Seen & Heard: David Bowie Tribute
Plus: A return visit to the 10 Corso Como restaurant; Tribeca Meet & Greet is Wednesday; breakfast at Seamore's; moss.
Quote-Unquote Funny
When quotation marks are obviously not quoting something, they come off as scare quotes—as if the subject is not what it seems to be. And that can be amusing. / 7 comments
In the News: Brooks Brothers Is Closing Today
Plus: Shopping review of 10 Corso Como; local thefts; the history of a Franklin Street building; efforts to complete the Manhattan Greenway.
Seen & Heard: Aggressive Bees
Plus: Opening forecast for Wisefish Poké; Arcade Bakery is open on Mondays again; four more shoots this week; bagel shop on Reade? / 4 comments
The Best Kids’ Birthday Parties in Tribeca
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New Kid on the Block: Just Baked! Nowakowski
The Nowakowski baking company started in Poland in 1925 as a neighborhood bakery, growing to a chain of around 50 stores. Now it has decided the U.S. is ripe for expansion. First up: Tribeca. / 10 comments
Newsletter: Oct. 11
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It Happened Here
The History of Tribeca Buildings database—compiled from Tom Miller's posts at Daytonian in Manhattan—now has well over 100 entries, each with the zesty anecdotes you've come to expect. Here are six recent additions.
In the News: Politicians Push Back on P.S. 150 Move
Plus: The two-year construction of Pier 26 has officially started; 28 Liberty skyscraper is on the market; advertising company wants to put cellphone boosters on newsstands. / 4 comments
Seen & Heard: New Kids’ Theater
Plus: Rosie Assoulin sample sale; peeking into the Maharishi store; satirical novel set in Lower Manhattan; Broadway address clarification. / 1 comment
In the News: McNally Jackson’s Soho Store Is Closing
Plus: Manhatta review; changes likely coming to Brookfield Place; Morgenstern's ice cream opens this week.
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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