Heard in the ‘Hood: Calling All Stage Parents
Plus: Walker's addition unveiled • Massage sale at Tribeca Spa of Tranquility • Andy Garcia • Beekman Tower loses the crane • Downtown Dance Factory
In the News: Reade Street Sizzles!
Plus: The Department of Education's back-up plan for overcrowding • Tax relief for BPC residents? • Edward Albee shows the WSJ around his 6,000-square-foot Harrison Street loft • P.S. 234 vs. Manhattan Youth • And more / 1 comment
Newsletter: Mar. 12
TCQ&A: Jeff Tabak • CB1 Tribeca Unofficial Minutes • Where in Tribeca...? • Cool party tonight • Taste of Tribeca tix on sale • TFF 2010 • Much more
Where in Tribeca…?
OK, folks. Where is this? The first person to guess correctly gets a lot of satisfaction. UPDATED: The answer is posted. / 3 comments
This Weekend’s Movies
The Craic Festival is at Tribeca Cinemas, while Matt Damon's "Green Zone" goes head-to-head with a documentary by an actual soldier in Iraq. There's also an acclaimed thriller from South Korea and a bunch of crap
Coming Up: Tatah Dujour Is in the House
Plus: Feeding frenzy at the WFC • Balloon art on Reade • Irish people gabbing • Silkscreening for kids • The Macaroons rock out for kids • "Little Engine That Could" • Tribeca Film Festival tix
KGB Wants to Make a Deal
KGB Deals, which appears to work exactly like Groupon, is offering a deal at City Winery today: You can get a $45 worth of cheese, charcuterie, and wine (two glasses) for $20, and you can redeem anytime before March 1, 2011.
In the News: “Fire Massages” on Reade
Plus: Independence Plaza loses a battle • The Flea gets a good review • A B-list celebrity encounter at Tribeca Health & Fitness • Battery Park City Library set to open
The Avant-Garden
Tribeca Project Space's new show opens tomorrow, Mar. 12—and if you swing by between 6 p.m. and 9 p.m., during the party, you can see it without making an appointment. Plus: Crazy balloon art! Feathers and leather!
Taste of Tribeca: Buy Tix Now and Save
Tickets are on sale for the 16th-annual Taste of Tribeca—one of the major events in the neighborhood, benefitting P.S. 150 and P.S. 234, it's scheduled for May 15. The sooner you buy, the more you'll save! Plus: which restaurants have signed on so far. / 1 comment
Tribeca Film Festival: What’s Playing (part 1)
The Tribeca Film Festival released the first half of its 2010 slate. Top of my list? The "charming and glamorous romantic comedy" that "veers from laughs to tears to tears of laughter."
CB1 Tribeca Committee: The Unofficial Minutes
More drama on Warren Street • Liquor-license applications and upgrades for Duane Street Hotel and 106 Duane • Cercle Rouge's Bastille Day party application • Parking regulations
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History of Tribeca Buildings
Bravo!! — Queens Girl / Catching up with Adger Cowans on his 90th birthday
Beautiful story and interview. Thank you so much for posting. It’s a privilege Learning about our artistic neighbors. Looking forward... — DSSA / Catching up with Adger Cowans on his 90th birthday
Relative to other parts of the city FiDi has comparatively little green space, let alone trees on the streets. Further,... — Heide Fasnacht / City moving forward with development of 100 Gold
A lot of NIMBYism in these comments. Financial district is basically the birthplace of the skyscraper, has always been crowded,... — Cd / City moving forward with development of 100 Gold
One solution to the lack of common areas and too much traffic: close streets to cars/trucks permanently, and convert them... — Ben / City moving forward with development of 100 Gold
Typo: before 2010 (not 2020) — stm / City moving forward with development of 100 Gold
Before 2020, the area was still mostly office (personally I would not describe as moribund) and actually less traffic. There... — stm / City moving forward with development of 100 Gold