Can-Do Attitude
The 2010 Canstruction awards ceremony was held Monday night: Twenty-five engineering and architecture firms competed in categories such as "Best Use of Label," "Structural Integrity," and "Best Overall."
New Kid on the Block: Da Mikele
Da Mikele, a new pizzeria-and-more from the folks behind Luzzo's and Ovest, has opened on Church Street. Have a look inside.... / 2 comments
Get the Party Started!
Longtime kids'-party planner Party Poopers has spun off Party Swank, a division for adults' events. Its founders have the best Rolodexes ever: Broadway singers, belly dancers, mentalists, tarot readers, pole dancers, and more. / 10 comments
TCQ&A: “I’ve Always Loved the Chicken From Cornerstone Grill”
Internet entrepreneur and floral designer Connie Connors shows us around her Tribeca—including where she hung out with Andy Warhol, the gag gift she sent her sons at camp, and the part of the neighborhood she'd like to re-engineer.
Seen & Heard: Candy Haul
Plus: "Next Iron Chef" finalists; handmade crafts fair; return of Barocco?; "Asian sexsation" Calamity Chang; balloon light; John Allan's event. Also: Wouldn't it be sweet of Goldman Sachs to save the ice rink? / 2 comments
In the News: 1 World Trade
Let the cladding begin. Plus: Blazing at Stuyvesant; I'm Too Young for This!; BPCA criticisms; book fair.
The Way Tribeca Was
A taste of what you can expect from "Tribeca: A Pictorial History," the new book by the Tribeca Trib's history columnist, Oliver E. Allen. / 1 comment
Newsletter: Nov. 15
New buildings, part 2 • Ice rink canceled this year • Jazz bar in the works • Dining in total darkness • Thanksgiving desserts • "Tiny Furniture" • The short, noble life of Hannah Senesh • Cowgirl Sea-Horse deal • New shop on Franklin • Much more. / 3 comments
In the News: Imagine Swimming
Plus: Park51's Daisy Khan; where Kings of Leon hangs out in Tribeca; Dans le Noir?; a real-estate hunt.
Seen & Heard: Intérieurs Tenant?
Plus: Medical facility to open; pizzeria on Church to soft open; Stuzzicheria chef cooks old-school Italian; Harrison entrance at Hudson River Park; Daniel Squadron wants you.
Progress Report: The New Builds, Part 2
Details on six more buildings going up now, with renderings of what they'll look like when completed. / 1 comment
Foto Friday
This week: photos taken on Church, Laight, W. Broadway, Harrison, and Pier 25. One is potentially NSFW, but it's 4:59 p.m. on a Friday, so you should stop working anyway.
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History of Tribeca Buildings
The photograph begs the question: when is that scaffolding coming down? Seems a very very long time that it has... — George Bacon / Starbucks at West Broadway and Chambers will close tomorrow
ITS BACK BETTER THAN EVER! BEST LOCAL PLACE FOR A DRINK AND GOOD FOOD!!! CANT WAIT FOR LUNCH!!! — AA / North Bar is closing for the summer — and will reopen as something new
Since this issue is in play again, I'll opine that the "fluid boundaries between public and private space" is an... — Gary / Giving new meaning to nosy neighbor
I think you would feel differently if your private moments with your children were being surveilled and photographed. People shouldn't... — Fiona / Giving new meaning to nosy neighbor
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