 2 comments
Seen & Heard: Theater Bar in Play?
Plus: Brazilian bar closed; Scorcese film shooting here; the maybe-an-IHOP space; 72 Vestry question (and answer); new traffic light turned on. / 1 comment
Nosy Neighbor: Why Does 161 Duane Say ‘Whalebone’?
"Why does the building on Duane (just east of Hudson) say Whalebone?" —A. / 1 comment
Field Trip: One Wall Street
The Historic Districts Council led a tour of the 1930 Ralph Walker Art Deco building, home to two extraordinary spaces: a glamorous aerie and Hildreth Meière's Red Room. / 4 comments
Seen & Heard: Fulton Center
Plus: Aamanns/Copenhagen update; Pier 40 meeting; "The Good Wife"; Dirty Bird's chickens; New Amsterdam Market festival; Smith & Mills and Tiny's; World of Suits awning; Pen Parentis; 15,000-square-foot retail space; Tribeca Barber Shop; fake products at Apexart. / 2 comments
Left rectangle ads redesigned
Robert Ripps book
History of Tribeca Buildings
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