Newsletter: Sept. 9
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Where in Tribeca?
K. sent in this detail from a local classic. Comment if you can place it. And remember, folks: Sonia is back in the game. / 2 comments
The kids are back in town: first day of school netted (mostly) smiles
The principals of PS 234, PS 150 and PS 89 greeted their young charges in the courtyards and the fields, while kids (for the most part) seemed pretty psyched to be back at it. / 7 comments
Seen & Heard: Movie tomorrow in Washington Market Park
Plus new stretch studio - Outer Reach - opens on Greenwich; Japanese on Warren is coming along; Meryl Streep's digs on Laight are relisted and reduced in price.
Hamptons Peeping: The impeccable restoration of the 1870 Redcraft Estate
A historic estate older than the village of Southampton, Redcraft retains its original grandeur but with modern amenities and flourishes: a spectacular pool house and a walled formal garden. / Sponsored
New Kids on the Block: Tennis Elbow at The Journal Gallery
After 15 years in the art world, these two are doing things a little different: no press releases, no openings, no dinners, no representation. Just art, every week, over and over again.
Steven Alan is closing his flagship store
The shop on Franklin, which carries Alan's own brand of men's and women's clothes and home goods, as well as a carefully curated collection of other designers, will close its doors on Saturday.
In the News: Lots of kids here go to private school
Plus a video walk-through of Lee Mindel's swank place at 56 Leonard; the Daily News disses the jail plan; the concrete facade of 30 Warren gets some attention. / 2 comments
Seen & Heard: McNally Jackson is open at the Seaport
Plus Malibu Farm opens at the Seaport this week; the teen climate activist Greta Thunberg sails into Battery Park City from England; 121 Chambers gets the ok to add two stories.
Community Board 1 agendas for September
Lots to talk about this month at CB1: congestion pricing, floating billboards and brownfield cleanup, but also licenses for Buddha Bar, 28 Liberty, Convene, 16 Hudson and 75 Barclay, among others. / 6 comments
Newsletter: Sept. 5
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In the News: Case dismissed for 9/11 workers at Stuy
Plus Uber founder settles at 565 Broome; Soho and Brownsville have something in common; Wendy Williams has a night out on Murray; an insurance exec moves into the Woolworth building. / 1 comment
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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
This isn't going to stop until police start ticketing bikers for riding on sidewalks, ignoring traffic lights and going the... — Makes You Go Hmmmm.... / Teenager killed riding bike on Centre and Chambers this morning
Hi Joe, it was Prescotts. I was the Saturday nightBartender.! What a great time we had what a great jukebox!!... — Im eileen the bartender from Prescott’s! / When Tribeca Was Small (Part Two)