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
I pass by 100 Gold a couple of time a week. At street level it seems dank and squat, and... — Gary / City moving forward with development of 100 Gold
Lovely and well deserved -- keep up the good work, Adger! — John Willenbecher / Catching up with Adger Cowans on his 90th birthday
My concern is not any one building in isolation—it is the cumulative impact of (100 Gold St, 250 Water St,... — Harry deen / City moving forward with development of 100 Gold
FIDI is ringed along the coastline by terrific green space; has green pockets like Bowling Green, the Elevated Acre, City... — Manhattanmommie / City moving forward with development of 100 Gold
I do wonder about all of the new residences going into FiDi given there is virtually no green space, very... — Heide Fasnacht / City moving forward with development of 100 Gold
Yes housing is needed. But reminder - the narrow 2/3 platform at Fulton Street is already too crowded and a... — stm / City moving forward with development of 100 Gold
Zucker's is still my go to bagel source! — Robert Ripps / Bagel Wars: Ess-a-Bagel coming to Murray Street