Seen & Heard: David Bowie Tribute
Plus: A return visit to the 10 Corso Como restaurant; Tribeca Meet & Greet is Wednesday; breakfast at Seamore's; moss.
Quote-Unquote Funny
When quotation marks are obviously not quoting something, they come off as scare quotes—as if the subject is not what it seems to be. And that can be amusing. / 7 comments
In the News: Brooks Brothers Is Closing Today
Plus: Shopping review of 10 Corso Como; local thefts; the history of a Franklin Street building; efforts to complete the Manhattan Greenway.
Seen & Heard: Aggressive Bees
Plus: Opening forecast for Wisefish Poké; Arcade Bakery is open on Mondays again; four more shoots this week; bagel shop on Reade? / 4 comments
The Best Kids’ Birthday Parties in Tribeca
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New Kid on the Block: Just Baked! Nowakowski
The Nowakowski baking company started in Poland in 1925 as a neighborhood bakery, growing to a chain of around 50 stores. Now it has decided the U.S. is ripe for expansion. First up: Tribeca. / 10 comments
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It Happened Here
The History of Tribeca Buildings database—compiled from Tom Miller's posts at Daytonian in Manhattan—now has well over 100 entries, each with the zesty anecdotes you've come to expect. Here are six recent additions.
In the News: Politicians Push Back on P.S. 150 Move
Plus: The two-year construction of Pier 26 has officially started; 28 Liberty skyscraper is on the market; advertising company wants to put cellphone boosters on newsstands. / 4 comments
Seen & Heard: New Kids’ Theater
Plus: Rosie Assoulin sample sale; peeking into the Maharishi store; satirical novel set in Lower Manhattan; Broadway address clarification. / 1 comment
In the News: McNally Jackson’s Soho Store Is Closing
Plus: Manhatta review; changes likely coming to Brookfield Place; Morgenstern's ice cream opens this week.
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Crazy. Frank Gehry just died today. https://nyti.ms/48DuKiy — Bianca Alexis / Issey Miyake will close store after 24 years
We can only hope. — Makes You Go Hmmmm.... / In the News: More ICE on Canal Street
As long as NYC fails to enforce its own laws and allows the city to continue in a state of... — Marcus / In the News: More ICE on Canal Street
Mulciber thank you. Sanitation is a rationale often used to justify fascist strategies. Witness the attacks on "cartels" in the... — Heide Fasnacht / In the News: More ICE on Canal Street
435 mature trees getting taken out is brutal — Peter G / The plans for the reconstruction of Rockefeller Park
I am not totally seeing where Gateway/Brookfield and restaurants on the water fall into this timeline. Can someone kindly advise?... — Erin H / The plans for the reconstruction of Rockefeller Park
Whatever happened, the illegal bazaar is alive and well as of fifteen minutes ago, couldn’t even squeeze through the crowds... — R. / In the News: More ICE on Canal Street