Asphalt Green BPC: The Rates
The membership office opened today, so you know I was there. The facility is opening Nov. 1, touch wood. Want to know the rates?
Progress Report #2: What’s Coming East of Hudson and North of Franklin
Damn, there's a lot going on! This installment has info on new restaurants coming to Laight, W. Broadway, Church, and Varick, as well as a couple shops, a prominent new condo building, and a bathhouse. UPDATE: More on the BOFFO Building Design pop-up. / 3 comments
Newsletter: Aug. 18
Progress Report #1 • St. Peter's new cross • State of the site • Nosy Neighbor: Compose's pastry chef • Entrepreneur indicted • Weill Cornell • 40 Worth tenant • More
Seen & Heard: Stuart Smith Tribute
Plus: The Eddie's Pizza Truck cart; Best Made mugs; Macao Trading Co. is looking for models; Tribeca Greenmarket report; Atera. / 1 comment
In the News: Nordstrom’s Soho Store
Plus: François Payard Bakery opening date; a bad meal at Ninja; Dominique Strauss-Kahn; Ground Zero steel used in monuments all over.
State of the Site
It's been a long time since I last reported on what's going on behind the scenes. Plus: Please consider making a donation or the dog never gets another treat. / 5 comments
40 Worth Tenant
You know that huge space at the southeast corner of W. Broadway and Worth, where the city used to have social-services offices? It's been rented.... / 4 comments
Seen & Heard: Weill Cornell Office
Plus: Bank branch closing; Prime Essentials rewards program; hot fudge sauce. / 1 comment
Nosy Neighbor: Where Is Compose’s Pastry Chef Cooking Now?
"Oh, no! Compose closed! (I'm sure you knew that.) That pastry chef was amazing. Do you know where he's cooking now?" —Jeremy / 2 comments
In the News: Tribeca Entrepreneur Indicted
Plus: Where dark-dining restaurant Dans le Noir? ended up; West Thames tire swing is back; Hudson Square crossing guards; Fashion's Night Out. / 2 comments
A Cross to Bear
St. Peter's Catholic Church has replaced the WTC "cross" with one that's, um, uh, well.... / 20 comments
Progress Report #1: What’s Coming North of Chambers and West of Hudson
Even if you've closely read every post in the past year, you'll still learn something—such as the fact that yet ANOTHER nail salon is on its way. UPDATE 8/15: The interior designer moving into a Hudson storefront.
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Thank God nobody was hurt! — JT / Parking lift at Warren and West Broadway collapses, injuring attendant
So fortunate that nobody was seriously hurt!!! — Tribeca Local / Parking lift at Warren and West Broadway collapses, injuring attendant
This argument is a bit circular isn’t it? What was “very necessary” about destroying a neighborhood (as is apparent to... — Peter / The distance we’ve come in 25 years
The Battery Park Resiliency Project is a very necessary floodwater management project that has been fully approved. This exact same... — harryh / The distance we’ve come in 25 years
https://tribecacitizen.com/2026/06/01/an-renewed-effort-to-save-battery-park-citys-trees/ — Tribeca Citizen / The distance we’ve come in 25 years
Would've had to have been kept quiet. NYPD/other agencies wouldn't be able to identify unrelated drones in a flock of... — JT / Crowd Sourcing: Who saw the Twin Towers drone show on Wednesday night?
I want to add, like Vickery Eckhoff said, the Lutnick photo is pretty telling. Another person uploaded a pretty normal... — M / Crowd Sourcing: Who saw the Twin Towers drone show on Wednesday night?