Seen & Heard: Burlesque Queen
Plus: Whole Foods' new kids' play area; Chambers construction update; anyone know a good shoe repair place? [Updated with information on the funeral for Ralph Cummings.]
What’s Up This Week
Keanu Reeves, quiet desperation, Robert Wilson, Crash Test Dummies, and a couturier's couturier are just a few of the highlights on this week’s agenda.
What’s the Name of That Restaurant?
You know, the one that just opened? With the industrial-inspired decor? Don't just sit there and wonder, use the Tribeca Citizen Restaurant Guide! It's finally done. By the way, can you guess which one charged me $38 for a lunchtime pasta special (with no warning it'd cost that much)? / 2 comments
Sidewalk Things
Not sure what else to say about this other than I've been obsessing about some of the random "sidewalk things" (as I think of them) around the neighborhood. / 2 comments
Photo Safari: Shred Hotline
This week's photos were taken on Reade, Greenwich, W. Broadway, Barclay, Vesey, Duane, and West Street.
In the News: Obama’s Visit
Plus: Needle-swallowing bartender; Don Hill's may be revived; BPC buildings to burn more cleanly.
Where in Tribeca…?
Know where this was shot? Say so in the comments. [Update: Damn, Smithers is good.] / 3 comments
Seen & Heard: Another Accident
...at Greenwich and Reade. Plus: Finn Square sculpture debuts; Cinco de Mayo restaurant Epifaneo; wine discount; Juliana Hatfield and Fountains of Wayne among the acts coming to City Winery. / 2 comments
In the News: 9/11 Memorial Names
Plus: Time to stop calling it "Ground Zero"; $64 million lawsuit over mold; farm pests; delays at West Thames Park; CB1 feels left out. / 1 comment
From Fujian to Tribeca
Kevin Red of Café Jr Sushi Restaurant talks about how life here is different than in China, where he grew up. It’s the fourth Q&A in Anojja Shah’s “I → NY” series.
Newsletter: May 4
TCQ&A: Torly Kid's Carol Adams • 87 Chambers going condo? • NYPD stables being moved? • Bin Laden glee • Taste of Tribeca preview • 12 Tweets of Tribeca • Corton's Paul Liebrandt • More
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Lovely and well deserved -- keep up the good work, Adger! — John Willenbecher / Catching up with Adger Cowans on his 90th birthday
FIDI is ringed along the coastline by terrific green space; has green pockets like Bowling Green, the Elevated Acre, City... — Manhattanmommie / City moving forward with development of 100 Gold
I do wonder about all of the new residences going into FiDi given there is virtually no green space, very... — Heide Fasnacht / City moving forward with development of 100 Gold
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