First Impressions: Silver Lining
A jazz bar with no cover, no minimum, excellent music, sophisticated cocktails, and room to breathe? Heaven.... I'm in heaven.... / 3 comments
Newsletter: Aug. 4
New Kid on the Block: Maxwell's • Valentine No. 10 • Damon Dash • New restaurants (and closed ones) • 200 Chambers retail news • New subway entrance • More
Seen & Heard: Quality Burger
Plus: Tribeca Greenmarket report; 9/11 exhibit at the Museum of Jewish Heritage; Manhattan Children's Theatre.
In the News: Cortlandt Subway Station Update
Plus: Deli closed; building raises rents for silly amenity; CB1's affordable housing task force releases a report. / 3 comments
In the News: Frozen Treats
Plus: Wooly's Ice has left the area on weekdays; more on the new subway entrance; "roving bands" of adult soccer players forcing new rules at a certain star-crossed park; an update on funding at Park51. / 3 comments
Isn’t There Somewhere New We Can Go for Dinner?
As a matter of fact, there are new restaurants around here—and a couple that have closed. Get the full scoop in this update about the Tribeca Citizen Restaurant Guide. / 4 comments
Seen & Heard: Mehtaphor Delivery
Plus: Silhouette artist; making changes to 9/11 Memorial reservations; more pix of the new subway entrance; a Greenmarket surprise; notary public; those Verizon carts. / 1 comment
New Kid on the Block: Maxwell’s
"We like P.J. Clarke's, J.G. Melon, those kind of bars," says Alex Tortolani, co-owner of Maxwell's, which has just opened on Reade Street. Plus: a bocce court? / 4 comments
Special Newsletter: Sales, Deals & More
Because everybody loves a bargain: This special newsletter is devoted to sales and deals. / Sponsored
In the News: Damon Dash’s Foreclosure
Plus: Bloomberg defends atheists; naked people in FiDi on purpose; martial arts; Battery Park City Block Party leadership vacuum; 200 Chambers penthouse.











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Chris Marte told us during his reelection campaign that the development is not moving forward now and that is pushing... — B / Tower plans have begun for Independence Plaza
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this isn't safe for the tenants or the businesses on the block. Vernado lies about affordable housing and doesn't care... — NY Native / Tower plans have begun for Independence Plaza
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I had the same thought/concern regarding the influx of Italian eateries into the neighborhood. It would be nice if there... — Paul / New plans afoot for the Sarabeth’s corner