In the News: Occupy Wall Street
Big "action" tomorrow. Plus: Brookfield security guard slur; closing the World Financial Center to the public as a precaution; BPC bike path update; P.S. 1 principal wary of school plan. / 1 comment
Nosy Neighbor: What Do the Characters on 47 Vestry Mean?
After walking by 47 Vestry countless times, I realized I had no idea what the foreign characters painted on the façade mean. So I asked myself to look into it.
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In the News: Judge Rules Against OWS
Plus: NYPD also arrested credentialed members of the press last night; from garage to gallery. / 2 comments
Seen & Heard: Small Business Saturday
Tribeca is focal point this year. Plus: Another school-zoning flyer; Anne Frank Center USA. / 3 comments
Loft Peeping: Amanda Pratt & Anthony Crane
Design Hunting's Wendy Goodman likes the 2,000-square-foot, fourth-floor loft owned by author-actor Anthony Crane and fashion photographer Amanda Pratt because it "manages to effortlessly integrate adult and children’s décor." / 1 comment
The Clampdown
Highlights from the media reports of last night's evacuation of Zuccotti Park. / 3 comments
In the News: Demi Monde
An update on the FiDi café/cocktail bar. Plus: North End Grill on track; Occupy Wall Street drums bothering residents, as is construction (this is news?); Pace's new dorm; that gumball machine.
Inside “Le Cabinet des Curiosités”
A stunning new exhibit of art and antiques—in a magnificent, normally off-limits space on Harrison—is a delight even if you don't generally care about that stuff. Go, go, go! / 1 comment
New Kid on the Block: Tribeca Tap House
When Nick McKeon was ready to open another restaurant and bar—the first was Copper Door Tavern on Third Ave.—how could he resist the old Fitz's Pig N' Whistle space on Greenwich? "I worked there when I was a kid," he says.
Newsletter: Nov. 14
Pop-Up: The Lake & Stars • New steak restaurant • Special Forces monument • The views from Duane Street Hotel's roof • BPCA bloodbath • AOA Bar & Grill • St. Nicholas Church • Much more / 1 comment
In the News: Closet Sale
Plus: Kutsher's opening pushed back; Steven Alan sample sale; preliminary design for the new St. Nicholas Church; flyers about school rezoning. / 10 comments
Left rectangle ads redesigned
Robert Ripps book
History of Tribeca Buildings
Yes! Quite affordable for the more than 800 billionaires in America! — George Bacon / Sneak Peek: 14 White
Affordable housing at its best! — R. / Sneak Peek: 14 White
Welcome to the block Shahla from one female founder to another. Duane street has been good to us for 30... — Alycea Ungaro / Babycottons and Willow & Zoey are leaving; a jeweler is coming in
Tribeca Paint! — Tribeca Citizen / In the News: A 70-year-old Fidi hardware store faces closure
Gothamist (which quotes this very Tribeca Citizen post as counterpoint) claims that there is a "slump" for the Canal Street... — Marcus / Counterfeit sales on Broadway are worse than ever
Good point. With such a massive flow of counterfeit junk, by now the authorities should have been able to trace... — Marcus / Counterfeit sales on Broadway are worse than ever
Balancing Rights and Safety: The current approach seeks to balance an individual's right to drink with the public's right to... — David Lewin / An update on Luis Fernandez from the Square Diner