Newsletter: July 27
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Where in Tribeca?
Part two of Where in Tribeca - Art Edition: have you spotted this ancient reptile? Turns out he was added to the streetscape a month ago. / 2 comments
Watching out for speeders on Greenwich
The city has installed a speed camera on Greenwich and Duane, with the intention to keep cars moving more cautiously around public school. / 4 comments
Looking back two decades at 319 Greenwich
The artist Jane Freeman immortalized the building in 1993; it then spent the next 26 years as Salaam Bombay.
Progress at 100 Franklin reveals art in bricks
100 Franklin is nearly complete, and the facade is really quite beautiful. / 13 comments
Nosy Neighbor: What’s doing on the Westside Highway?
"Numerous huge blocks of the existing roadway on both northbound and southbound carriageways are periodically being surgically cut out and removed and replaced by huge pre-cast blocks."
111 Murray pocket park now complete
The patch of lawn and granite on Murray and West streets is fully planted with cafe tables in the shade of 200 Chambers, if you need additional outdoor dining. / 1 comment
Seen & Heard: Gansevoort Market coming to Oculus
Plus Inatteso Cafe has remodeled and reopened; A Uno Tribeca has new hours and appointments; Robert Janz sends along his poetry.
Newsletter: July 23
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City Hall Park is cleared out and cleaned up
With about 50 people still at the park, the NYPD raided it at 4a this morning, arresting seven as they did. The park is now almost back to normal. / 18 comments
Maxwell’s is closing permanently
A piece of old Tribeca is now lost with the closing of the bar and restaurant, which was named after the proprietor there in the 1930s.
In the News: Placard enforcement is over – already
Plus a dozen elderly tenants face eviction; a woman is saved from the river by sailing instructors; downtown before humans.
Left rectangle ads redesigned
History of Tribeca Buildings
Starbucks is closing 4 FiDi Locations, BUT, This may not be such a bad announcement. Here’s why: The locations are... — Luis Vazquez/FiDi Fan Page / Starbucks at West Broadway and Chambers will close tomorrow
Gosh, I hope Starbucks isn’t upset that workers are actively unionizing and have successfully unionized multiple locations across New York... — Justin / Starbucks at West Broadway and Chambers will close tomorrow
Hopefully this will have some benefit for other businesses but I do have to say it was always packed. Very... — John Gallagher / Starbucks at West Broadway and Chambers will close tomorrow
I, for one, and so tired of graffiti. The art deco post office on Canal gets carefully scrubbed clean, only... — Marcus / Tribeca-branded graffiti on West Broadway
Ben If the area was pedestrianized, what would happen with emergency vehicles, Access a Ride, school buses, trash pick-up? The... — Lisa / City moving forward with development of 100 Gold
I'm sorry to hear this news. My condolences to the family. I was a regular until 2007 when we moved... — Kevin Clarke / Jerry Walker, co-owner of Walker’s and The Ear Inn, has died
It's 3:45 and the line for pillows wraps from the park around on Reade and the end is only about... — N / Seen & Heard: 24-hour golf simulators in Hudson Square