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
And the resiliency benefits are far from obvious — John BPC / Some storefront news out of Battery Park City
Yes! The resiliency planners have caused so much damage, produced so much ugliness, and are making survival so so hard... — Les / Some storefront news out of Battery Park City
Looks amazing! But any idea how much these memberships will run? — CK / Massive underground “immersive” space coming to Broadway and White
Trying to find out... — Tribeca Citizen / Some storefront news out of Battery Park City
It is becoming apparent that the “Battery Park Resiliency Project” is a disaster at all levels, decided by carrierist bureaucrats... — John BPC / Some storefront news out of Battery Park City
GOOD MORNING. Please be informed THAT AJ COVE NAILS AND SPA IS STILL ON BUSINESS . I’m grateful to BATTERY... — Nemia C. Icoy / Some storefront news out of Battery Park City
The Sanitation Department claims it offers three sizes of the “Official NYC” bins that MUST be used: 55-, 45- and... — Flummoxed / Local landlord sues city over trash container requirement