Newsletter: Aug. 10
TCQ&A: Writer Glenn Plaskin • Tribeca Parenting • New York miscellany • Puffy's Tavern • HBO pilot • Calendar • Capsouto Park • More
In the News: So Mehta
Graffiti gets a new name. Plus: Con Ed won't block Park51; pop-up park in FiDi; Millennium High School overcrowding; Drawing Center bails on downtown; Trump Soho bar.
New Kid on the Block: Tribeca Parenting
When Realbirth closed, Tribeca Pediatrics' Dr. Michel Cohen saw an opportunity, hiring as many as 12 of Realbirth's teachers to cover the same sort of topics—preparation for childbirth, baby-care basics, breastfeeding—that Realbirth did. / 2 comments
Seen & Heard: Susan Sarandon
...might soon be hanging around the Balloon Saloon? Plus: Deals on Zaitzeff, Khushi, Whole Foods gelato, and merch at Kula Yoga Project; an uplifting photo exhibit; and Theater Bar update.
New York Miscellany
Here's a bunch of interesting stuff I've come across online that's more about New York City than it is about Tribeca per se.
Seen & Heard: Is Puffy’s Moving?
Hope not! Plus: Chanterelle space having work done; Tribeca Meet & Greet at Dash Gallery; "Mad Men" party; Chambers Street work to begin tomorrow; and how to help underprivileged kids get ready for school. / 2 comments
In the News: Graffiti Restaurant
...is coming to Duane. Plus: Another objection to Park51; Ninja gets ripped; Ward III summer cocktail; this week's Geekdown; death of a bikini bar.
Foto Friday
This week: photos taken on West Broadway, 3rd Place, Broadway, and Church. / 1 comment
The TCQ&A: “It’s Like Living on a Houseboat”
Writer Glenn Plaskin—whose new book, "Katie Up and Down the Hall" comes out next month—shows us around his Tribeca and Battery Park City, including which restaurant almost set him on fire and where he takes out-of-towners for even better water views.
In the News: Capsouto Park
Plus: Is Il Matto in trouble?; Terroir's Riesling obsession; Hudson River Park Trust's fundraising move; Tribeca's tennis courts, and a chance to win tickets to a Blonde Redhead show. / 3 comments
Newsletter: Aug. 6
Pie fight on White Street • Bouley's Tribeca: a recap • Calendar • The chocolate sausage • Egon Schiele's "Portrait of Wally" • Where in Tribeca? • And more
Where in Tribeca…?
Know where this was shot? Answer in the comments. The winner can have my dog. (Not really.) [Updated with the answer] / 3 comments
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History of Tribeca Buildings
Zucker's is still my go to bagel source! — Robert Ripps / Bagel Wars: Ess-a-Bagel coming to Murray Street
Shinola had a cafe in the front when it opened, but then the cafe part closed, like, 10 years ago.... — PGCNYC / Seen & Heard: Drip coffee at Shinola
Similar background, the same thought. Saddens me a bit. I haven't tried the Utopia Bagels shop on 34th, which may... — Mulciber / Bagel Wars: Ess-a-Bagel coming to Murray Street
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