Newsletter: Mar. 14
Spa Week deals • Tribeca Film Festival • New exercise studio • Apt4 pop-up dinner party • CB1 Tribeca Committee unofficial minutes • Doomed trees • Don Hill's • Much more
What’s Up This Week
"American Psycho," Ella Fitzgerald, Ted Danson, Mrs. Cupcake, and a "Rabbi crush" are some of the highlights on this week’s agenda.
Spa Week Deals
Spa Week is a promotional clusterfudge—there's a big list of sponsors—but all that matters is what's in it for you. From Apr. 11–17, participating spas are offering certain treatments for $50. / 4 comments
Where in Tribeca…?
Know where this was shot? Say so in the comments. Update: We have a winner! / 4 comments
Don Hill’s Is [Not] Out
Or at least that's what I hear. UPDATE: Don Hill's says the rumor is "definitely false." / 2 comments
In the News: Doomed Trees
Plus: Battery Park City ground rent agreement; mock disaster drill; Paul Liebrandt documentary; Italian-Americans are upset.
Seen & Heard: New Exercise Studio
Plus: Algonquin Seaport Theater's community event; benefits for New Amsterdam Market; CB1 hearing on the mayor's budget; cherry blossom festival; prenatal Pilates; World Trade Center progress.
Where in Tribeca…?
Know where this photo was shot? Say so in the comments. Update: We have a winner! / 3 comments
Seen & Heard: Signs Old and New
Plus: Chuck Klosterman and Douglas Coupland; poet Billy Collins; deals on ice cream, dance classes, and teeth whitening; Edward "Burnsie" Burns.
In the News: Disco Manhole Busted
Plus: The young woman who died at 101 Warren; Karim Rashid designing Tribeca shop; BPC security getting nicer?; Carmine's closeout; review of DCTV show; stalking Jane Krakowski; Tribeca loft porn; comparing two loft sales; the Tribeca® hairstyle; muddy park ticking people off.
CB1 Tribeca Committee: The Unofficial Minutes
Applications for liquor licenses and—bring on the warm weather!—sidewalk seating. / 3 comments
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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