Seen & Heard: New Aamanns Opening Date
Plus: Apartments for the displaced; Canal Park Playhouse on the mend; new restaurant on Chambers?; more donation drop-off spots; community center volunteer day; shout-outs to Edward's and Cosmopolitan Café.
In the News: Mexican Restaurant Unrumored
Plus: Curbed's updated Zone A building list; South Ferry station photos; 225 Rector Place model unit; Tribeca Citizen in Page Six.
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.









I pass by 100 Gold a couple of time a week. At street level it seems dank and squat, and... — Gary / City moving forward with development of 100 Gold
Lovely and well deserved -- keep up the good work, Adger! — John Willenbecher / Catching up with Adger Cowans on his 90th birthday
FIDI is ringed along the coastline by terrific green space; has green pockets like Bowling Green, the Elevated Acre, City... — Manhattanmommie / City moving forward with development of 100 Gold
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