In the News: Rally to Save P.S. 150
Plus: Arrest in the hit-and-run killing of a Tribeca resident; party guests steal $30,000 worth of clothes; look back at an earlier Duane Park.
Last Call for the J. Crew Liquor Store
A "store for rent" sign is in the window, and given J. Crew's business issues—including a "crippling debt load"—relocation seems unlikely. / 1 comment
Portrait of the Artist: Alexandra Blair
Next up in photographer Claudine Williams's series of Q&As with people in the arts: Alexandra Blair, of the band The Silk War. "I love being different in Tribeca," she says. "There are a lot of families, a lot of children, and I kind of like being a little disruptive." / 2 comments
Seen & Heard: Gotan No Longer Accepts Cash
Plus: The proprietor of Fish Republic restaurant, opening on Duane; is the Torishin yakitori restaurant still happening?; the storefront at 1 White; paintings of New York City. / 6 comments
CBD Store to Open in Tribeca
Come Back Daily is "the world’s first CBD experiential retail store," says founder Steven Phan. Instead of the usual dispensary model, where products are behind a counter, he'll have a "discovery bar" with samples.
Seen & Heard: Dinner at La Mercerie
Plus: Weekday lunch at Manhatta; activity at two White Street storefronts; Tribeca and Battery Park pillows; inside a Tribeca artist's old-school loft; "Law & Order: SVU" shoot.
In the News: Tribecan Killed by Hit-and-Run Driver
Plus: The Ponte family's nasty legal battle; more on P.S. 150 having to move; Community Board 1's refusal to support a street-naming for a cop killed in Iraq; single mother moved from Tribeca to Battery Park City. / 5 comments
More on No. 87, a New Restaurant on Walker Street
The proprietor is Tribecan Brian Kennedy, a lawyer based in the building who knows firsthand how much the area could use a casual café.
Newsletter: Nov. 12
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Seen & Heard: NYPD Meeting for Tribeca Residents
Plus: Xi'an Famous Foods is opening in FiDi; how yesterday's winds affected the 9/11 Memorial's reflecting pools; new hotel has a big ugly video screen above its entrance; liquor-license application discussion for The Whiskey Tribeca postponed. / 5 comments
In the News: Golf Simulators
Plus: City to start grading street-food carts; new community space in Battery Park City; exterminator made people at the Municipal Building sick. / 1 comment
Old Meets New on Franklin Street
Studio MDA proposes to add four stories with a striking cast-aluminum facade to a two-story Art Moderne building. / 3 comments
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History of Tribeca Buildings
https://www.threads.com/@caper.media/post/Dai7WqvmXaY/gabriel-borges-former-cdc-at-chez-ma-tante-is-opening-his-own-greenpoint/ — Gar / A new restaurant is coming to Casa space on Duane
This smacks of cronyism to such a degree that I wonder why Tish James has not yet initiated an investigation.... — Heide Fasnacht / A progress report on the work in Rockefeller Park
Pier 40 was a little more than 1/4 mile from ICE on Varick Street. This garage would be substantially farther... — James Bogardus / Nosy Neighbor: What is up with this garage on Harrison?
How are they legal to drive in NYC with no license plates? — Robert Ripps / Nosy Neighbor: What is up with this garage on Harrison?
Is government surveillance really what is most important to Tribecans in the STATE SENATE? C'mon people - streets are a... — Downtown Dad Reborn / David Siffert has won the Democratic primary race for Assembly District 66
Oh, and the "storm walls" have got to be the most unattractive design element ever perpetrated on NYC. Expect a... — Downtown Dad Reborn / A progress report on the work in Rockefeller Park
This will go down as one of the largest financial boondoggles in the history of NYC perpetrated by Albany based... — Downtown Dad Reborn / A progress report on the work in Rockefeller Park