Seen & Heard: Yorganic Open
Plus: Deals at Sea-Horse, Gymboree Play & Music, and Terroir Tribeca; new opening date for Bouley's Boji; a CSA-like program that delivers to your home. / 1 comment
Progress Report: Opening Laterish
We've been through the businesses that seem like they might open fairly soon—now, let's take a look at the second wave. UPDATED 1/12 with info on the restaurant coming to the Chanterelle space. UPDATED 1/15 with details on what's replacing Lotus Salon on Reade. UPDATED 1/19 with a listing about women's activewear retailer Lolë. / 1 comment
Newsletter: Jan. 10
Second impressions of Compose • Emergency Medical Care • 55 Warren/55 Murray • Color Me Mine • A national retailer moving in • 250 West Street • What's up this week • Where in Tribeca...? • Much more
What’s Up This Week
Scrappy soccer, parent scribes, Joyce Carol Oates, and the Tribeca halfway house are just a few of the highlights on this week’s agenda.
Second Impressions: Compose
So I went back to Compose the other night, this time for the 10-course tasting menu. / 7 comments
In the News: Nail Art
Plus: "Selling New York"; Richard Varick; Tribeca dandy; Theater Bar update; William Beaver House price cuts; BLT Bar & Grill.
Seen & Heard: Color Me Mine Reborn
Plus: Rumors of a restaurant's closing; another cupcake shop?; "Little Red Riding Hood"; Mehtaphor's vegetarian menu; Duane Street Hotel. / 1 comment
Photo Safari: The Truth About Cheese
This week: Photos taken on Warren, Chambers, Cortlandt Alley, and in Whole Foods. (I renamed "Foto Friday" because I couldn't bear to keep typing "foto.") / 1 comment
Guess Who’s Moving In…
You know the three-story brick building at Hudson and Thomas, where Paul Kohn Design used to be? A national chain has rented the Hudson-facing part of the ground floor. (I always thought a Banana Republic would be in home there, and I wasn't far off.) / 5 comments
In the News: 250 West Revived?
Plus: Battery Park to be freed of Statue of Liberty security?; water-main construction update; review of Soho Rep's new show; New York City Police Museum exhibit for kids; WTC workers win lottery; Frites 'N' Meats debate.
Where in Tribeca…?
Thanks to Barry Fidnick for sending this one in. Know where it is? Say so in the comments. [Update 1/11: You have officially been stumped.] / 2 comments
First Impressions: Emergency Medical Care
A comment about Emergency Medical Care, the new facility at 200 Chambers, came in last night, making me wonder whether anyone else had been there. If so, what did you think? / 4 comments
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Bravo!! — Queens Girl / Catching up with Adger Cowans on his 90th birthday
Beautiful story and interview. Thank you so much for posting. It’s a privilege Learning about our artistic neighbors. Looking forward... — DSSA / Catching up with Adger Cowans on his 90th birthday
Relative to other parts of the city FiDi has comparatively little green space, let alone trees on the streets. Further,... — Heide Fasnacht / City moving forward with development of 100 Gold
A lot of NIMBYism in these comments. Financial district is basically the birthplace of the skyscraper, has always been crowded,... — Cd / City moving forward with development of 100 Gold
One solution to the lack of common areas and too much traffic: close streets to cars/trucks permanently, and convert them... — Ben / City moving forward with development of 100 Gold
Typo: before 2010 (not 2020) — stm / City moving forward with development of 100 Gold
Before 2020, the area was still mostly office (personally I would not describe as moribund) and actually less traffic. There... — stm / City moving forward with development of 100 Gold