Seen & Heard: New Sake Bar
Plus: Donations for single parents and their kids; looking for shopdogs and shopcats; more great photos of parts of the 1 World Trade Center spire making its way down Greenwich. / 1 comment
In the News: The Dead Rabbit
The soon-to-open pub in FiDi looks promising. Plus: Pace planning a 34-story dorm; Hudson River Park, still hurting; parks officer arrested for theft; man rescued from subway tracks; Seaport Museum reopening postponed. / 1 comment
Welcome to TweeBeCa: Special Celebrity Edition!
All good New Yorkers know they’re not supposed to talk to celebrities, but that doesn’t mean they can’t tweet about spotting them out and about. Or hoping to, anyway. Plus: Two Tribeca tweets from celebs.
Real Estate Sales Report
Courtesy of StreetEasy, these are the properties whose sales were "recorded" by the city in the past seven days (ending 12/15/12)—the sales may have taken place earlier.
Seen & Heard: New Wine Bar
Plus: Brooklyn Bridge closures start up again; what's coming to the old Bon Chon Chicken space; new pasta restaurant; can anyone help Mike?
First Impressions: Bikini Bar
The title of Coolest, Cutest Café in Tribeca can safely be handed over to Bikini Bar, newly opened on Duane. / 7 comments
First Impressions: Benares
I had enjoyed the lunch special at Benares last week and was mulling going back before writing about it when Suzanne filed an in-depth report as a comment in the Restaurant Guide. She clearly knows more about Indian food than I do, so I'm handing over the reins. / 2 comments
In the News: Capsouto Frères
Plus: Another 7-Eleven; Holly Hunter drops out; SantaCon bypassing downtown; west Soho air rights purchase.
Seen & Heard: Federal Plaza Gets Classy
Plus: 58 Reade's facelift; "restricted parking" signs on Greenwich; Alex Katz prints for sale; Baba Ghanouge expanding to FiDi. / 1 comment
Aminah et Les Amis Is Closing Up Shop
The last day of the Warren Street boutique will be Tuesday, and owner Haddy Faal having a big sale, as well as four concurrent trunk shows, including Polkadot What and local hatmaker Sally Imperato, as she transitions online and looks for a new space.
CB1 Tribeca Commitee: The Unofficial Minutes (December)
Sample menus and other details for Marc Forgione's Laotian restaurant, the global brasserie coming to the old Matsugen space, a new vegetarian restaurant, and the Greek spot replacing Turks & Frogs. Also: More on 50 Varick, sidewalk seating at Locanda Verde and Aamanns, and a couple street events. / 2 comments
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History of Tribeca Buildings
This argument is a bit circular isn’t it? What was “very necessary” about destroying a neighborhood (as is apparent to... — Peter / The distance we’ve come in 25 years
The Battery Park Resiliency Project is a very necessary floodwater management project that has been fully approved. This exact same... — harryh / The distance we’ve come in 25 years
https://tribecacitizen.com/2026/06/01/an-renewed-effort-to-save-battery-park-citys-trees/ — Tribeca Citizen / The distance we’ve come in 25 years
Would've had to have been kept quiet. NYPD/other agencies wouldn't be able to identify unrelated drones in a flock of... — JT / Crowd Sourcing: Who saw the Twin Towers drone show on Wednesday night?
I want to add, like Vickery Eckhoff said, the Lutnick photo is pretty telling. Another person uploaded a pretty normal... — M / Crowd Sourcing: Who saw the Twin Towers drone show on Wednesday night?
Does anyone have the count of trees in the Battery and Battery Park City that have been felled for the... — Heide Fasnacht / The distance we’ve come in 25 years
I found this article by googling "New York drone show fake?" It's really a very weird situation. These drone shows... — M / Crowd Sourcing: Who saw the Twin Towers drone show on Wednesday night?