Seen & Heard: Local historical images on new map/app
Plus the second annual Tribeca Party; Walt Whitman's poetry installed at new public plaza on Pearl; a book signing at Luv Michael.
Made in Tribeca: Luv Michael
'Tis the season to welcome a new non-profit to the neighborhood: at Luv Michael on Walker, autistic adults produce specialty granola that is sold in dozens of stores across the city and beyond.
Award Winning Robotics & Entrepreneurship Learning Center for Kids Opening on Nassau Street
Rocket Club, the robotics, coding and entrepreneurship center that’s a Shark Tank favorite, is opening a lower Manhattan location. The plan: train the next Elon Musk right here on Nassau Street. / Sponsored
Adding four floors to 172 Duane’s fanciful facade
The building with the 1870s fanciful cast iron facade that sits six feet out in front of its 1980s modern renovation is getting a four-story addition that's been in the works a decade.
Newsletter: Dec. 16
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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? / 4 comments
J&R’s music history will be preserved in (another!) new City Winery venue
In a huge but cosy addition to the downtown music scene, J&R and City Winery are joining forces to create a live music venue in the basement of 15 Park Row. / 9 comments
In the News: The gulag around the corner
Plus Frenchette expands to Rock Center; an analysis of the Soho and Noho rezoning proposal; cutbacks to the stops on the Downtown Connection shuttle. / 2 comments
Ecco! at the end of its era in Tribeca?
CB1's Licensing Committee approved a new application for the restaurant's longtime storefront on Chambers -- for a fifth iteration of Village watering hole The Grey Dog. / 32 comments
Seen & Heard: It snowed yesterday in Battery Park City
Plus plans for Christmas Day at the Museum of Jewish Heritage; action at last at 11 Sixth at White/Walker; what looks like guerilla video advertising at Warren and West Bway.
The view of the neighborhood from 60 Hudson
The data storage firm DataGryd now has eight floors of 60 Hudson where it stores 15 megawatts (that's a lot) of power. It also has some stellar views of the neighborhood. / 3 comments
Newsletter: Dec. 12
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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
SW -- I have written extensively about "micromobility" harms. I have called for reforms that could help "powered" bikes and... — Komanoff / In the News: Hunting down parking placard abuses
Looking forward to them opening, but still laughing at the idea that they are going to put seats in that... — N / Update: Carnegie Diner at 200 Chambers
I don't know what the legal speed on Chambers is, But the cameras do not trigger unless one is going... — Sandy / In the News: Hunting down parking placard abuses
Komanoff: “Driving and drivers are by far and away the bigger threat” when compared to bikes and e-bikes? I’m aware... — SW / In the News: Hunting down parking placard abuses