Seen & Heard: New Building Updates
137 Franklin, 71 Laight, and the Arman. Plus: 88 Reade; Tribeca Film Festival dates; Barry's Bootcamp; New Amsterdam Market food-truck caravan; Washington street art; "Triburbia." / 4 comments
In the News: Top of Woolworth Building to Go Condo
Plus: Widening the Brooklyn Bridge walkway; H&H Bagels dispute; new renderings for 1 World Trade Center; Fulton Center RFP; 130 Fulton loft sale.
In the News: 70 Pine to Have Up to 1,000 Rentals
Plus: Battery Garden Bikeway; 11 Beach conversion; rule enforcement at Zuccotti Park; FiDi resident makeover. / 1 comment
A Glimpse of Shinola
Intriguing details are emerging about Shinola, the classic American brand being totally reinvented with a flagship store at 177 Franklin. / 1 comment
Seen & Heard: The Chef at All Good Things
Plus: The marketplace's florist; By Joy Gryson opening date(s); pop-up women's fashion boutique; "Smash" filming here; trivia night; Smith & Mills.
August Sales, Offers, and Special Events
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Seen & Heard: Kool Bloo Has Closed
Plus: Babesta Threads has remodeled; tour of One Wall Street; By Joy Gryson looks close to opening; TV shows filming on Warren this week; Battery Park farmstand; Key Food opening date; city redistricting meeting; renegade pink shade.
Nosy Neighbor: Will the Construction at Hudson and Laight Ever End?
"We do not dispute the importance of such a project, but we do not understand why nobody is willing to give us a rough estimate of a return to normal." —P. / 2 comments
Newsletter: Aug. 6
Loft Peeping: Jennifer & Kevin Fisher • RFP: AT&T Long Lines Plaza • Pier 40 • My Own "Metropolitan Diary" • Real Estate Report • More
In the News: “Triburbia” in the Times Twice
A review and a trend piece. Plus: The atmosphere inside Dakota Roadhouse; Stuyvesant principal resigns.
My Own Little Metropolitan Diary
I seem to have a lot of odd/amusing interactions, perhaps because I'm often walking around the neighborhood, either to exercise my dog or my blog. I keep a sort of journal about the ones that amuse me—akin to the New York Times's "Metropolitan Diary," but less fit for print. / 10 comments
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