In the News: Brooklyn Bridge Closures for El Chapo’s Trial
Plus: Former Trump fixer puts 111 Murray apartment up for rent; local thefts; living in Battery Park City; FiDi development map; Champion to open store on Broadway. / 7 comments
Valentine No. 66
Gerardo Blumenkrantz's quirky illustrations at Houseman are all the more charming for being totally unnecessary. / 5 comments
In the News: Inside the Tribeca Home of a “QVC Star”
Plus: Visit to the apartment of a curio collector; local subway stop is among the city's hottest; De Maria restaurant has closed; Bareburger takes heat for being less than entirely organic. / 2 comments
Nosy Neighbor: When Will This Subway Elevator Be Done?
"Will the new subway elevator outside 30 Park Place (for the Chambers Street station on the E line) ever open? It's been under construction for years, although there's been no sign of work for a long time. The adjacent stairs opened in the fall of 2016." —I. / 2 comments
Seen & Heard: Downtown Connection Changes Route to Thwart Scammers
Plus: What is going on at the Cast Iron House?; Robert Janz collages on view at Philip Williams Posters; Khe-Yo is cooking with gas again. / 5 comments
In the News: Gitano Was Shut Down Again
Plus: Alleged bank robber nabbed by cops; city to try out commercial rent control; the Brooklyn Chop House, opening in the former Denny's space.
Ghost Town: The 2018 Retail-Vacancy Report
For the fourth year in a row, I walked every block in Tribeca, counting storefronts that appear to be available. / 39 comments
Newsletter: Aug. 13
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Valentine No. 65
By this time every summer, Mother Nature starts reclaiming what's rightly hers. / 4 comments
In the News: Spanish Surrealist
Plus: Trump's in-laws' citizenship ceremony; restaurateur accused of "culture of fear"; local thefts; touching up the Alice in Wonderland mural; Oculus photo essay; La Monte Young and Marian Zazeela; jazz in the 1970s.
Seen & Heard: The City Skyline Over Time
Plus: How the former Souths building could be reimagined; the strange guy hanging outside a pediatrician's office; new tenant for W. Broadway storefront; how to search this site. / 2 comments
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St. Paul's Chapel — James Bogardus / Watching time in the neighborhood
That stretch of sidewalk is ALWAYS one of the last to be cleared, which makes no sense to me because... — WCJ / More images from Whiteout 2026
Agreed. — martine / Friedmans new space on Greenwich will be an Italian concept
Add Max's on W Broadway! I was looking forward to a good breakfast sandwich burger place. Oh well. Yes, I... — martine / Friedmans new space on Greenwich will be an Italian concept
I was really surprised that the sidewalk on Hudson next to Duane Park had not been shoved as of Tuesday!... — Janet / More images from Whiteout 2026
Morgan's Market are the BEST!!! — Bob Moore / More images from Whiteout 2026
Could be the other partners are, but the owner I met was a New Yorker. — Tribeca Citizen / Toby’s Estate opens next week