Seen & Heard: Real Pilates Deal
Plus: A new book club for tweens; Billy Bragg coming to City Winery; TriBattery Pops is looking for members.
December Blizzard: The Morning After
More than 20 inches of photos! Updated with video from around midnight.... / 2 comments
In the News: One World Trade
Plus: Jon Stewart saves the day; Tribecans who eat; Pace's new building; Riedel scion; Otto Penzler; 9/11 museum; Corton; bank robbery arrest; restaurant roundups; author Helen Simonson; "Nutcracker" blues; Seaport may sell a boat.
Newsletter: Dec. 23
Flashback to 1986 • New Kid on the Block: Featherstone Design • Reflections on the city • Canal Street: buyers beware? • Twelve Tweets of Tribeca • More
In the News: 9/11 Health Bill
Plus: Marc Forgione; New York Downtown Hospital; 70 Broad sells; Jewish Community Project to expand.
Reflections on the City (Part 2)
There's something about light bouncing off one building and onto another that gets me every time. I just wish they moved, like reflections off water....
Seen & Heard: 57 Reade
Plus: Deal on Kids Empowerment Academy; sale at Torly Kid; call for submissions at cell-phone-photo show; Do Yoga Do Pilates.
In the News: Asphalt Green
Plus: Doorman gifts; Compose opinions; movie theater lease; coffee geeks; landmark mobile app; SouthWest chef a TV winner; mobile post office; inside a 7 Worth sale; Chinatown BID; bank robber. UPDATE: Ski retailer coming to Tribeca.
Twelve Tweets of Tribeca
Pros: Sexy French men, DILFs, eight-foot Christmas trees. Cons: stuck-up soccer moms, Billy Joel, Tribeca wind. Welcome back to Tweebeca! / 1 comment
Canal Street: Buyers Beware?
Should the NYPD try to cut off demand for counterfeit goods—like the ones being hawked relentlessly on Canal Street—by arresting the stereotypical "four women from Kansas" for a few hours? / 6 comments
In the News: Park51 Not Moving
Plus: Inside Alycea Ungaro's fridge; self-service beer taps; Compose.
Flashback to 1986
La Lumia's Jackie Sencion loaned me a 1986 map of lower Manhattan that's annotated with ads for local businesses. It's hamazing!
Left rectangle ads redesigned
History of Tribeca Buildings
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