Newsletter: Mar. 15
What's replacing Ivy's Bistro • Roadtesting Shibui Spa • Nosy Neighbor: Sidewalk cafés • World Trade Center security • Pier 26 • Hillary and Meryl • Much more
Seen & Heard: Mini Golf Open
Plus: Anne Frank Center USA open house; half marathon this Sunday; volunteering opportunity.
In the News: World Trade Center Fortress
Public hearing tonight. Plus: The restaurant plans for Pier 26; inside the proposed renovation of Pier 17; Tribeca-raised artist Elizabeth Behl; goodbye, Goldman Sachs; art-world humor; FiDi soup sadness. / 2 comments
Ivy’s Bistro Is Closing
The good news? Something very interesting is taking its place. [UPDATE: Ivy's owner says it's not closing for a while.] / 13 comments
Seen & Heard: Rest Your Head on Chambers Street
Plus: Is Occupy Wall Street coming anyway?; your chance to meet Sigourney Weaver and Alan Rickman; the answers to that "Fun with Autocorrect" game.
In the News: Hillary and Meryl, Hanging Out
Plus: The prices at 50-52 Laight, a.k.a. Laight House; stationery store possibly opening in Tribeca; One Direction causes girlgasms.
Nosy Neighbor: Who Enforces Sidewalk-Café Regulations?
"Can you do a post about the restaurant sidewalk seating along Greenwich St.? Who enforces the regulations? Who monitors sidewalk erosion? Each year, the sidewalks lose more and more 'walking area' to the ever-widening 'seating area.'" —A. / 10 comments
Seen & Heard: Homemade Peeps!
Plus: Renting bikes, ranting at bikes, and having a supposed say in where the bike-share program will be.
In the News: Alleged Hockey-Mom Madam’s Tribeca Connection
Plus: Big sale at Dietz Lantern Building; One York in the "cold light of now"; the lawsuit against New York Law School; the BPC library's new manager.
Roadtesting Shibui Spa
The folks at the Greenwich Hotel spa invited me over for the Healing Birch treatment. Despite the name, no flogging was involved.
Newsletter: Mar. 12
Nosy Neighbor: 27 Desbrosses • Restaurant closed • Trinity Church revolt • Seaport redesign • North End Grill brunch • Real-estate report • Coming up • Much more
Coming Up: “Being Elmo,” Building a Cave, Lonely Phone Booth
Plus: Whit Stillman's "Metropolitan"; water towers; Citizen Cope. / 1 comment
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