Newsletter: July 22
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Sneak Peek: Buddha-Bar
After five years of planning, the former Megu space on Thomas is once again a luxe, expansive restaurant, the 13th outpost of the Buddha-Bar global empire. / 17 comments
Seen & Heard: Concert tonight at Pier 26
Plus more blues at Wagner this Thursday; the sound bath is rescheduled for this weekend; the Lilac opens for visitors on Saturday.
Nosy Neighbor: Why are there police cars and officers stationed at Target
B. wrote: "During the height of the lockdown I assumed they were there to help enforce crowd control and/or mask mandates but this seems more than that." / 19 comments
Andrew Melnick, a Tabak broker who had deep roots in Tribeca, dies at 65
He worked here for three decades, but also helped found the Downtown Soccer League and found homes for hundreds of Tribecans over the years. / 18 comments
Seen & Heard: Free Shakespeare at The Battery
New York Classical Theatre presents King Lear with a happy ending; Café Clementine is still simmering; a local resident puts out an interior design shingle. / 1 comment
Racines will reinvent itself in the fall
The restaurant opened on Chambers in 2014 and almost immediately became a destination for locals and those from afar. It will reopen by the end of the year as a new restaurant. / 2 comments
Where on Wall Street? Spooky cocktail soiree coming this fall
A Halloween event promises to spook people at a Wall Street mansion. Who knows where it is? / 7 comments
Newsletter: July 19
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Where in (just a short stroll from) Tribeca?
This is a bit of a relic. Where is it? / 1 comment
Estancia 460 will expand next door with a more casual bar
The family-run restaurant that's been on Greenwich for 26 years will take the space next door for a low-key casual lounge concept. / 9 comments
Restaurant Week starts Monday and runs through summer
Better to call it Restaurant Weeks this year -- it will run through August 22 and includes 23 local venues. / 1 comment
Left rectangle ads redesigned
Robert Ripps book
History of Tribeca Buildings
As I see it, it all matters. A civilized city should have good solutions to all of these issues. — Marcus / Seen & Heard: PopUp Bagels facade revealed!
With Paper Source now closed inside Maman, where are people buying greeting cards/wrapping paper locally? (I want to avoid Hobby... — Sara / Seen & Heard: Maman is back open
I prefer the stickers to homeless, junkies, and excrement from dogs or humans. Focus on what matters maybe? — Thomas / Seen & Heard: PopUp Bagels facade revealed!
Agreed about the sidewalk stickers, along with the painted on / sprayed on sidewalk ads and "clever" saying. Also, what... — Marcus / Seen & Heard: PopUp Bagels facade revealed!
Those sidewalk stickers are a new out of home ad treatment; they are everywhere, they are hideous and yes, they... — nichole / Seen & Heard: PopUp Bagels facade revealed!
I love this interview. What that NC senatorial candidate said about Morris -- that he captured her voice uniquely well... — Komanoff / TCQ&A: Morris Katz
a reminder to parents and care givers: Duane Park Patisserie gives homemade treats to trick or treaters from toddlers through... — madeline c lanciani / Halloween in Washington Market Park — and more to come