Seen & Heard: Composting
Plus: Another restaurant is shut down by the health department; Terroir nixes brunch; Marc Cohn, Natalie Cole, and the Blind Boys of Alabama coming to the neighborhood; Il Matto discount; StreetEasy's response re: 50 Franklin. UPDATE 3/29: A map of Tribeca East.
What’s Up This Week?
Car-crash fetishists, Sheryl Crow, kite-making workshops, and nibblybits are some of the highlights on this week’s agenda.
Inside Damon Dash’s Vintage Shop
I'm guessing that many Tribecans are fascinated by what goes on inside Damon Dash's headquarters at 172 Duane. Now there's a vintage shop, Local 172 Trading Post. I stopped by this afternoon—the opening party is today—to check it out.
In the News: Ice Rink
...or no ice rink? Plus: Tracy Anderson; robots; population boom; young naked photographer; a sculpture; Leelee Sobieski. / 5 comments
Seen & Heard: Party at Da Mikele!
Plus: Spa deals; what Damon Dash will be selling at his Local 172 Trading Post; great lineup at City Winery for Japan relief.
Photo Safari: Who Turned Out the Lights?
This week: Photos taken on Dover, Church, Broadway, Front, W. Broadway, and Varick. / 1 comment
Everyone Wants Safer Streets, Right?
A new initiative to get deliverypeople to ride their bikes safely is kicking off here in Tribeca. I spoke with the founder, Nancy Gruskin, whose husband was fatally injured in an accident with a cyclist riding the wrong direction. / 7 comments
Where in Tribeca…?
Know where this was shot? Say so in the comments. Update: We have a winner! / 13 comments
Seen & Heard: 50 Franklin
Where is it, exactly? Plus: Deals on bikini wax and a burger (now I know what I'm doing this weekend); Pen Parentis news.
In the News: Potbelly
Plus: Pier A agita; Fulton Street Transit Center on schedule; lobster cart menu and opening date; Battery Park's turkey-shaped farm; e.e. cummings's desk. / 1 comment
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History of Tribeca Buildings
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
Unfortunately this is true about virtually every public works project in the city. Take a walk around all of the... — Reademan / A progress report on the work in north Battery Park City
This bagel Baedeker doesn't even include the ubiquitous food carts that vend breakfast essentials, including - say it - bagels.... — Gary / Bagel Wars: Ess-a-Bagel coming to Murray Street
Don’t ask me how I have this connection, but I’ve spoken to the construction manager 1:1 before (he didn't know... — Upset BPC Resident / A progress report on the work in north Battery Park City
Thank you for the article about the move of our primary retail and repair business, Finlay and Gage, from Tribeca... — Judy Epstein Gage / Finlay + Gage has left the neighborhood
True North Tribeca! https://www.instagram.com/truenorthtribeca — James Bogardus / North Bar is closing for the summer — and will reopen as something new