Nosy Neighbor: What’s the update on the Citigroup building?
Scheduled to be done sometime next year, the new Citigroup headquarters will house 12,000 employees into a space that used to hold 9,000.
Portrait of the Artist: Mary Jaeger
The latest in photographer Claudine Williams's series of Q&As with local people in the arts: the textile and clothing designer Mary Jaeger. / 4 comments
Newsletter: Dec. 23 | Happy Hanukkah!
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Where in Tribeca?
'Tis the season...to raise a glass at one of the neighborhood's many watering holes. (And that's this month's WiT theme.) Where's this one? / 2 comments
131 Duane Street adding a sixth floor
The building is adding a sixth floor and has permits to rehab the entire building, but what is to come at the former restaurant, which has now been empty four years? / 2 comments
Tenement Peeping: Jane Freeman’s walkup on Harrison
Originally a seaman's boarding house, the apartment still has some of those original touches, such as built-in wardrobes and glass-paned pocket doors, minus the steel bedsteads. / 4 comments
Seen & Heard: Jean Holabird at the Western Union building
Plus Museum of Ice Cream reopens in Soho; Battery Park City will recycle trees through Jan. 24; the Woolrich store in Soho has installed a room where it snows all the time. / 1 comment
New Kid on the Block: Maker&Son
The grandson of (Sir) Terence Conran has opened the first US showroom for his new venture with his father on White Street. And he gets to live in it.
Newsletter: Dec. 19
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In the News: Demo complete for another boutique hotel
Plus the feds may split the fare on the Verrazano to help downtown traffic; a Tribeca loft with a lot of pop; the economics of pop-up stores.
Seen & Heard: Tree decorating bandit reveals him/herself
Plus Tribeca MedSpa adds a Flatiron location; retail or restaurant coming to 111 Murray; the DOT seems to be using holiday-themed boots. / 2 comments
Harry’s Italian is going Greek at former North End Grill
The owners of Harry's Italian -- who are in fact Greek -- have scored the lease at the former North End Grill and will open Anassa, an "authentic" Greek restaurant, in June. / 4 comments
Left rectangle ads redesigned
Robert Ripps book
History of Tribeca Buildings
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