Newsletter: Dec. 23
Flashback to 1986 • New Kid on the Block: Featherstone Design • Reflections on the city • Canal Street: buyers beware? • Twelve Tweets of Tribeca • More
In the News: 9/11 Health Bill
Plus: Marc Forgione; New York Downtown Hospital; 70 Broad sells; Jewish Community Project to expand.
Reflections on the City (Part 2)
There's something about light bouncing off one building and onto another that gets me every time. I just wish they moved, like reflections off water....
Seen & Heard: 57 Reade
Plus: Deal on Kids Empowerment Academy; sale at Torly Kid; call for submissions at cell-phone-photo show; Do Yoga Do Pilates.
In the News: Asphalt Green
Plus: Doorman gifts; Compose opinions; movie theater lease; coffee geeks; landmark mobile app; SouthWest chef a TV winner; mobile post office; inside a 7 Worth sale; Chinatown BID; bank robber. UPDATE: Ski retailer coming to Tribeca.
Twelve Tweets of Tribeca
Pros: Sexy French men, DILFs, eight-foot Christmas trees. Cons: stuck-up soccer moms, Billy Joel, Tribeca wind. Welcome back to Tweebeca! / 1 comment
Canal Street: Buyers Beware?
Should the NYPD try to cut off demand for counterfeit goods—like the ones being hawked relentlessly on Canal Street—by arresting the stereotypical "four women from Kansas" for a few hours? / 6 comments
In the News: Park51 Not Moving
Plus: Inside Alycea Ungaro's fridge; self-service beer taps; Compose.
Flashback to 1986
La Lumia's Jackie Sencion loaned me a 1986 map of lower Manhattan that's annotated with ads for local businesses. It's hamazing!
New Kid on the Block: Featherstone Design
The old Number (N)ine space on Washington is now home to jewelry company Featherstone Design. "I love it here!" says founder Deirdre Featherstone, who plans on hosting monthly open-studio days. / 1 comment
Newsletter: Dec. 20
First impressions: Tenoverten nail salon • TCQ&A: Marla Mase • Halfway house on W. Broadway • Baking by Tribeca Treats' book • What's up this week • SouthWest NY redeems itself • Five Franklin Place • Seaport redo • More
Seen & Heard: 77 Reade Unsheathed
Plus: Sweet Lily deal; a battle with an evil necromancer; a wine conundrum; moonshine.
Left rectangle ads redesigned
Robert Ripps book
History of Tribeca Buildings
Red tailed hawk. — James Bogardus / Seen & Heard: An all-time record at Bubby’s?
Some sources on the link between counterfeiting and terrorism: "Documents from Al-Qaeda propaganda have referenced counterfeiting as a means to... — Marcus / Counterfeit sales on Broadway are worse than ever
"these sales fund terrorism" lol — J Frank P / Counterfeit sales on Broadway are worse than ever
Nicki is at the heart of all things Tribeca. Her smile and her generosity, both with her time and with... — Hanne / Nicki Francis will wrap up Khushi Spa Products — for now
Thank you so much for including this very moving and heart-warming story about one of the incredibly dedicated Hudson River... — Connie Fishman / A life is saved after quick thinking in Hudson River Park
Please take the Canal Street Redesign Survey: https://sohobroadway.org/take-the-canal-st-survey/ Please insist in the comments that first priority should be to clear... — Marcus / Counterfeit sales on Broadway are worse than ever
So being in the country illegally gives them a pass to engage in criminal activity? — Marcus / Counterfeit sales on Broadway are worse than ever