In the News: Sterling Mason Loft Peeping
Plus: Duane Park building sold; Pier 25 family event this weekend; AOA Bar and Grill sibling in Jersey City; more on Fithouse; why you shouldn't leave a key under the doormat.
Close-Up: Leonard Street
The details that give Tribeca so much of its character are slowly being cleaned up and smoothed out. Savor them while you can. / 2 comments
Seen & Heard: Halloween at Washington Market Park
Plus: Faux Tribeca on a Montreal film set; Taste of the Seaport is this weekend; likely explanation for the Jeff Koons sculpture removal; Sophie B. Hawkins in concert.
Seen & Heard: Scanlan Theodore Is Open
Plus: New Northwest Tribeca building partially unveiled; more info on Takeshi Sushi restaurant; activity in the old Tribeca's Cornerstone space; Adopt-a-Plant event.
In the News: Chinese Restaurant Eyeing the Nobu Space
Plus: Opening forecast for the Martignetti brothers' bar at W. Broadway and Canal; a second outpost of Greenwich Street Tavern; Gateway Plaza rent fight; wedding site to become jail complex.
The Likely Name and Operator of the Northwest Tribeca Hotel
All signs point toward the hotel under construction on Greenwich being called Le Fouquet's New York, with an outpost of a famous Paris restaurant. / 1 comment
Ato Has Closed
The restaurant is being replaced by Takeshi Sushi, which promises an "omakase experience."
Seen & Heard: The Jeff Koons Sculpture Is Gone
Plus: Bogardus Plaza's scavenger hunt; local producer's documentary film about a blues legend; opening forecast for Nova Fitness Innovation studio; menu for Sola Lab on Beekman. / 8 comments
In the News: Homeless Man Helped by Tribecans
Plus: More on the efforts to extend P.S. 150's stay in Tribeca; meeting on 9/11 health effects; new buildings getting fully designed interiors; Battery Park City resiliency budget.
Portrait of the Artist: Jair Oliveira
First up in photographer Claudine Williams's new series of Q&As with people in the arts: Brazilian musician Jair Oliveira, who lives in Battery Park City with his wife, actress Tania Khalill, and their two daughters. / 2 comments
Newsletter: Oct. 15
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Seen & Heard: Philly Pretzel Factory Opens Next Week
Plus: A petition to keep P.S. 150 in Tribeca; the next Lower Manhattan street to get torn up for years; is the Jeff Koons balloon sculpture being moved?; paintings at Steven Amedee. / 5 comments
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