Newsletter: Oct. 24
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Seen & Heard: Joyce Carol Oates at the Mysterious Bookshop
Plus For Five coffee brewing at Brookfield; Local gal Taylor Swift plays at NPR's Tiny Desk; 31 Lispenard criticized for not fitting in. / 5 comments
In the News: ICYMI, Battery Park City is pesticide free
Plus this year's hottest Halloween candy; a hunt for the perfect $900,000 apartment in Fidi; the floating billboard of yesteryear; we are not getting more resilient.
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Repairs coming soon to Washington Market Park playground
The piles in the northernmost play area look like they have been attacked by beavers, but the Parks Department says they are getting ready to replace them soon... / 8 comments
New Kid on the Block: Glowbar
A third generation beauty and skin care expert opens her first salon on Reade Street and aims for the quick and simple approach to facials.
The word on the street: Shop Local
The Tribeca Alliance, a coalition of neighborhood shopkeepers, will host its regular meet and greet this month at 180 The Store. All are invited to stop by. / 1 comment
Construction update: The remnants of streetcars on Vestry
Yes, Virgina, there was a trolley line on Vestry Street -- and Hudson and Desbrosses and Greenwich. So when the city goes digging, they are bound to find a yoke or two! / 3 comments
Seen & Heard: Nothing’s scarier…
Plus a Conran descendant continues the legacy on White Street; Hudson River Park hosts its gala at the renovated Battery Maritime Building; Pink at Brookfield; last chance for Smorgasburg.
Second Acts: Linda Brosterman
Who doesn’t love a reinvention story? And who among us isn’t trying to figure out what we want to be when we grow up? The first in a series: a math teacher turned painter. / 6 comments
Newsletter: Oct. 21
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The construction update: Warren, Worth and Vestry
Trolley yokes on Vestry, water mains on Warren, general sadness on Worth -- the neighborhood's construction projects will continue through 2021. Ugh. / 10 comments
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👍 — Makes You Go Hmmmm.... / Teenager killed riding bike on Centre and Chambers this morning
Sad to read this. I popped in there last January with my daughter and it was a lovely, uncomplicated space.... — Alex in NYC / North Bar is closing for the summer — and will reopen as something new
I really don’t understand the hate for new stores like this, calling their offerings not useful. Do people not buy... — person / New Kid in Battery Park City: Fiolino
Very sad. As a pedestrian, bus-subway rider and a parent, am very concerned about the proliferation of bicycling (particularly Citibike... — JZparent / Teenager killed riding bike on Centre and Chambers this morning
Amen! — Anonymous / A protest is scheduled at the Independence Plaza garage
No chance of this happening under Mamdani. In fact, he recently rescinded all criminal enforcement of bike violations: https://www.nyc.gov/mayors-office/news/2026/03/mayor-mamdani-announces-end-to-criminal-enforcement-for-minor-tr His... — James S / Teenager killed riding bike on Centre and Chambers this morning
Thanks for featuring this, could be a real pain if I hadn’t been warned. Good job, Carl — Carl friedberg / No weekend service on the 1, 2, 3