2009 Buy-Local Holiday Gift Guide: Washington, Vestry, Beach
Cool stuff from Number (Nine), John Allan's, Vestry Wines, Schoolhouse Electric, and Floratech....
A Christmas Frost
With titles such as “To a Young Wretch,” “One Step Backward Taken,” “Closed for Good,” and “On Making Certain Anything Has Happened,” the Christmas cards* sent out by Robert Frost from the 1930s to the 1960s aren’t exactly traditional holiday greetings—and that’s their charm (well, that and the marvelous art direction). Poets House’s free exhibit […]
Party-Planning Tips from a “Real Housewife of NYC”
“You can have the best caterer or the coolest venue," says Jennifer Gilbert, founder of Tribeca event-planners Save the Date and an upcoming member of Real Housewives of New York City. "But if people leave starving, then the party will be remembered that way.” / 1 comment
Newsletter: Dec. 2
Spend $300 at certain shop and restaurants and get $50 back • Mirror, mirror • Arts and crafts sale at the Smithsonian's NMAI this weekend
Newsletter: Dec. 1
Great gift suggestions from Warren and Murray • Best Santa laps • Soho Photo opening • Robert Frost's Christmas cards • Stinko for gingko! • And more
2009 Buy-Local Holiday Gift Guide: Murray and Warren
I like purchasing gifts online as much as the next lazy person, but nothing compares to seeing, touching, maybe even smelling the merchandise.
Newsletter: Nov. 30
Battery Park City's ice rink opens (with discounts for BPC residents) • A literary costume party • Punk history at B&N Tribeca • And more
The Nosy Neighbor
There's a flyer taped inside a door window at 275 Church Street that says something called the MELA Foundation's "Dream House" is inside. What's that?
Newsletter: Nov. 29
Ice-skating next to falling glass? • Monday's school-zoning meeting • Fiterman Hall demolished • Romanian Film Festival • Escape from Precinct One • More
Newsletter: Nov. 27
Photos of revamped Cortlandt subway station • Hello, Little Pie Company! • Whirling dervishes • What the Dickens is a burlesque Christmas Carol?
Newsletter: Nov. 25
One Cortlandt R/W platform reopens today • BPC ice-skating rink debuting Friday? • New bakery on Chambers • Squadron on FDR mess • And much more
Earn Your Turkey
While much of the city will be closed on Thursday, it's not a total wasteland. Here are seven suggestions that won't take you too far from home.
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History of Tribeca Buildings
ditto what Jeff said — madeline c lanciani / Community Board 1 leadership turns over after six years
No other city has a law as dumb as Local Law 11 that mandates frequent scaffolding of every building. — Thomas Hagen / City tests out new sidewalk sheds on Chambers & Broadway
Why does it seem no other city in the world (including the aging cities of Europe) have this proliferation of... — Marcus / City tests out new sidewalk sheds on Chambers & Broadway
Is anotheroom still moving forward @ 431 Washington? there doesn't seem to be much progress in the space and I... — SM / Anotheroom aims to open on Washington and Vestry
Hell yeah. — malcolm / City’s first meeting on Independence Plaza tower is Thursday
Elizabeth -- Thanks for clicking through and reading my brief. I'm sure you mean well. But sorry, not every opinion... — Komanoff / City’s first meeting on Independence Plaza tower is Thursday
Gimme a break Both sell different foods except for beverages Different customers Different tastes To each his own — MH / Nosy Neighbor: Why is there another food truck in Bogardus Plaza?