COVID-19: How to help here and around the city
Get news straight from the source, and if you need to take action, there are ways to do it from your couch. / 8 comments
Newsletter: March 16
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Seen & Heard: Love in the time of COVID-19
A mailbox with a safe message; a crowd at City Vineyard thumbs its nose at the coronavirus; some restaurants starting to close; a beauty from Robert Janz, painted while masked. / 11 comments
In the News: Citibank has one confirmed case of COVID-19
There are now several confirmed cases coming out of downtown companies, and I assume more that we don't know about. / 4 comments
Where in Tribeca?
More neighborhood curlicues. You have walked by them a thousand times. Who knows where they are? / 2 comments
Real Pilates will close for the coronavirus
Clients can take classes online, a side of the business the studio has been developing for five years and will really come in handy now. / 1 comment
Local businesses taking precautions, and feeling the effects of the virus
Local businesses and restaurants are taking extra precautions in light of the coronavirus, all while trying to hold on to a bit of their business. / 3 comments
Whole Foods packed; shelves empty
Some stock is in the warehouse, but Whole Foods just can't get it to the stores fast enough. Plus my favorite handwashing tip of the season. / 5 comments
Catching up on the interactive theater for William Street
CB1 rejected the liquor license for Sleep No More, which has plans to create a 100,000-square-foot interactive performance space with three bars and late hours.
New Kid in Two Bridges: Golden Diner
Chef Sam Yoo is a local New Yorker who wanted a upscale diner for his own neighborhood. So he added his Momofuku pedigree to the equation. / 2 comments
Tribeca Film Festival is postponed
With the governor banning events of 500 or more due to the coronavirus, the 19th annual festival has been postponed.
Run at the bank? And could New York City schools close soon?
Bank of America on Greenwich Street ran out of 50s and 100s this afternoon. And the mayor announced this afternoon that the city has cancelled all non-essential activities at public schools. / 4 comments
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History of Tribeca Buildings
The Gothamist article about compass is very dumb. StreetEasy charges agents to post listings there, so it’s not as if... — Matt / In the News: Strolling Canal Street
You're better off reading about why the counterfeit vendors persist. https://www.city-journal.org/article/canal-street-fake-counterfeit-bags-vendors — James Bogardus / In the News: Strolling Canal Street
The Canal Street article is behind the NY Times paywall, so I could not read it. But in the flash... — Marcus / In the News: Strolling Canal Street
With all the hoopla over the renewed Carnegie Deli - I'm sorry it's not them!! — Bec / Update: Carnegie Diner at 200 Chambers
Based on recent openings in the neighborhood, it seems the fad has moved from cookies to savory carbs like bagels... — N / Chip City has closed permanently
The Reade St commercial parking is probably an artifact of over 20 years ago when there was plenty of commercial... — N / In the News: Hunting down parking placard abuses
Yes, and the vagrants on Canal Street need to go, too. — James / Seen & Heard: Wayfinding for a counterfeit bazaar