News Roundup 8.19
Fontana Arte's moving sale • Waterfront groundbreaking on the L.E.S. and FiDi • MUG on Tribeca history • Trattoria Cinque opens • Tribbles's evolution into an event space
Welcome to the ‘Hood: Maslow 6
The new wine store nestled alongside Vino Vino wine bar doesn't just want to sell you a bottle or two, it wants to educate you—with daily tastings and a host of seminars.
News Roundup 8.15.09
Canal Street's parks • Sazón's parties • New Amsterdam Market's plans to return, if temporarily, to South Street • And more
Come to the Cabaret
Cabaret star KT Sullivan—the Times called her "a sexy, wide-eyed comedian with a semi-operatic voice"—will be singing at City Hall Restaurant without a mic. / 1 comment
High Culture on Chambers Street
The Tribeca Performing Arts Center at BMCC has announced its 2009-2010 season, including a pigeon that wants to drive a bus. Plus: Want to be onstage?
Housing Works: Movin’ on Up
That was quick! After only a few months, the Housing Works thrift store has moved to a nicer (and four-times-larger) space on Chambers Street.
A “Nightseeing” Tour
The Illuminating Engineering Society has a free online map to the city's most dazzling lights—including 30 spots south of Duane Street. (Thanks, Manhattan User's Guide!)
News Roundup: Recessions, Rinks, and Restaurants
A new fashion boutique, reviews of Locanda Verde and Checkers, a skating rink coming to Battery Park City....
You’re Invited: Tribeca Meet & Greet
The next Tribeca Meet and Greet will be Thursday, July 30, at Valley National Bank—and event organizer David Cleaver cordially requests your presence.
You’re Invited: “Store Front” Party
James and Karla Murray, the photographers responsible for the book "Store Front," wanted to invite you to the opening reception for their show.
News Roundup: Restaurants, Bars, Shoes, and Bad Behavior
New restaurants, drinking construction workers, and a fond farewell to a Reade Street institution....
Reconstructing City Hall
Now on view in City Hall Park: British artist Robert Woods is having some old-fashioned fun with his reworking of the two security booths.









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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