Newsletter: July 5
Uncle Mike's Is Dead • Duane Park Is Moving • July CB1 Agendas • Nosy Neighbor: What Is Esoteric? • Yaffa's Joy • Thirty-Story Building on Nassau • More
Duane Park Is Moving to the Bowery
The restaurant—a Tribeca institution, it has been on Duane Street (in one incarnation or another) for 25 years—has made an interesting deal with the Bowery Poetry Club. / 6 comments
In the News: Downtown Freedom Trail
Plus: Bloomberg declines governors' offer; Amish Market owner in jail; Trinity Church repairing graveyard wall; Con Edison and Park51; South Street development plans; BPCers in Haiti. / 1 comment
A Survey of Street Art
Street art is so evanescent that someone should try to capture it for posterity.
Should People Who Live Near Hudson River Park Be Taxed?
Also on the CB1 agendas for July: Asphalt Green (maybe); North End Grill sidewalk seating; a bunch of FiDi restaurants; Bogardus Plaza; renovations to a W. Broadway façade; a new Seaport building; City Hall Park; Pier 25 issues; and more. / 7 comments
Uncle Mike’s Is Dead
The skeeveball bikini bar on Murray—sort of a feeder bar to the New York Dolls strip club next door—appears to have closed. / 8 comments
Seen & Heard: Yaffa’s Joy
Plus: Centrico temporarily closed; Murray Street's other new bar; Mr. Fashion himself; Diga Vision ticks me off. / 7 comments
In the News: 113 Nassau Rendering
It'll be 30 stories. Plus: Cars vs. pedestrians; Cuomo pushes for 9/11 settlement; 16 Hudson loft numbers; Goldman Alley. / 3 comments
Nosy Neighbor: What Is Esoteric on Walker Street?
"There's something called Esoteric at 37 Walker, and I can't tell what it is. Cool-looking office, though." —E. / 2 comments
Newsletter: July 2
460 Washington Intel • Moomah Closes Again • New Kid on the Block: Duxiana • Field Trip: NoCa • Welcome to Tweebeca • More
In the News: Goldman Alley Makes the New York Times
Plus: Inside Fiterman Hall; where to buy stained Bouley chairs; man stuck in compactor found dead; Greenhouse looking at Antarctica. / 1 comment
Seen & Heard: Tift Merritt
Plus: New to New Amsterdam Market; agendas for this week's two CB1 meetings; meet the cast of "Twelfth Night"; vintage photos.
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History of Tribeca Buildings
Society has lost its mind letting people walk around outdoors with masks on as if it's not obviously insanely suspicious.... — person / Carjacking on North Moore has a happy ending…
I'm okay with extra reinforcing, recalling what happened at Pfizer's residential conversion on 42nd Street. Demolition could have been dusty... — Gary / Construction Update: 100 Franklin / 250 Church
I am curious how they came to the decision to rehabilitate the existing structure rather than just tear it down.... — Reademan / Construction Update: 100 Franklin / 250 Church
There is widespread agreement that the illegal Canal vendors are destroying the quality of life for local residents because they... — lowrider / In the News: More on the counterfeit vendors of Canal Street
Well said! — Robert Ripps / Demolition should start soon on the Tribeca Pharmacy building
Can we please stop calling them “vendors”!! A vendor runs a business that sells merchandise to other businesses. E.g. a... — S. / In the News: More on the counterfeit vendors of Canal Street
There are still many free attractions on Governors Island. Well worth the trip over. — JS Miller / Seen & Heard: Ess-a-Bagel getting ready on Murray