Real Estate Sales Report
Courtesy of StreetEasy, these are the properties whose sales were "recorded" by the city in the past seven days (ending 12/22/12)—the sales may have taken place earlier.
Last-Minute Christmas Gifts and Plans
It's not too late to find amazing presents for the body and soul or to make plans for Christmas Eve and Christmas Day (no matter what your tradition is). / Sponsored
Seen & Heard: The Butterfly Has Been Pushed Back
Plus: Updates on Citibank, the gym coming to Truffles Tribeca, and the self-improvement studio opening on Murray; no dinner at Saleya just yet.
Photo Safari!
Fun for everyone, or at least people who don’t mind random pictures with snarky captions. / 5 comments
Where in Tribeca…? Special Apocalyptic Edition!
In honor of the Mayan calendar hoo-ha, I've photographed seven "fallout shelter" signs in Tribeca. Can you name which street each one is on? / 12 comments
Another Ride Through the Past
Gardiner Comfort's essay about the old manual elevators that used to be everywhere in Tribeca gave me license to ask artist Grimanesa Amorós whether I could shoot the elevator at 54 N. Moore—and it turns out there are two. This is the second one. / 8 comments
In the News: Downtown Community Center to Reopen
January 2. Plus: Auto-repair shop moving around the corner; framer recommendation; blackout posters; Con Edison billing for blackout periods?; Go Go Curry in FiDi.
A Ride Through the Past
Gardiner Comfort's essay about the old manual elevators that used to be everywhere in Tribeca gave me license to ask artist Grimanesa Amoros whether I could shoot the elevator at 54 N. Moore—and it turns out there are two. This is the first one.
Newsletter: Dec. 20
Tribeca Then & Now #4 • Old Manual Elevators • New Kid on the Block: Rosie Pope • Lolë Leaving • West Thames Bridge • Sake Bar Report • Hudson River Park • More
Seen & Heard: Pier 40 Ball Fields Open Again
Plus: Updates on Collect Pond Park and Federal Plaza; GNC opening in Tribeca; FiDi bubble tea.
In the News: West Thames Bridge
Now that's a design! Plus: No 9/11-cancer link; World Trade Center PATH service still "weeks away"; Fresh Salt; Ice House record.
The Ups and Downs of Old Tribeca
"Every kid who grew up downtown in the old days remembers riding in freight elevators," reminisces Gardiner Comfort. "All the old industrial buildings had them: hand-operated, ancient cages that left the brick shaft walls open and the distant vanishing point of the top floor visible." / 3 comments
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Zucker's is still my go to bagel source! — Robert Ripps / Bagel Wars: Ess-a-Bagel coming to Murray Street
Shinola had a cafe in the front when it opened, but then the cafe part closed, like, 10 years ago.... — PGCNYC / Seen & Heard: Drip coffee at Shinola
Similar background, the same thought. Saddens me a bit. I haven't tried the Utopia Bagels shop on 34th, which may... — Mulciber / Bagel Wars: Ess-a-Bagel coming to Murray Street
The best non-bagel shop bagel is Starbucks. I remember Florence when I worked down the block from 51st Street. Loved... — Sherri Rosen / Bagel Wars: Ess-a-Bagel coming to Murray Street
Glad to read the clarifying comment by Judy Epstein Gage, and glad to hear David Gage will be staying in... — Marcus / Finlay + Gage has left the neighborhood
I grew up in a neighborhood with basement bagel, bakeries, long, narrow, bagel, ovens, bagelmeister’s, who really knew their craft.... — A. / Bagel Wars: Ess-a-Bagel coming to Murray Street
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