Seen & Heard: Where to Drop Off Donations
Plus: 54 Laight's questionable decision; new dates for Matt Bernson sample sale; Tribeca Canvas inches forward; drinking for the cause; volunteering at the Seaport Museum; trick-or-treat report; Lady Liberty on Broadway; kudos for a pet service; 138 W. Broadway; Mariah Carey votes. / 14 comments
An Update on Hudson River Park
I checked in with Madelyn Wils, president and CEO of the Hudson River Park Trust, to see how the park fared during hurricane Sandy. There were concerns that Pier 25, in particular, wouldn't be back to normal anytime soon.
Marc Forgione Is Opening Another Restaurant Here
And (unrelatedly) Turks & Frogs is evidently closing. Also on the Community Board 1 agendas for November: The 1WTC spire is going to be paraded through Tribeca; the Matsugen space's new tenant is back; is RBC still alive?; Taste of Tribeca 2013 date.
In the News: Unsafe for Occupancy
Why so many waterfront buildings aren't bouncing back. Plus: New York Magazine's instant-classic cover; school restarts; Community Board 1 meets; 9/11 Museum damage; 142 Duane. / 1 comment
Seen & Heard: Nish Noosh Revealed
Plus: Short-term rental list; Halloween do-over today; Benares's menu; Matt Abramcyk's and Nadine Ferber's apartment; donating via Barry's Bootcamp; Mike & Son reno; SoPo T-shirts; 110 Hudson question. / 11 comments
The Calm After the Storm
Marisa McGrody's photos arrived as a shock: Taken the day after Sandy hit, they have an air of fresh violence about them. / 1 comment
Newsletter: Nov. 5
After Sandy: What Now? • Halloween Do-Over • DeRose Method Coming to Tribeca • Real Estate Sales Report • Photo Safari! • More
In the News: Which Buildings Are Still Closed
Plus: Realizations brought about by Hurricane Sandy; new restaurant rumored for Conrad complex; Seaport clean-up; two sort of famous people who live in Tribeca.
Seen & Heard: Halloween Do-Over Tomorrow
Plus: More ways to help out the less fortunate; free temporary office space; emergency station at P.S. 234...?
Seen & Heard: Volunteering, Benefits, and Events
Helping the Seaport; sponsoring a food truck; meeting with Community Board 1; a Comic Relief concert; chamber music. Plus: Trees down in Tribeca Park. Also: Halloween trick-or-treating this Monday.
Real Estate Sales Report
Courtesy of StreetEasy, these are the properties whose sales were "recorded" by the city in the past seven days (ending 11/03/12)—the sales may have taken place earlier.
What Now?
There are some things we need to discuss—both to help our neighborhood get back on its feet and to protect ourselves in the future. / 13 comments








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Unless they’’ve changed the rules since I was on the park board a hundred years ago dogs and other pets... — Jean Grillo / Seen & Heard: The lawn is open in Washington Market Park
Dogs are not allowed at all in Washington Market Park. — Tribeca Citizen / Seen & Heard: The lawn is open in Washington Market Park
This place is in the West Village. Johnson no longer is connected to Rigor Hill. — Tribeca Citizen / Austin Johnson to open market in the West Village