Newsletter: Jan. 18
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Seen & Heard: The Days of Egg Creams and Knishes
Plus: The kosher restaurant opening on Hudson makes it past Community Board 1; video of Lower Manhattan in 1993; Art Projects International's 25th anniversary show; two-person show at Cheryl Hazan. / 2 comments
Close-Up: Franklin Street
The patterns, details, textures, and scars that give Franklin Street—and Tribeca in general—its character. / 2 comments
In the News: Miami Beach Italian Restaurant to Open Here
Plus: King now serves lunch; de Blasio's decency commission says a controversial Canyon of Heroes plaque can stay. / 5 comments
Even More True Tales of Tribeca Buildings
The History of Tribeca Buildings database—compiled from Tom Miller's posts at Daytonian in Manhattan—now has 84 entries, each with the zesty anecdotes you've come to expect. Here are six recent additions. / 3 comments
Seen & Heard: Art of the Resistance
Plus: Developer appointed to Hudson River Park Trust board; lecture about kids with learning and attention issues; the art of Battery Park City gardener Yoshihiro Youkee Nishida; a Tribeca family's help-wanted ad. / 1 comment
In the News: Explore Lower Manhattan in the 1990s
Plus: Photographer Bruce Weber and comedian Aziz Ansari accused of aggressive sexual behavior; the offices of Stupid Cancer; foggy photos; City Winery acts to help Puerto Rico. / 5 comments
The Shopdogs of Tribeca (Vol. 9)
Meet the Employees of the Month: Seeker, Harley, Freddy, Rusty, and Steinway. / 2 comments
Newsletter: Jan. 15
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Seen & Heard: Duane Park’s Groundhog Day Party
Plus: Truck goes over barrier and into Hudson River Park; Reade Street building for sale; Le Pain Quotidien coffee cart; "Figurative Diaspora" at the New York Academy of Art. / 2 comments
Where in Tribeca…?
Know where this was shot? Prove it. / 3 comments
In the News: Enforcers of Battery Park City
Plus: Updates on Frenchette and Holy Ground restaurants; Maman is opening in Chelsea; Seaport hotel restaurant; more on how Whole Foods is changing its relationships with suppliers; Marilyn Minter's ode to narcissism at the Oculus; area thefts. / 5 comments
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