Newsletter: Nov. 17
New Kid on the Block: Tribeca Tap House • Clampdown on Zuccotti Park • Nosy Neighbor: 47 Vestry • "Le Cabinet de Curiosités" • Small Business Saturday • Loft Peeping: Amanda Pratt and Anthony Crane • Demi Monde • More
Seen & Heard: Kutsher’s Tribeca
Now taking reservations. Plus: Children's clothing pop-up; 401 Greenwich storefront in play?; Halloween costume donations; no more late-night hoe-ramming.
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.
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History of Tribeca Buildings
Glad to read the clarifying comment by Judy Epstein Gage, and glad to hear David Gage will be staying in... — Marcus / Finlay + Gage has left the neighborhood
I grew up in a neighborhood with basement bagel, bakeries, long, narrow, bagel, ovens, bagelmeister’s, who really knew their craft.... — A. / Bagel Wars: Ess-a-Bagel coming to Murray Street
In our house the cart bagels are what we call "cake bagels", barely 1 step up from Lender's frozen bagels.... — Nicole Vianna / Bagel Wars: Ess-a-Bagel coming to Murray Street
Unfortunately this is true about virtually every public works project in the city. Take a walk around all of the... — Reademan / A progress report on the work in north Battery Park City
This bagel Baedeker doesn't even include the ubiquitous food carts that vend breakfast essentials, including - say it - bagels.... — Gary / Bagel Wars: Ess-a-Bagel coming to Murray Street
Don’t ask me how I have this connection, but I’ve spoken to the construction manager 1:1 before (he didn't know... — Upset BPC Resident / A progress report on the work in north Battery Park City
Thank you for the article about the move of our primary retail and repair business, Finlay and Gage, from Tribeca... — Judy Epstein Gage / Finlay + Gage has left the neighborhood