In the News: Staircase Details Unanswered
Plus: Big pop-up shop in Hudson Square; Blossom Gelernter, P.S. 234's first principal, has passed away; Floyd Cardoz on North End Grill; the World Trade Center submarket; Fatty Snack kiosks.
Seen & Heard: VIP Movie Screening
Plus: Grilled cheese; firehouse rally; kids' concert (with beer); new vendors at New Amsterdam Market; cell-phone security; mailbox update.
Photo Safari: First to Slaughter
This week: a big protest, peacockery, memories of redrum, a press ban, and a step up from chicken bones. The photos were taken on Broadway, Church, Washington, and Franklin.
Where in Tribeca…?
Know where this was shot? Say so in the comments. [Update: We have a winner!] / 2 comments
Seen & Heard: Wooly’s Ice
Plus: Snack-a-Meal; Columbine serving dinner, sort of; Oscar Wilde at the Flea; M1-5's chef on TV; Keren Ann and Preservation Hall Jazz Band at City Winery; the disappearing mailbox. / 1 comment / Sponsored
In the News: WFC Staircase Saved
Plus: 83 Walker new-build will be "inverted"; Issey Miyake sale; actor buys on Warren; Brushstroke wine list; 9/11 museum price; kindergarten outrage; ice cream sandwiches.
Nosy Neighbor: Who Are the Guys in the Geeky Pants?
"Who are the guys walking around every day in the ultra-skinny suits, geeky, suit pants to midcalf?” —@johnmcevoy / 1 comment
Newsletter: June 16
Kutsher's Tribeca • Damon Dash • Wedding-photo backdrops • American Icon • Loft Peeping: bachelor pad • Ponte's windows • WFC mall closings • 9/11 Memorial • Maxwell's • More
Seen & Heard: White & Church
Opening Friday with "cocktails and bites." Plus: Cigar shop closed; Gary Graham sample sale; "Catch Me If You Can" event; a missing portrait.
In the News: 9/11 Memorial “Community Evenings”
The first Sunday of the month. Plus: Reality-TV restaurant closed after one month; Whole Foods cashier says she was fired for being pregnant; City Hall bike path outrage; Pier 15; New York by Gehry; Fulton Street Transit Center pix; Rector Square. / 2 comments
More on Kutsher’s Tribeca
A prominent investor reveals his involvement and dishes on how the "modern Jewish bistro" came to be, who else is investing, why they chose Tribeca, why Kutsher's Tribeca won't be strictly Kosher, and more. / 6 comments
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Zucker's is still my go to bagel source! — Robert Ripps / Bagel Wars: Ess-a-Bagel coming to Murray Street
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
Similar background, the same thought. Saddens me a bit. I haven't tried the Utopia Bagels shop on 34th, which may... — Mulciber / Bagel Wars: Ess-a-Bagel coming to Murray Street
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