Newsletter: Dec. 13
One World Trade Center's Spire • Loft Peeping: FiDi Funhouse • ZONA Pop-Up • Nosy Neighbor: Chambers Construction • More
In the News: Santacon Is Coming to Town
Plus: Nish Nush review; Fraunces Tavern is open; Au Bon Pain; the problem with generators; the World Trade Center performing arts center.
First Look Inside the ZONA Pop-Up
I popped into to the ZONA pop-up shop, opening tomorrow inside Cheryl Hazan Gallery at 35 N. Moore. Do I dare to buy a peach? / 3 comments
A Gift Only a Local Can Appreciate
There's still time to buy a Tribeca Citizen T-shirt for someone you love (or for someone you hate, I suppose, if they despise this site). / 1 comment
Seen & Heard: 1WTC Spire
Photos of it heading down Greenwich and being put into position on the building. Plus: Food truck annoyance; Steven Soderbergh film shoot; 403 Greenwich demo; subway entrance reopening delayed. / 1 comment
Nosy Neighbor: Any Update on the Chambers Construction?
"My daughter said that one of the things she wanted for Christmas was for the work to be finished. I imagine Sandy didn't help the timeline but I'm having a hard time recalling the pre-construction era." —J. / 4 comments
In the News: Kevin Youkilis’s Tribeca Connection
Plus: South Street Seaport Museum reopening; Acqua also open again; the Lounge at Atera debuts tomorrow.
Seen & Heard: 1 World Trade Center Spire Arrives
Plus: Drybar sets an opening date; Marc Forgione T-shirts for Sandy relief; food truck on Duane. / 2 comments
Loft Peeping: Four-Level FiDi Funhouse
A slide. Two peephole windows. A catwalk for the cats. A swing. A climbing wall. A mural inspired by Michael Jackson's ranch. This fabulous FiDi apartment, designed by Ghislaine Viñas and featured in Interior Design magazine, is unlike any other.... / 4 comments
Here Come the Holidays!
Fun gifts for kids • Drop-dead gorgeous jewelry • A place to celebrate in style • A way to travel without deserting your pet • A frame you can update with ease / Sponsored
In the News: FiDi Restaurant Report
Plus: The state of Lower Manhattan; is Verizon scheming?; Bridge Café opening delayed; downtown residents fleeing for uptown?; stealing at vacated 2 Gold; Gateway Plaza party. / 2 comments
Seen & Heard: More Demo
See ya, 15 Leonard. Plus: Tribeca Canvas report; shopping event tonight; adopt a tree at Hudson River Park; Grayson Hugh. / 1 comment
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History of Tribeca Buildings
I do wonder about all of the new residences going into FiDi given there is virtually no green space, very... — Heide Fasnacht / City moving forward with development of 100 Gold
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