News Roundup: Starts with a T
Is the W subway line doomed? • Anthrax scare at the WFC • Street construction update • An in-depth look at Triburbia (from 2006) • And more
One Fizzy Evening
When Keri Kunzle of Maslow 6 invited me to attend one of the store's autumn seminars, I couldn't resist the class devoted to Champagne—a beverage that I owned a lot of but knew only a little about.
Welcome to the ‘Hood: Hudson & Broad
Filled with appealing displays, Hudson & Broad looks like somewhere you might enjoy browsing—and it is, as long as you know going in that what’s being sold are the displays themselves. A couple of weeks ago, co-founder Tom Conley showed me around the space, which was pretty raw at that point. What’s more, it’s huge: […]
Party at Damon’s!
Damon Dash has opened an underground—literally and figuratively—music club in his office's basement. Playing tonight: Darlings and These Are Powers.
Newsletter: Dec. 11
Updates to the Buy-Local Gift Guide • The new bar coming to Grace • Comings and goings • Steals and deals • The weekend's movies
This Weekend’s Movies
Invictus is "potent, intelligent filmmaking" (NYT) • "Like the speck of sand that seeds a pearl, it’s the tiny fleck of kitsch at the heart of A Single Man that makes it luminous and treasurable, despite its imperfections" (Variety)
2009 Buy-Local Gift Guide: Hudson
The shopping never ends: Highly giftable merch from Babylicious, Baker, Design Within Reach, Just Scandinavian, Abhaya, Shoofly, Moomah, Tribeca Issey Miyake, Pompanoosuc Mills, Tribeca MedSpa, and even Thom Browne.
News Roundup: Winter Garden Trouble?
Police activity at the Winter Garden Atrium • The Soda Shop fizzles out • Grimshaw & Partners leaving the 'hood • Texting while pushing a stroller • Ferry noise • And more
CB1 Tribeca Committee: The Unofficial Minutes
Small trucks allowed to come through the Holland Tunnel as of Jan. 3 • Biddy Early's making efforts to sober up • Details on the swanky new bar coming to the Grace space • Taste of Tribeca • Square Diner
Giving It a Whirl
I once watched whirling dervishes at Carnegie Hall, and found them entrancing—so when I saw a flyer about a "whirling workshop," I knew I had to try it. The idea of doing it myself seemed childlike in the best possible way, and very liberating.
News Roundup: Smile!
Photo opportunities for kids • Spa deals • Barzinho on W. Broadway • Egg by Susan Lazar sample sale • Inside Truffles • Canal Street crackdown
2009 Buy-Local Gift Guide: Lispenard, Walker, White, and Church
The economy is coming back, right? Buy your way into someone's heart with great stuff from Karkula, Kidville, Steven Sclaroff, Donzella, Sole Food, Let There Be Neon, and more.
Left rectangle ads redesigned
History of Tribeca Buildings
Starbucks is closing 4 FiDi Locations, BUT, This may not be such a bad announcement. Here’s why: The locations are... — Luis Vazquez/FiDi Fan Page / Starbucks at West Broadway and Chambers will close tomorrow
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