In the News: Hurricane Irene
Plus: Would you pay to join a Whole Foods "wellness club"?; BPC Italian restaurant to reopen; photographer buys $4.57 million penthouse; Tenoverten nail salon. / 4 comments
Progress Report #4: What’s Coming South of Chambers
Including luxury condos, the fastfoodification of lower Church, the Goldman Sachs Dining & Entertainment Complex, Asphalt Green, the BPC ball fields, a nail salon, and more. UPDATE: Now with details on Dr. Michel Cohen's W. Broadway restaurant.
Newsletter: Aug. 25
New Kids on the Block: Sarabeth's Tribeca and Frontrunner Gallery • Progress Report #3 • Chambers murals • Bethenny Frankel • Kool Bloo • Pier 25 restrooms • More
In the News: Au Revoir, Dominque Strauss-Kahn
Plus: Religious leaders irked at being left out of 9/11 ceremony; Five Franklin Place up for foreclosure auction; WTC construction time lapse; UBS staying put; FiDi food truck crackdown; one trashy sandwich.
New Kid on the Block: Sarabeth’s Tribeca
A first look inside the biggest (and most anticipated) restaurant to open around here in a long time: Sarabeth's Tribeca. Plus: The menus. / 14 comments
Seen & Heard: Pier 25 Restrooms
Goodbye porta-potties! Plus: "Unforgettable" TV show; doggie daycare news; Stuzzicheria's sandwich shop; earthquake.
In the News: Chambers Murals
A work of guerrilla art. Plus: More details on Jung Sik and Demi Monde; Tribeca super steals art; BPC Block Party innovations; that shiny new cross has a "bleeding" heart.
New Kid on the Block: Frontrunner Gallery
"It's a place where creative people come together, network, and learn by osmosis," says one of Frontrunner Gallery's four founders, Michael Fasciano. / 1 comment
Seen & Heard: Kool Bloo
Plus: Bethenny Frankel shooting here; David Yurman's "Tribeca" line; Wall Street Humidor.
In the News: Bethenny Frankel
She bought a $5 million apartment. Plus: More on Nicola's pop-up ("blood and zombies"); rock musician lives here; Gutenbrunner on his geese; Dominique Strauss-Kahn. / 1 comment
Progress Report #3: What’s Coming East of Hudson Between Chambers and Franklin
A hotel (or condos), a school expansion, and restaurants and cafés (conveyor-belt sushi, another one from the Tiny's owner, pizza, and a high-profile chef...). / 2 comments
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History of Tribeca Buildings
Shinola had a cafe in the front when it opened, but then the cafe part closed, like, 10 years ago.... — PGCNYC / Seen & Heard: Drip coffee at Shinola
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The best non-bagel shop bagel is Starbucks. I remember Florence when I worked down the block from 51st Street. Loved... — Sherri Rosen / Bagel Wars: Ess-a-Bagel coming to Murray Street
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