Loft Tour Preview #2: Worth Contemporary
The Friends of Duane Park’s annual loft tour is Oct. 17. Here are pix of one of the 10 lofts on this year's tour. (Only 400 tickets are sold, so buy yours now!)
Where in Tribeca…?
No, it's not the Green Lantern's secret hideout. (But why the green? Someday I'll find out...). Write your guesses in the comments. [Update: We have a winner!] / 1 comment
In the News: The Dutch
Andrew Carmellini's new restaurant. Plus: BLT Bar & Grill review; Battery Park City Authority cracks down on nookie; Torahs returned.
Calendar: Sept. 23–Oct. 31
This weekend in greater Tribeca: New York Surf Film Festival; Tribeca Retail Club; The New York City Short Film Festival; free kids capoeira; RH Gallery opens; John Hiatt concert; New Amsterdam and Fulton Stall markets; "Jews and Baseball" doc; more.
Seen & Heard: Name This Bear
Plus: Deals at Bread, Capsouto Frères, Torly Kid, Moomah, and MarieBelle; Jacob Dylan; free kids' capoeira class.
Newsletter: Sept. 23
Preview #1 of the Inside Tribeca Loft Tour • Downtown Dance Factory • TCQ&A: Carla Sullivan • Tango trivia • Inside 34 Leonard • Nostalgia for NYC • Suggestion box: Equinox
TCQ&A: “The Babysitting at Equinox Has Been a Lifesaver!”
Carla Sullivan, who just founded MiniMunchers—a website about kid-friendly restaurants—shows us around her Tribeca and Battery Park City. / 1 comment
In the News: Luxury Night Out
FiDi discounts and perks. Plus: Fashion designer accused of squatting; Alfred Stieglitz show; NearSay profiled; Plein Sud reviewed; LMDC largesse.
Loft Tour Preview #1: Duane Street Maximalism
The Friends of Duane Park's 2010 Inside Tribeca Loft Tour is Oct. 17. Only 400 tickets are sold, so buy yours now! Still need persuading? Here are pix of one of the lofts on this year's tour. / 2 comments
Seen & Heard: Trattoria Cinque Deal
Plus: Thalassa deal; Best Made Japanese hatchet; handbag designer Judith Leiber; new show at Hal Bromm Gallery. / 1 comment
Dancing on Broadway
Downtown Dance Factory has a new space that's as exuberant as a dance studio should be—with bright colors, big black polka dots, and chandeliers made with Barbie dolls. / 6 comments
Inside 34 Leonard
The once-stalled building is now being offered as very nice rentals—and amenities include an outdoor shower. Warning: This may make you hate your apartment.
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History of Tribeca Buildings
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The best non-bagel shop bagel is Starbucks. I remember Florence when I worked down the block from 51st Street. Loved... — Sherri Rosen / Bagel Wars: Ess-a-Bagel coming to Murray Street
Glad to read the clarifying comment by Judy Epstein Gage, and glad to hear David Gage will be staying in... — Marcus / Finlay + Gage has left the neighborhood
I grew up in a neighborhood with basement bagel, bakeries, long, narrow, bagel, ovens, bagelmeister’s, who really knew their craft.... — A. / Bagel Wars: Ess-a-Bagel coming to Murray Street
In our house the cart bagels are what we call "cake bagels", barely 1 step up from Lender's frozen bagels.... — Nicole Vianna / Bagel Wars: Ess-a-Bagel coming to Murray Street