Newsletter: January 2, 2023 | Happy New Year!
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Where in Tribeca?
I spy with my tiny eye a guy spying with his tiny eye. Where is it? / 4 comments
Nosy Neighbor: What is going on with the bus stop on Broadway and Franklin?
Over the past decade, the bulb-out has been added, removed, added again and now seems out of business. / 1 comment
Laughing Man still serving beer and wine
The coffee shop is still serving with a temporary beer and wine license, but has not expanded its hours past 7p. / 1 comment
L’Abeille will add a sushi restaurant from chef Eiji Ichimura
The Michelin-starred chef who was last in the neighborhood at Brushstroke will be installed in the former Wisefish Poke. / 9 comments
Happy Birthday to Boomerang Toys
After moving to Battery Park City to raise her family, Karen Barwick opened Boomerang Toys on West Broadway -- two decades ago. / 2 comments
Newsletter: December 29
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In the News: “We don’t like change.”
The last of the neighborhood's textile wholesalers is packing up and selling their building at 34 Walker. / 1 comment
In the News: Saint Nicholas expands its mission
Plus a suit against a Washington museum; another gallery splits; Vivvi expands uptown; a Mets star in Battery Park City? / 1 comment
Chela Tribeca closed on December 23
The restaurant, a second location of one in Park Slope, opened in June in the former Distilled space on Franklin and West Broadway. / 10 comments
Art in Tribeca: James Hough’s “Justice Reflected”
Battery Park City has installed three stained glass panels by formerly incarcerated artist James Yaya Hough at Esplanade Plaza, just south of the marina. / 4 comments
Tribeca Rooftop expansion plans are on hold
The catering hall had hoped to expand to the first floor of 2 Desbrosses as well as take over the restaurant space at 205 Hudson.
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History of Tribeca Buildings
This Streetsblog post is over 4 years old, with no clear update since then. I see the Tribeca Trib also... — Elizabeth / In the News: Hunting down parking placard abuses
Eliz, I tried to make clear my disgust and disdain for placard abuse. I validated your outrage at the top... — Komanoff / In the News: Hunting down parking placard abuses
https://tribecacitizen.com/2026/06/17/icymi-the-speed-limit-is-now-20-mph/ — Tribeca Citizen / In the News: Hunting down parking placard abuses
Ah yes, the city was given permission to lower limits, I just didn't know that Chambers had gotten the treatment... — malcolm / In the News: Hunting down parking placard abuses
If free and easy on-street parking isn't compatible with lower Manhattan, then why is it available to city workers? The... — Elizabeth / In the News: Hunting down parking placard abuses
Apparently the speed limit is now 20. No one would ever know that since the street is usually backed up... — elizabeth / In the News: Hunting down parking placard abuses
Sorry, your lone justifiable outrage IMO is that cops, firemen, court officers and other apparatchiks get free parking spaces. We... — Komanoff / In the News: Hunting down parking placard abuses