In the News: VOTE today
It’s Election Day in February! So if you want to Instagram your “I Voted” sticker, get out there sometime between 6a and 9p to cast your vote for public advocate. Here's a summary of the city's news on the subject. / 5 comments
Two-fam house planned on Harrison
18 Harrison is being converted to a two-family house with the addition of a sixth floor and a commercial space on the first floor and basement. / 1 comment
In the News: More on placard regs
Plus a block of sales at 70 Vestry; Airbnb ring used 385 Greenwich apartments; arrests made in Jay Street stabbing.
Newsletter: Feb. 25
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Where in Tribeca?
The third in a series of hopeful messages found around the neighborhood: the pineapple, the symbol of hospitality, welcome and friendship. Or, as my sister learned the hard way, left upside-down in your shopping cart it is the universal symbol of swingers. / 4 comments
My personal police blotter
Who else but a New Yorker could find their tires slashed and their phone stolen out of their hands on the subway in one day? / 10 comments
Seen & Heard: Battery Dance at the Schimmel Center
Plus new works at Art Projects International; a thrift store in the financial district that takes donations; artistry at Balloon Saloon.
Look Inside – Custom Three-Bedroom Loft in Tribeca
The space you need. Every amenity you want. In the middle of the neighborhood you love. / Sponsored
City will phase out parking placards starting now
In short, the whole system is going digital, paper placards are going away, and the NYPD will no longer have to police its own. / 7 comments
Seen & Heard: Grants for downtown storefronts
Plus Conception Arts show tonight; the mayor will address placard abuse this afternoon; some massing drawings for 86 Warren
The news from up north: 142 Watts Street
The sidewalk shed going up around 142 Watts (or 457 Washington) is prepping the building for a conversion from office and multiple dwellings to a single family residence on the second through fifth floor, with a new sixth floor to be used as part of the residence. / 1 comment
Newsletter: Feb. 21
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History of Tribeca Buildings
"Even cast-iron architecture might have been considered avant garde when it first appeared." No. Just no. Cast iron was intentionally... — James Bogardus / Sneak Peek: 14 White
No slight was intended against Tribeca Paint. It's just nice to have a choice of stores, like we used to.... — Gary / In the News: A 70-year-old Fidi hardware store faces closure
The facade resembles two buildings on Church Street - one on the corner of Warren, the other at Chambers Street.... — Gary / Sneak Peek: 14 White
The best part about those 9 ft windows is the inability to see 14 White while looking out through them.... — James Bogardus / Sneak Peek: 14 White
Sad to see BabyCottons go. Bought many quality gifts there for family and friends. Items were always beautiful and well... — Tribeca Mom / Babycottons and Willow & Zoey are leaving; a jeweler is coming in
Regarding Bubby's, it could be the Devil Wears Prada effect. People re-watching or first seeing the movie in advance of... — Chester / Seen & Heard: An all-time record at Bubby’s?
Yes! Quite affordable for the more than 800 billionaires in America! — George Bacon / Sneak Peek: 14 White