Newsletter: Nov. 25
New Kid on the Block: Kutsher's Tribeca • Schoolhouse Electric & Supply • Loft Peeping: Playful Triplex • 9/11 Museum • Defacing Tribeca • Much more
Seen & Heard: 1 N. Moore
Plus: Tribeca Greenmarket report (including a way to help the less fortunate celebrate Thanksgiving); Small Business Saturday promotion.
In the News: Hudson River Park Renderings
...of the unfinished segment. Plus: Small Business Saturday; combining Governors Island with Manhattan; Picasso Pizzeria. / 1 comment
New Kid on the Block: Kutsher’s Tribeca
Kutsher's Tribeca, the much-anticipated "Jewish American bistro" with ties to a legendary Catskills resort, has opened at 186 Franklin. Here's one goy's report. / 6 comments
Schoolhouse Expansion
Vintage-inspired lighting company Schoolhouse Electric is making a play to take over your entire home: It's rebranding as Schoolhouse Electric & Supply Co., and it's selling far more than light fixtures. / 1 comment
Loft Peeping: Playful Triplex
The November issue of Interior Design features a Tribeca apartment by Ghislaine Viñas that's a real kick. Plus: Best shower ever? / 4 comments
In the News: 9/11 Museum Delayed
How will we ever learn what happened? Plus: Jungsik review; Tweed Courthouse as school?; Kutsher's slideshow; OWS vs. Trinity Church.
Defacing Tribeca, Part 3
This is my third (and last) photo essay of street-art faces. The urge to draw human faces strikes me as so primal, reminiscent of cave paintings.
Newsletter: Nov. 21
The way Tribeca was • New Kid on the Block: Artsee • School plan rejected • 12 Tweets of Tribeca • Recent real estate sales • Coming up • Cortlandt Alley • More
In the News: Bentley Theft
By a guy wearing quite the get-up. Plus: More ambulances; OWS members staying at a hotel; the moral issues of having a big townhouse and a country house; Kristen Wiig. / 4 comments
Coming Up: George Clinton, Ninja Turtles, and the Supreme Leader
Or maybe you're more interested in Dan Zanes, "Raiders of the Lost Ark," Louise Lasser, or Fulton Fish Market art. If nothing else, watch this short video of Marlene Dietrich.
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