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
In the News: Staple Street Skybridge Is Back on the Market
Plus: Manhatta to start weekend lunch service; the history of 151 Hudson; five injured in car crash on West Street.
Seen & Heard: Fish Republic Restaurant Opening on Duane
Plus: Underground lounge in the works for 1803; rally for P.S. 150, which is being turned into a gym for Independence Plaza residents; apocalyptic art exhibit; Invisalign ad shoot today.
Beauty Store Opening on Hudson
"Elphia Beauty will be launching the concept store with its two signature products: the Luxe Exfoliating Gel and the Luxe Rejuvenation Serum," says the press release. / 1 comment
Seen & Heard: The Warren Street Dig Spreads Eastward
Plus: Dance party at Ward III; how to get rid of old prescription medicine; demolished buildings at Beach and West; Strategist holiday pop-up; smashing pumpkins; BMCC lecture series.
Housing Works Is Closing Its Tribeca Store
Donations will be accepted until November 18, with the store shutting its doors a week later. / 13 comments
Tribeca in the 1940s
"The New York City Municipal Archives just added the 1940s tax photos to its photo database," emailed Peter with the news. "I've spent hours wandering down long lost sections of Washington, Duane, Reade.... Lots of great photos under the elevated line on Greenwich. Super cool." / 9 comments
Newsletter: Nov. 8
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In the News: Inside an Interior Designer’s Tribeca Loft
Plus: All three ballot proposals approved; Jerry Nadler as head of the Judiciary Committee; recent local muggings and thefts; Lobster GoGo opened in the Seaport. / 2 comments
How Tribeca Became Tribeca
The History of Tribeca Buildings database—compiled from Tom Miller's posts at Daytonian in Manhattan—now has more than 125 entries, each with the zesty anecdotes you've come to expect. Here are six recent additions.
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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