In the News: Fancy FiDi Cocktail Bar
Plus: Soursop tea; LMDC phase-out; an "almost perfect" loft; Compose runs a special; kindergarten waitlist.
Seasonal Whispers Gets a Facelift
"Once we built the Soho store, we couldn’t leave this one looking like a flea market," says co-owner Yafit Goldfarb. / 2 comments
Newsletter: Mar. 7
What's new in Battery Park (a lot, actually!) • An update on Greenwich South • 12 Tweets of Tribeca • WFC restaurants • Stuyvesant stupidity • What's up this week • Tiny's • More
What’s Up This Week
Puppets, write-your-own obits, a Cuban chanteuse, and Joyce Carol Oates are just a few of the highlights on this week’s agenda.
Seen & Heard: Pizza Joint Closing?
Plus: Salaam Bombay deal; upcoming shopping mixer; cool art via Let There Be Neon; wine dinner; yarn art. / 2 comments
In the News: New Ferries
Plus: Tom Duane on why we need a bus garage; Trinity wooing Pearson to Hudson Square; Save the Staircase; House of Relief hospital; Skylofts on sale; Taco Tuesday; real estate marketing; Michael Stipe.
Seen & Heard: Strawberry Closing
Plus: Deal at Cowgirl Sea-Horse (again); Project No. 8's online sample sale; dates for the Tribeca Film Festival's free movies at the World Financial Center plaza; clay imprints of baby hands.
Photo Safari: Brooklyn Burns
This week: photos taken on Church, Broadway, River Terrace, Greenwich, Franklin Place (or maybe it was Cortlandt Alley?), and Beekman.
In the News: Tiny’s
Plus: Update on racist Stuyvesant students; 1 Rector Park; free beer; gay conference; too many events in BPC?; guide to pre-K registration.
Where in Tribeca…?
Know where this was shot? Say so in the comments. (Update: We have a winner!) / 3 comments
What’s New in Battery Park
The funky stuff sprouting at Battery Park includes the pinwheel-shaped Dutch Pavilion (opening in two months), a cool relief map of 1660 New Amsterdam, and a sexy bench. Too bad two trees had to be cut down, though, to make room for the carousel. / 4 comments
Seen & Heard: WFC Restaurants
Updates on Caravelli's Pizzeria and Ed's Lobster Bar cart. Plus: Deals for spa treatments, margaritas, and Tex-Mex food; two enthusiasms (one a lunch spot and the other a cookie).
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Sounds promising. How much power does such a BID have? Could it actually do something to clear out the illicit... — Marcus / New group to explore the potential of a Tribeca Business Improvement District
I’m officially a senior citizen and I have to tell you if me and my buddies from the Bronx had... — John Gallagher / Carjacking on North Moore has a happy ending…
Blame those in charge, including our mayor. Mamdani pledged support for NYC street vendors. Now they’re facing a crackdown. https://gothamist.com/news/mamdani-pledged-support-for-nyc-street-vendors-now-theyre-facing-a-crackdown... — Marcus / In the News: More on the counterfeit vendors of Canal Street
UN report on counterfeiting and organized crime: https://www.unodc.org/toc/en/crimes/counterfeit-goods.html — Marcus / In the News: More on the counterfeit vendors of Canal Street
Society has lost its mind letting people walk around outdoors with masks on as if it's not obviously insanely suspicious.... — person / Carjacking on North Moore has a happy ending…
I'm okay with extra reinforcing, recalling what happened at Pfizer's residential conversion on 42nd Street. Demolition could have been dusty... — Gary / Construction Update: 101 Franklin / 250 Church
I am curious how they came to the decision to rehabilitate the existing structure rather than just tear it down.... — Reademan / Construction Update: 101 Franklin / 250 Church