Loft Peeping: 2011 Loft Tour Preview No. 3
Have you bought your tickets for the Friends of Duane Park's annual loft tour? Why not? Here's the third of the three previews—it's a lovely three-bedroom in one of the fancy buildings on Washington. / 1 comment
Newsletter: Sept. 29
Sukkah brouhaha • Inside Tribeca Loft Tour preview • Restaurant closing • Reflections (Part 3) • 250 West • 55 Warren • Collect Pond Park • Much more
Seen & Heard: Collect Pond Park
The reno is on. Plus: Girello delivery; local restaurant on "Boardwalk Empire"; Hazelden's Tribeca Twelve facility.
In a Restaurant Rut?
What's new in the Tribeca Citizen Restaurant Guide—including comments you may or may not agree with. / 3 comments
In the News: 250 West Update
Plus: More on the sukkah deal; ticker-tape parade for 9/11 first responders; FiDi bank robbery; new Fulton resto; Soho falafel; forlorn 372 Broadway; Michelin guide; SHO Shaun Hergatt price hike; falling debris; 9/11 memorial gun ban; puppy book. / 11 comments
Restaurant Closing
And a menu overhaul was announced just over two weeks ago.... But there's some good news, too.
In the News: Sukkah Solution
Hallelujah! Plus: Bringing stalled construction sites to life; dissecting a flip at 44 Laight. / 3 comments
Seen & Heard: 55 Warren
Finally on the market. Plus: New café/poetry space?; new Asphalt Green timeline; RHX, still closing.
Loft Peeping: 2011 Loft Tour Preview No. 2
Let's take a look at another of the apartments I got to see on the press preview for the Inside Tribeca Loft Tour—a benefit for Friends of Duane Park and the nosy neighbor's highlight of the year.
In the News: Duane Park Sukkah
Plus: Zuccotti Park protest; Luxury Night Out; BPC ball fields finally reopen; Independence Plaza.
Loft Peeping: 2011 Loft Tour Preview No. 1
At this morning's press preview for the 12th-annual Inside Tribeca Loft Tour—a benefit for Friends of Duane Park, and the premiere event for local lookyloos—I got to check out three apartments. Here's the first....









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