Roundup: Ace of Vase
Exhibits at Kiva Cafe and R 20th Century • Extended hours for the ice rink • 92YTribeca • A short film by a Tribeca worker • A strange façade gets work done
Inside Pier A: The Third Floor and Clocktower
As exciting as the first and second floors were, the high point—indeed!—was the clocktower, up a narrow spiral staircase at the far end of the second floor.
Inside Pier A: The Second Floor
A look at Pier A's stunning second floor, including interior walls done in anaglypta—essentially pressed paper—and the wood-paneled Commissioner's Room.
Inside Pier A: The First Floor
The Battery Park City Authority invited the local press to check out Pier A, the old building-on-a-pier just west of Battery Park. It was magical visit: I'm sure it'll be beautiful when completed, but the romantic in me loved looking at the layers of history. / 3 comments
A Peek at TriBeCafe
TriBeCafe is scheduled to open tomorrow, Feb. 9, in the old Tokyo Bar space at 277 Church (White/Franklin). It’s from the team behind Greenwich Grill, according to the website, the menu will be “Tokyo Casual Cuisine.” Not sure what that means? Have a look at the menu. But be prepared for sticker shock—and I mean that […]
Newsletter: Feb. 8
A neighborhood fixture closes • Is a semi-celebrity opening a bar? • Hot water on Warren Street • Chanterelle sells everything • And much more
A Card-Carrying Tightwad
I like a deal: In recent weeks, I've posted about Blackboard Eats and Groupon, two services that appeal to the miser in me. But there's one kind of deal I'm on the fence about—loyalty cards.
Roundup: Guy in a Bar
Is a famous ex-husband opening a pub in Tribeca? • Contemporary art at the Museum of Chinese in America • Pen Parentis salon • Skinny Bitch at Barnes & Noble
Roundup: Caviar Sale
"Huge sale" at PB & Caviar • Museum of Chinese in America gears up for the Lunar New Year • Pearl Paint appears to be on the ropes (and the frame store is kaput) • Real estate drama
A Piece of Chanterelle
The New York Times’s Diner’s Journal blog has a nice look at the exhibit of Chanterelle menus that opens today at Kill Devil Hill. I was prepped to go, but Greenpoint on a semi-snowy, 25-degree day? Happily, the menus are also available at chanterellestore.com; unhappily, the photo quality leaves something to be desired. More than […]
For Parents Who Write (and Vice Versa)
Pen Parentis co-founder M.M. De Voe explains why writers with kids need their own community, how the group chooses who does readings at the salon, and what the biggest misconception with Pen Parentis is. / 2 comments
Roundup: Saving Face
Discounts via Facebook • Garbage garage • Independence Plaza • Major real-estate sale • Chambers Street construction update • Dungeons & Dragons obsessives
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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