In the News: Chinese Restaurant Eyeing the Nobu Space
Plus: Opening forecast for the Martignetti brothers' bar at W. Broadway and Canal; a second outpost of Greenwich Street Tavern; Gateway Plaza rent fight; wedding site to become jail complex.
The Likely Name and Operator of the Northwest Tribeca Hotel
All signs point toward the hotel under construction on Greenwich being called Le Fouquet's New York, with an outpost of a famous Paris restaurant. / 1 comment
Ato Has Closed
The restaurant is being replaced by Takeshi Sushi, which promises an "omakase experience."
Seen & Heard: The Jeff Koons Sculpture Is Gone
Plus: Bogardus Plaza's scavenger hunt; local producer's documentary film about a blues legend; opening forecast for Nova Fitness Innovation studio; menu for Sola Lab on Beekman. / 6 comments
In the News: Homeless Man Helped by Tribecans
Plus: More on the efforts to extend P.S. 150's stay in Tribeca; meeting on 9/11 health effects; new buildings getting fully designed interiors; Battery Park City resiliency budget.
Portrait of the Artist: Jair Oliveira
First up in photographer Claudine Williams's new series of Q&As with people in the arts: Brazilian musician Jair Oliveira, who lives in Battery Park City with his wife, actress Tania Khalill, and their two daughters. / 2 comments
Newsletter: Oct. 15
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Seen & Heard: Philly Pretzel Factory Opens Next Week
Plus: A petition to keep P.S. 150 in Tribeca; the next Lower Manhattan street to get torn up for years; is the Jeff Koons balloon sculpture being moved?; paintings at Steven Amedee. / 3 comments
Seen & Heard: David Bowie Tribute
Plus: A return visit to the 10 Corso Como restaurant; Tribeca Meet & Greet is Wednesday; breakfast at Seamore's; moss.
Quote-Unquote Funny
When quotation marks are obviously not quoting something, they come off as scare quotes—as if the subject is not what it seems to be. And that can be amusing. / 7 comments
In the News: Brooks Brothers Is Closing Today
Plus: Shopping review of 10 Corso Como; local thefts; the history of a Franklin Street building; efforts to complete the Manhattan Greenway.
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Nice eye Erik. — Robert Ripps / Close-Up: Leonard Street
Hello Erik, is this located on Staple Street? With regards, Sonia Stock — Sonia Stock / Where in Tribeca…?
Yes. So are images 31 and 32. — James / Tribeca Then and Now: The Unknowns (Part 4)
Actually, it looks like 13, not 15, Harrison Street. — Paul / Tribeca Then and Now: The Unknowns (Part 4)
#41 is 15 Harrison Street. — Paul / Tribeca Then and Now: The Unknowns (Part 4)
I was walking today along Ericsson Place, and I think that my first idea of location on image 7 might... — Robert Ripps / Tribeca Then and Now: The Unknowns (Part 1)
41 looks like 13 harrison st — Martin / Tribeca Then and Now: The Unknowns (Part 4)