Help a Tribecan: Wedding-Photo Backdrops
"I'm getting married at Thalassa in November and wanted to see if you or anyone on your staff could help me come up with photo locations to take my wedding pictures." OK, staff, let's get thinking.... / 6 comments
In the News: World Financial Center
Mass closings. Plus: Compose upheaval; CB1 spurned at 9/11 ceremony; Hudson Square hotel.
Seen & Heard: 83 Franklin
Plus: Shake Shack "C-line"; White & Church; Dis Respectacles; Stuart Elster's drawings; sports bar; ExerBlast deal; Tribeca Furniture Outlet. / 2 comments
First Impressions: American Icon
When I noticed something named American Icon was opening at 360 Broadway, I figured it was another jeans store. But no! / 2 comments
Nosy Neighbor: Why Are the Windows Above Ponte’s Boarded Up?
"When I was walking in the Hudson River Park the other evening, I noticed for the first time that windows above Ponte's are boarded up. What's going on in there?" —Adam / 2 comments
In the News: Milk Street Café
Plus: East River ferry launches; Bill Thompson declares his candidacy; Civil Service Bookshop; picnic purveyor.
Seen & Heard: Maxwell’s
Opening next week. Plus: Josephine's dinner menu; toga party; Crewcuts; Nixtamalito Taqueria report.
Loft Peeping: Yoon Kim
If at first you don't succeed, redecorate! Tribeca investor Yoon Kim traded '70s Pop for stripped-down "retro-futuristic bachelor pad," with a hanging bed swathed in mink. It's all from the July issue of Architectural Digest. / 1 comment
Newsletter: June 13
New Kid on the Block: ExerBlast • Loft Peeping: Nedim Soylemez • American Flatbread • Tribeca Taproom • Municipal Building kiosks • What's up this week • More
What’s Up This Week
Battling cartoonists, a CD sale, Alan Rudolph, and Cary Grant's daughter are just a few of the highlights on this week’s agenda.
In the News: White & Church’s Cocktail Menu
Featuring cheese, fish, and bugs. Plus: Freud Bar, possibly coming to the Smyth; special Shake Shack grill for Goldman Sachs?; City Hall fuel cell; attempts to preserve 105-107 Washington; and the area around Canal Street (supposedly called "Venice").
Your Weekly Real Estate Sales Report
Five sales were reported in the past week; three were over $4.5 million.









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