Newsletter: Feb. 28
New restaurant on Duane • Johnny Rockets • Defacing Tribeca • Design Within Reach tenant • SHO Shaun Hergatt • Borders closeout • What's up this week • More
What’s Up This Week
Krappy Kameras, a wise spider, Michelle Obama, mellow Montauk, and Grace Jones are just a few of the highlights on this week’s agenda.
On the Agendas
Looking for clues in the CB1 committee agendas for March: Is that a bar or restaurant coming to Duane? Where is Johnny Rockets going to be? / 1 comment
Seen & Heard: Anne Compoccia
The longtime Lower Manhattan advocate passed away. Plus: More art on Hudson; Christina Lehr opening update; Farinella Italian Bakery.
Defacing Tribeca, Part 2
A photo essay of the street-art faces I’ve spotted around the neighborhood during the past few months.
In the News: SHO Shaun Hergatt Deal
Plus: Lela Rose's kitchen; city forced to rent at WTC; big WFC lease; Washington Street foreclosure; possible new 7WTC tenant; Corton chef gets cute.
Seen & Heard: Borders Liquidation
Plus: Jumbo pasta; Project No. 8's post-pop-up plans; cute T-shirt; Il Matto discount; Taste of Tribeca tickets. / 2 comments
In the News: WTC Transit Center
Plus: Kiosk possibilities; downtown population explosion; Seaport drama; Fulton Stall Market hours; FiDi office conversion; Art in General review; Vesey crosswalks;
Where in Tribeca…?
Know where this was shot? Say so in the comments. Update: Smithers wins again! / 2 comments
Newsletter: Feb. 25
Hideaway fire • Amish Market bankruptcy • Finn Square sculpture • Private supper club party • New painting on Hudson • Jury duty restaurants • Much more
In the News: Amish Market in Chapter 11
Plus: WTC congestion; new BPC pizzeria; Borders as school?; half-marathon; Google do-gooder; Carmelo Anthony looking in Tribeca?; the homeless on Twitter; Compose; New York by Gehry. Also: Reopen Park Row! / 1 comment
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Truly sad. Got our son's first "Tribeca Cool Kids" clothes there 15 years ago (on sale!) and they couldn't have... — Downtown Dad Again / Koh’s Kids on Greenwich has closed
The graffiti in question looks very similar to the same outside of Target (on the never-ending construction barriers) which questioned... — Downtown Dad Again / Tribeca-branded graffiti on West Broadway
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
I was shocked when I was walking around Tribeca. I've been living away, so coming back now and seeing so... — Van / Starbucks at West Broadway and Chambers will close tomorrow
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