Newsletter: Mar. 21
R 20th Century's retrospective • Condo unstalled • Church not coming to Franklin • Liberty rentals? • Seaport plans • Columbine's move • Field trip: MOFA • What's up this week • 12 Tweets of Tribeca • More
What’s Up This Week
Dream sequences, Dan Savage, Paula Cole, Gen X heroes, and botany are some of the highlights on this week’s agenda.
Seen & Heard: Don Hill’s
It lives! Plus: Pan-Asian in Greenwich South; Soho Rep discount; affordable-housing survey; Kanlo teahouse. / 2 comments
In the News: Seaport Plans
Plus: Bethenny Frankel appears to steal a cab; apartment with private pool drops price; Michael White rumor; arrest in gay beating; MommyPoppins.
R Is for Retrospective
R 20th Century is celebrating 10 years in Tribeca with an exhibit of the owners' favorite pieces. It's gorgeous stuff.
Photo Safari: It’s Raining Plastic
This week: Photos taken on W. Broadway, Duane, Desbrosses (I think), and in Finn Square.
Sad Tidings
Glad Tidings Tabernacle, the church that had been planning on moving to Franklin St., may not be staying in Tribeca after all.
Condo Unstalled?
The evidence, such as it is, points to the old Janovic building being revived. / 4 comments
Seen & Heard: Beach Volleyball
Plus: Rickie Lee Jones; raw restaurant rumor; Columbine's new set-up; Mom's Night Out at Moomah; Finn Square 9/11 sculpture; Peace & Love expansion.
Where in Tribeca…?
Know where this was shot? Say so in the comments. Update: We have a winner! / 5 comments
12 Tweets of Tribeca
Welcome to Tweebeca, where everyone looks the same—well, except the dominatrix doing an outcall. / 2 comments
In the News: Liberty Rentals?
Plus: Taking the temp of the Tribeca real-estate market; Clinton Foundation moving to FiDi; vegan dinner; halfway house; Fulton Transit Center's glass bricks; LMCCC anger; BPCA auditor.
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History of Tribeca Buildings
Our apartment was inside the "frozen zone" and when we were finally able to return to it in mid-October, I... — Makes You Go Hmmmm.... / A documentary honors the work of the Sanitation Department after 9/11
Or make it a mall of counterfeiters, like a Needle Park or, better yet, the modern-day Essex Market of counterfeiting.... — James Bogardus / Tribeca-branded graffiti on West Broadway
The Starbucks on Chambers and W. Broadway is definitely popular and it's situated in a dream spot considering the subway... — Jslv / Starbucks at West Broadway and Chambers will close tomorrow
Given the illegal activities surrounding the building, maybe a museum celebrating the counterfeiting industry would be an appropriate use of... — Reademan / Tribeca-branded graffiti on West Broadway
Good ideas and good luck trying to get some institution aware of the building and its possibilities -- — John Willenbecher / Tribeca-branded graffiti on West Broadway
Maybe it's worth pointing out the existence and availability of this building to the powers that be at some museums.... — Marcus / Tribeca-branded graffiti on West Broadway
Good idea, Marcus. I always thought New York could use a Museum of Architecture (well there is the Skyscraper Museum... — George Bacon / Tribeca-branded graffiti on West Broadway