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
Heard in the ‘Hood: Franklin Café Opens Tonight
Plus: News from or about Grown & Sewn, Torly Kid, Moomah, Warren 77, Tribeca Meet & Greet, Blue Coyote, Morimoto, Synagogue for the Arts, and more
Is Money Hiding in Your Closet?
If you're thinking of doing some spring cleaning—and you might as well, what with rain forecast from Friday to Monday—consider getting rid of some of that fabulous clothing that you never wear anymore. No, don’t just get rid of it: Put it to work.
In the News: Kaffe 1668, Edon Manor, Senator Squadron
Plus: Local winners in New York mag's Best of New York • Tribeca's top coffee, according to the NYT • Senator Squadron to the rescue! • A $12 million penthouse goes for closer to $8 million [tears of sympathy] • And more
The TCQ&A: “I’d Put the Sawdust Back on the Floor of Morgan’s”
Jeff Tabak, who loves Tribeca so much he named his real-estate brokerage Tabak Is Tribeca, answers questions about the neighborhood—including perhaps the world's greatest celeb sighting and where he'd live if only he could.
A Granddaughter’s Cause
"My grandmother was diagnosed with Multiple Myeloma last April," says Tribeca resident Donna Marotta. "No one in my family had had cancer before—particularly one we’d never heard of." Marotta became the advocate for her grandmother, talking to doctors on her behalf.
Free Wine at Thalassa
This week's special on Blackboard Eats is for a free bottle of wine—make that a free bottle of one of four wines—at Thalassa. What do the wines in question retail for? Funny you should ask... / 1 comment
Newsletter: Mar. 9
Babylicious grows up • Ghislaine Viñas on design • Morimoto karaoke party • A mysterious fire hydrant • Espionage in Tribeca • And much more
Roundup: Corcoran Learns the Hard Way
Plus: Franklin Cafe puts up a sign • Moomah and Tribeca Cinemas Kids Club enter the winner's circle • Pen Parentis hosts its monthly salon • A new hotel trumpets its WTC location • And more
It’s a Jungle in Here!
As Babylicious's Carol Adams watched her customers—or rather, their kids—grow up, the name Babylicious no longer seemed to fit. So she has reinvented the store as Torly Kid, which will carry clothing up to size 10 for boys and 14 for girls (as well as the same great baby stuff from before). / 1 comment
Buzzer 22: You Have More Space Than You Think
"After over 10 years of designing loft interiors in Tribeca," writes interior designer Ghislaine Viñas, "I’ve found that a common problem seems to be a lack of space. One solution is to look upward." / 3 comments
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Gosh, I hope Starbucks isn’t upset that workers are actively unionizing and have successfully unionized multiple locations across New York... — Justin / Starbucks at West Broadway and Chambers will close tomorrow
Hopefully this will have some benefit for other businesses but I do have to say it was always packed. Very... — John Gallagher / Starbucks at West Broadway and Chambers will close tomorrow
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
This is a real shame. They had wonderful clothes and bought my daughter’s favorite clothes there when she was a... — John Gallagher / Koh’s Kids on Greenwich has closed