Newsletter: July 25
First Impressions: Caravelli's Pizzeria • Valentine No. 7 • Tribeca sales report • What's up this week • Matsugen space update • FiDi biplane • Flash mob • Much more
In the News: West Thames Park Field to Reopen
Plus: Mini golf ménage à trois; 9/11 cross; the hot stink; East River Waterfront.
What’s Up This Week
Billy Bragg, blues festival, Denise Richards, six-word memoirs, Marc Forgione, park design, Forro in the Dark, fantasy warriors, Suzy Bogguss, and more.
Tribeca Sales Report
Five sales were reported in the past week, including a three-bedroom that went for $11.5 million.
Seen & Heard: 9/11 Book
Plus: Maxwell's update; the warren on Warren; "Friends with Benefits"; peeking inside a new subway station; "Tribeca's Premier Summer Party."
Photo Safari: There’s a Pot of Gold on Canal Street
Plus: A contortionist, a trip in the wayback machine, a new supermarket greeter, and more.... / 1 comment
In the News: Matsugen
Plus: Justin Timberlake sells at a loss; Jewish boomers; post-wedding restaurant suggestions; grants for businesses in Lower Manhattan.
Where in Tribeca…?
Know where this was shot? Say so in the comments. [Update: We have a winner!] / 2 comments
Seen & Heard: Flash Mob Lights Up BPC
Plus: Timelapse video outside BPC; Shelby Lynne and Marianne Faithfull coming to City Winery; Tribeca Greenmarket report. / 1 comment
Pleased to Meet You
I've resolved to go to one event a week, and I'm not allowed to leave until I meet someone new. My first victim was Jason Perkal, who has an interesting hobby....
In the News: FiDi Biplane
Plus: The name of the Death & Co. spinoff; new CB1 member; no justice for the family of Helene Zucker Seeman; Basketball City update; Clipper City sailboat; Barnes & Noble.
Left rectangle ads redesigned
Robert Ripps book
History of Tribeca Buildings
Not a resident back then but hell yeah I remember 77 White Street, The Mudd Club until early morning and... — Gio / Tribeca in the 1980s
What a loss for the neighborhood! They will be missed! — Jennifer / Boomerang Toys will close at the end of the month
I don't dispute James Bogardus's extensive explanation. When I called cast iron architecture "avant garde," I was referring to the... — Gary / Sneak Peek: 14 White
love FDNY, thank you for the article. — kc / A holiday stroll around the neighborhood’s firehouses
Love this!!! Thank you FDNY! 🙏🏻🎄✨ — Katie Milo / A holiday stroll around the neighborhood’s firehouses
This is the kind of planning that has me very apprehensive about his time as mayor. Let's have a big... — K / Mamdani inauguration will close off Broadway on New Year’s Day
"Even cast-iron architecture might have been considered avant garde when it first appeared." No. Just no. Cast iron was intentionally... — James Bogardus / Sneak Peek: 14 White