Newsletter: Jan. 10
Second impressions of Compose • Emergency Medical Care • 55 Warren/55 Murray • Color Me Mine • A national retailer moving in • 250 West Street • What's up this week • Where in Tribeca...? • Much more
What’s Up This Week
Scrappy soccer, parent scribes, Joyce Carol Oates, and the Tribeca halfway house are just a few of the highlights on this week’s agenda.
Second Impressions: Compose
So I went back to Compose the other night, this time for the 10-course tasting menu. / 7 comments
In the News: Nail Art
Plus: "Selling New York"; Richard Varick; Tribeca dandy; Theater Bar update; William Beaver House price cuts; BLT Bar & Grill.
Seen & Heard: Color Me Mine Reborn
Plus: Rumors of a restaurant's closing; another cupcake shop?; "Little Red Riding Hood"; Mehtaphor's vegetarian menu; Duane Street Hotel. / 1 comment
Photo Safari: The Truth About Cheese
This week: Photos taken on Warren, Chambers, Cortlandt Alley, and in Whole Foods. (I renamed "Foto Friday" because I couldn't bear to keep typing "foto.") / 1 comment
Guess Who’s Moving In…
You know the three-story brick building at Hudson and Thomas, where Paul Kohn Design used to be? A national chain has rented the Hudson-facing part of the ground floor. (I always thought a Banana Republic would be in home there, and I wasn't far off.) / 5 comments
In the News: 250 West Revived?
Plus: Battery Park to be freed of Statue of Liberty security?; water-main construction update; review of Soho Rep's new show; New York City Police Museum exhibit for kids; WTC workers win lottery; Frites 'N' Meats debate.
Where in Tribeca…?
Thanks to Barry Fidnick for sending this one in. Know where it is? Say so in the comments. [Update 1/11: You have officially been stumped.] / 2 comments
First Impressions: Emergency Medical Care
A comment about Emergency Medical Care, the new facility at 200 Chambers, came in last night, making me wonder whether anyone else had been there. If so, what did you think? / 4 comments
Seen & Heard: ROC Discount
Plus: Deals on Music for Aardvarks and swimming; free wine; Liberty Church launching weekly service; Tribeca Meet & Greet; new Holocaust website for students; Tribeca in Portugal.
In the News: Tribeca Grill
Plus: Downtown school drama; Angler's Club of New York; Andy Warhol battle; solving Canal Street; 75 Wall sales report; Fraunces Tavern; Robert Moses, the Musical.
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History of Tribeca Buildings
Love Madeline spilling the tea!! Will carry forward fond memories of stopping in most saturdays for my daughter to make... — MFS / Duane Park Patisserie will close on June 14
https://nypost.com/2026/06/04/us-news/mamdani-guru-wanted-to-use-images-of-his-penis-in-creepy-puberty-guide-for-10-year-olds/ — James Bogardus / TCQ&A: Morris Katz
"A project like this would never happen on Sutton Place" Really?!? "The first residential tower designed by Thomas Juul-Hansen, Sutton... — James Bogardus / Tower address will be 308 Greenwich
i want to call out Austin Johnson, former chef of One White St who wanted my space and was the... — madeline c lanciani / Duane Park Patisserie will close on June 14
Thank you to each and everyone for for your support all these years. please come by in the next week... — Madeline Lanciani / Duane Park Patisserie will close on June 14
Can you imagine somebody building a tower, 2 blocks away from the tallest building in america. I mean seriously, will... — Richard / Tower address will be 308 Greenwich
There is a Go Fund me that was set up on FaceBook. Here is the link: https://gofund.me/e60d8dbcb Madeline, we will... — JS Miller / Duane Park Patisserie will close on June 14