News Roundup: Tribeca in the News
School zoning recap • Verizon building worse than thought • Pier 26 boathouse revision • FiDi rent stabilization near? • Real-estate transactions • Gorgeous furniture and lighting • And much more
News Roundup: What’s Going On
Meetings and readings and screenings, plus comedy, music, wine tastings and more. It'll be a blast—literally, if you're anywhere near the WTC tomorrow. / 1 comment
News Roundup: Something to Chew On
The scoop on new restaurants on West Broadway and Worth, a NYC-restaurant email newsletter that seems worth investigating, Restaurant Week restaurants, the NYT worships Locanda Verde, and Michael Pollan gets piggy with it at Bubby's. / 1 comment
News Roundup: Chambers of Horror
Three years of construction on Chambers • Sales at Babylicious, Shoofly, and Gary Graham • Beth Orton and Joshua Bell at City Winery • And more
State of the Site
When I started Tribeca Citizen last spring, I figured that it would grow into whatever it wanted to be. Nine months later, I have a much better sense of what the site can offer—as well as of how much work there is to be done. (That "nine months" seems apt: Having birthed the site, I'm now wondering what I've gotten myself into.)
News Roundup: Water Main Construction on Chambers Street?
New Year's Eve festivities at Duane Park and Trattoria Cinque • CB1 agendas: including a briefing on Chambers Street work • New York Vintners' new slate of food-and-wine classes • Michael Pollan at B&N • Writers-with-kids group Pen Parentis's next event
Here’s to a Happier, Healthier New Year
Tribeca-based health and wellness coach Marissa Vicario shares advice on how to make New Year's resolutions stick. The first step? Stop thinking of them as resolutions. / 1 comment
Newsletter: Dec. 28
Photographs of snowstorms and summer days • Toy and kids' clothing sale today only • Tribute in Light • Shake Shack? • And much more
News Roundup: City Hall Shake Shack?
East River waterfront renovation • Shake Shack near City Hall? • Obscenely expensive apartments being bought again • Jake Gyllenhaal! Matt Dillon! Susan Sarandon! • Popeye's Chicken and Biscuits! • Warren Street two-way once again in BPC • And more
Babylicious Sale
Carol from Babylicious asked me to pass this on: Today and tomorrow is the private sale–so make sure you let them know you’re “invited”–with 15% off any purchases made in the store. Tell ’em TC sent you! (The shirt pictured is from the Hudson Street gift guide.) 51 Hudson (bet. Duane and Jay)
Snow Day!
Photographer Asha Agnish captured the first big snow of the season: “I went out about 9 a.m. this morning. The plows had already been through and several buildings had already cleared their sections of sidewalk. But there were many snowbanks left to maneuver around—and through. I met an officer walking one of the horses from […] / 1 comment
News Roundup: Merry Merry!
Garbage garage • Tribeca underground trunk show • Christmas activities • Jade's/Zaba blow-out sale • Edon Manor's co-founder • Drew Nieporent's Sunday routine • Grown & Sewn pants • And more
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History of Tribeca Buildings
Truly sad. Got our son's first "Tribeca Cool Kids" clothes there 15 years ago (on sale!) and they couldn't have... — Downtown Dad Again / Koh’s Kids on Greenwich has closed
The graffiti in question looks very similar to the same outside of Target (on the never-ending construction barriers) which questioned... — Downtown Dad Again / Tribeca-branded graffiti on West Broadway
Our apartment was inside the "frozen zone" and when we were finally able to return to it in mid-October, I... — Makes You Go Hmmmm.... / A documentary honors the work of the Sanitation Department after 9/11
I was shocked when I was walking around Tribeca. I've been living away, so coming back now and seeing so... — Van / Starbucks at West Broadway and Chambers will close tomorrow
Or make it a mall of counterfeiters, like a Needle Park or, better yet, the modern-day Essex Market of counterfeiting.... — James Bogardus / Tribeca-branded graffiti on West Broadway
The Starbucks on Chambers and W. Broadway is definitely popular and it's situated in a dream spot considering the subway... — Jslv / Starbucks at West Broadway and Chambers will close tomorrow
Given the illegal activities surrounding the building, maybe a museum celebrating the counterfeiting industry would be an appropriate use of... — Reademan / Tribeca-branded graffiti on West Broadway