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.
Seen & Heard: Cowgirl Sea-Horse Deal
Plus: Titanic Park; Moomah and Mom Filter party; Mysterious Bookshop Christmas book; guitarist Robert Fripp; Philadelphia cream cheese.
In the News: BPC Ice Rink Kiboshed
Plus: "Tiny Furniture" review; young feminists at 92YTribeca; vacant FiDi building comes to life; new school by the Seaport.
Hannah’s Story
"Fire in My Heart," a new exhibit at the Museum of Jewish Heritage, recounts the life of Hannah Senesh, who was born in Budapest in 1921 and was executed by firing squad 23 years later.
Where in Tribeca…?
Know where this is? (My camera refuses to make it quite as black as it is in real life.) Prove in the comments. Update: We have a winner! / 2 comments
Have a Sweet Holiday
Make this Thanksgiving a little easier—and more delicious—by ordering a dessert from one of our many local bakeries. It doesn't have to be pumpkin pie, either.... But whatever you order, do it soon.
Seen & Heard: City Hall Park
Plus: TenOverTen salon delayed; Steven Alan sample sale details; Tribeca Clayworks open house; discount on kids' theater; winter fruit CSA.
In the News: 5 Beekman
Plus: Are the Olsen twins looking to move here? And: P.S. 234's walkway, a rich widow on a real-estate spree, Fraunces Tavern update, and a visit with the Battery Conservancy.
Making “Tiny Furniture”
The buzzy film "Tiny Furniture" opens tomorrow; its writer-director-star is from Tribeca, and most of it was shot here. I chatted with the producer about the experience.
CB1 Tribeca Committee: The Unofficial Minutes
On the agenda: A jazz bar from guys affiliated with Little Branch and Milk & Honey; dining-in-the-dark restaurant Dans le Noir?; stop signs on Beach Street; permits for Taste of Tribeca and Cercle Rouge’s Bastille Day. / 2 comments
Newsletter: Nov. 11
Gift-shop blowout • Tiny's restaurant • Weather Up Tribeca • Sheraton Tribeca • B East "TRX with Punching Bags" • Yorganic • Unleashed by Petco • Gallery night • P.C. Richard & Son Theater • More
Gallery Gazing
This Saturday from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m., a bunch of Tribeca's galleries are staying open later to encourage folks just like you to take a spin around and check out the art. / 1 comment
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I, for one, and so tired of graffiti. The art deco post office on Canal gets carefully scrubbed clean, only... — Marcus / Tribeca-branded graffiti on West Broadway
Ben If the area was pedestrianized, what would happen with emergency vehicles, Access a Ride, school buses, trash pick-up? The... — Lisa / City moving forward with development of 100 Gold
I'm sorry to hear this news. My condolences to the family. I was a regular until 2007 when we moved... — Kevin Clarke / Jerry Walker, co-owner of Walker’s and The Ear Inn, has died
It's 3:45 and the line for pillows wraps from the park around on Reade and the end is only about... — N / Seen & Heard: 24-hour golf simulators in Hudson Square