What’s Up This Weekend
There's more to this weekend’s agenda than New Year's Eve (but not much more). A few of the highlights....
Painting the Town Red
SJW sent over sunset photos she shot back in April from her apartment in 200 Chambers. "Sometimes the sunset is so intense the windows in the buildings really look like they’re on fire!" she wrote.
Tribeca by the Night
Are there always strangers in your hallway? Maybe they're travelers, renting the apartment down the hall for a few nights at a time.... A look into what's available in Tribeca on the site VRBO.com shows that nightly rentals are everywhere, even in some fancy buildings.
Seen & Heard: Real Pilates Deal
Plus: A new book club for tweens; Billy Bragg coming to City Winery; TriBattery Pops is looking for members.
December Blizzard: The Morning After
More than 20 inches of photos! Updated with video from around midnight.... / 2 comments
In the News: One World Trade
Plus: Jon Stewart saves the day; Tribecans who eat; Pace's new building; Riedel scion; Otto Penzler; 9/11 museum; Corton; bank robbery arrest; restaurant roundups; author Helen Simonson; "Nutcracker" blues; Seaport may sell a boat.
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
Left rectangle ads redesigned
Robert Ripps book
History of Tribeca Buildings
What better way to flip off Manhattanites that didn't vote for him (i.e. Tribeca and BPC) than throw a party... — Downtown Dad Reborn / Mamdani inauguration will close off Broadway on New Year’s Day
I have so enjoyed shopping at Boomerang and getting to know Karen. To say that this store will be missed... — TribecaMom / Boomerang Toys will close at the end of the month
I lived on Duane St 1973-76 Magical times.... RIchard Serra lived on Washington St. . Gaylyn and Ed Kerns lived... — Devrah Silverstein / Reflecting on Tribeca in the 1970s
Not a resident back then but hell yeah I remember 77 White Street, The Mudd Club until early morning and... — Gio / Tribeca in the 1980s
What a loss for the neighborhood! They will be missed! — Jennifer / Boomerang Toys will close at the end of the month
I don't dispute James Bogardus's extensive explanation. When I called cast iron architecture "avant garde," I was referring to the... — Gary / Sneak Peek: 14 White
love FDNY, thank you for the article. — kc / A holiday stroll around the neighborhood’s firehouses