New arts center coming to Governor’s Island
The Lower Manhattan Cultural Council will develop the 1870s munitions warehouse -- the building to your right as you walk uphill from the ferry -- as a 40,000 square foot arts center.
Newsletter: March 28
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The Old Kids on a New Block: Max
Max has moved, and as of this week, it is back in business with a liquor license and the menu it’s had since the original Max’s was opened on Avenue B 19 years ago. / 8 comments
Seen & Heard: A goodbye and two hellos
The Liquor Store is officially closed; Dr. Smood coming to Goldman corridor; Bogardus Garden making progress; Kings staff pitches in; The Wonder getting closer? / 7 comments
In the News: Fining the floating billboard
Plus Frenchette staff helps arrest a very bad man; updates on the city's efforts to ban development voids; land use process to start for proposed White Street jail. / 3 comments
Signs of spring in Tribeca
We are a long way from full bloom, but signs around the neighborhood show that spring is coming, if not officially sprung. / 2 comments
AKA aka Smyth hotel lobby and bar to open in May
Luxury minimalist Jennifer Post, whose resume includes residential projects at One 57 and The Apthorp, designed the new lobby and bar/lounge for the AKA Smyth hotel. / 3 comments
In the News: More on and of Crown Shy
Plus One Beekman Street rising; Star sightings at Frenchette (mais bien sur); Brookfield gets a smell-full tenant; Instacart gets pushed out of Whole Foods / 3 comments
Seen & Heard: Dance classes for adults
Plus gardening for kids in BPC parks starts this week; the Holocaust museum hosts a discussion; Whole Foods hosts a beauty product swap; R&Co. shows bentwood from South Korea.
Newsletter: March 25
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In the News: Thieves break into three local businesses
Burglars made off with the cash drawers at three Tribeca mainstays: Duane Park Patisserie, Terroir and Greenwich Street Tavern as well as three stores along the stretch of West Broadway between Grand and Spring in Soho. / 4 comments
Where in Tribeca?
So true! These words kind of settle the argument for me. (Though of course I cannot condone even smart graffiti.) Comment below if you know where they reside (or if you know who scrawled them). / 5 comments
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History of Tribeca Buildings
This Streetsblog post is over 4 years old, with no clear update since then. I see the Tribeca Trib also... — Elizabeth / In the News: Hunting down parking placard abuses
Eliz, I tried to make clear my disgust and disdain for placard abuse. I validated your outrage at the top... — Komanoff / In the News: Hunting down parking placard abuses
https://tribecacitizen.com/2026/06/17/icymi-the-speed-limit-is-now-20-mph/ — Tribeca Citizen / In the News: Hunting down parking placard abuses
Ah yes, the city was given permission to lower limits, I just didn't know that Chambers had gotten the treatment... — malcolm / In the News: Hunting down parking placard abuses
If free and easy on-street parking isn't compatible with lower Manhattan, then why is it available to city workers? The... — Elizabeth / In the News: Hunting down parking placard abuses
Apparently the speed limit is now 20. No one would ever know that since the street is usually backed up... — elizabeth / In the News: Hunting down parking placard abuses
Sorry, your lone justifiable outrage IMO is that cops, firemen, court officers and other apparatchiks get free parking spaces. We... — Komanoff / In the News: Hunting down parking placard abuses