Seen & Heard: A New Wine Bar on Leonard
Plus: Kaffe 1668 South is getting a renovation; construction truck crashes through hollow sidewalk; could the big stage at the Oculus be for the VMAs?; climbing dome at Peck Slip; the entrance to 111 Murray is open (but the sidewalk isn't). / 1 comment
Seen & Heard: Store Closure at Brookfield Place
Plus: Attempting to replicate a photo of 111 Murray; tourist bus crowds at West and Chambers; competition to design a better garbage can; half the unknown-location photos from the late 1980s have been identified. / 3 comments
In the News: Tribeca Penthouse Sells at Deep Discount
Plus: Inside the Color Factory pop-up; history of the building where L'Angolo is; the stalled Battery Maritime Building conversion gets a new investor; a toast to Raoul's. / 1 comment
Seen & Heard: Another Store Closed at the World Trade Center Mall
Plus: Petition against the de Blasio administration's plan to build a 40-story jail on Worth Street; forthcoming barbershop includes "Dazzler" massages; the Kati Roll Company opens today; more shoots. / 21 comments
If Tribeca’s Walls Could Talk
The History of Tribeca Buildings database—compiled from Tom Miller's posts at Daytonian in Manhattan—now has more than 100 entries, each with the zesty anecdotes you've come to expect. Here are six recent additions.
Seen & Heard: Is Taylor Swift Looking to Expand Her Holdings?
Plus: Tribute to Aretha Franklin at the Franklin Street subway station; a better look at the sad state of the Cast Iron House penthouse; Tribeca Film Festival dates; tennis activities at Brookfield Place. / 4 comments
In the News: The Mayor Is Jamming Through His Jail Plan
Plus: Someone bought 1 White; local mall to host the return of the Wigstock drag festival is coming back; new ferry route to the South Bronx; the importance of a free press. / 5 comments
Tribeca Then and Now: The Unknowns (Part 1)
Many of Jane Freeman's photos from the 1980s and 1990s were taken at locations I've been unable to identify. Feel free to weigh in, but please don't just toss out a guess. / 19 comments
Newsletter: Aug. 16
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Seen & Heard: Pig Roast
Plus: Chefs visiting the Seaport District; 1st Precinct community event; FiDi hotel/co-working space; Sean Patrick Maloney's annoying texts. / 3 comments
Tribeca’s Most Amenitized Condominium Building, One Hundred Barclay
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History of Tribeca Buildings
SW -- I have written extensively about "micromobility" harms. I have called for reforms that could help "powered" bikes and... — Komanoff / In the News: Hunting down parking placard abuses
Looking forward to them opening, but still laughing at the idea that they are going to put seats in that... — N / Update: Carnegie Diner at 200 Chambers
I don't know what the legal speed on Chambers is, But the cameras do not trigger unless one is going... — Sandy / In the News: Hunting down parking placard abuses
Komanoff: “Driving and drivers are by far and away the bigger threat” when compared to bikes and e-bikes? I’m aware... — SW / In the News: Hunting down parking placard abuses
Thanks for article...such a ugly site walking out the front door...and wondering when it will end!!! — Vivian / Nosy Neighbor: What’s going on in the construction yard on Harrison?
Any updates on this one? — P / Carnegie Diner and Cafe plans approved for 200 Chambers
I reposted because it illustrated their more recent story about the NYPD refusing to share information. And yes, the problem... — Tribeca Citizen / In the News: Hunting down parking placard abuses