Brick Behaving Badly?
These posters around southern Tribeca rang an alarm with me, because I've sat through enough CB1 Tribeca committee meetings to pretty much know that Brick, the restaurant at 22 Warren, is heading for trouble. Four DJs? On a Thursday? On a residential street? / 1 comment
Newsletter: Feb. 5
From soup to nuts • Tribeca® quest • Bye-bye green benches • Bike store on Reade • Damon Dash's gallery • Deals • Tribeca ax company • Much more
This Weekend’s Movies
All in all, this week is a fairly disturbing lineup of new releases: death in Denmark, gunplay in France, bleakness in Britain—and that's not even including Dear John. So go see 2009's best while they're still in theaters! What else are you going to do on a cold and maybe snowy weekend?
Roundup: Nuts!
Garbage Garage appeal • Kurt Gutenbrunner's lair • Sales on laser hair removal and lip scrubs • Terror trial protest • Skating, Bollywood-style • Blankets, nuts, and more
Soup’s On!
The New York City Restaurant Week Truck is parked outside Whole Foods, on Greenwich, for two days of selling soup. Today’s options are butternut squash from Tribeca’s own Capsouto Frères and tomato garbanzo from Black Duck (on E. 28th St.). For $6, you get soup, some bread from Tomcat Bakery, and a Coke, Diet Coke, […]
Damon Dash’s New Gallery
Hip-hop mogul Damon Dash seems intent on turning 172 Duane Street into the epicenter of something…. According to The Boombox—and reported elsewhere—he has announced that he “will officially open his art gallery, The Dash Gallery […] on Friday, Feb. 19, in Dash’s DD172 building, in the Tribeca area of Manhattan. The opening will feature the work of contemporary […]
Up Next at the MJH
The Museum of Jewish Heritage has released its March/April schedule of events, including former District Attorney Robert Morgenthau, cartoonist and playwright Jules Feiffer, and documentaries by Pierre Sauvage
Grandaisy Groupon
Today’s Groupon for New York City is $7 for $15 worth of Grandaisy baked goods. Here’s how Groupon works: First, you sign up to receive the daily emails (and I believe there’s an option to see today’s Groupon), which may or may not have an appealing offer. When you see one you like, you click […]
Roundup: Look Sharp
This photo is actually of an ax—a Tribeca-base company is making them...? • Babylicious to be reborn as Torly Kid (and will stock tween merch as well) • Brand Library gets the munchies • More
When Google Asks…
And I didn’t even know Google had a store! Gary Graham, whose boutique is on Franklin Street, has created an intentionally distressed T-shirt to be sold at googlestore.com. (It sure beats this T-shirt with the Gmail logo across the chest, $12.) The design incorporates the Google Maps red dot—”a global symbol to stand for where we […]
Roundup: Benched
Goodbye, curly green benches • Asphalt Green in Battery Park City • Austrian pancakes • No laughing at Corton • Standing up for anti-terror trial residents
A Piece of Tribeca® (Pt. 2)
Back in November I wrote about a bunch of products named Tribeca, and how they were so different fro each other that it made me wonder what Tribeca means to people. Well, those were evidently just the tip of the iceberg. / 2 comments
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History of Tribeca Buildings
It evidently was an art project- I wish that I had seen it!!! — Merle Temkin / Crowd Sourcing: Who saw the Twin Towers drone show on Wednesday night?
It IS sort of weird, but remember that drone shows are often constructed so you can only make out the... — J / Crowd Sourcing: Who saw the Twin Towers drone show on Wednesday night?
Thanks for covering this. It's so very strange! — malcolm / Crowd Sourcing: Who saw the Twin Towers drone show on Wednesday night?
Amazing photo of Tribute in Light! — SW / Seen & Heard: Kyuramen is open on Gold
The bus I was on zipped by One Park Row so fast that I couldn't be sure, so I verified... — Gary / TurboTax opening an office on Greenwich and Warren
What is the seating for this performance tonight September 10th? I have the required tickets. Is it self seating on... — Steve Tintweiss / Bill T. Jones to commemorate 9/11 at Wagner Park
I swear I saw them opening on Park Row as well! — Heather / TurboTax opening an office on Greenwich and Warren