Nosy Neighbor: What’s Happening to This Building on Vestry?
"Do you know why the building at Canal and Vestry is being covered in metal?" —N. / 10 comments
In the News: Tetsu’s Basement Dinners Start at $380
Plus: Westville added menu items for the first time since 2003; Gay Pride will be uptown this year; pie-in-the-sky renderings for the waterfront; Artists Space opening forecast.
New Kid on the Block: Ortuzar Projects
Reasoning that a gallery must "prove it wants to exist," founder Ales Ortuzar has committed to just two years, with four shows a year. The focus is on art from the 20th and 21st centuries, particularly work that hasn't been seen in New York City in a while.
What’s Opening When at the Seaport District
Just added to the list: An 11,000-square-foot restaurant from the team behind Locanda Verde and Little Park.
Seen & Heard: Yves Got More French
Plus: Security warning; listing for the Koh's Kids space on Greenwich; the Craft Studio's Tribeca location is a pop-up; the New York City Drone Film Festival; tackiness at Whole Foods. / 3 comments
In the News: “Virtue Signaling” and Street Seats
Plus: New sister restaurants for Dark Horse Tavern and Akimoto Sushi; Scott Stringer's proposal for Battery Park City income; when Tammany Hall was on Nassau Street. / 14 comments
Seen & Heard: Café Temporarily Closed
Plus: Big "Daredevil" TV shoot this week; more on the forthcoming appliance center (and historical details it discovered during renovation); Ward III's sister establishment in D.C.; best restroom paper towels. / 1 comment
Self-Driving Cars Are Coming to Lower Manhattan
Cruise Automation, which is owned by General Motors, is setting up in Hudson Square and using the area to test its driverless cars. / 30 comments
Newsletter: Feb. 26
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In the News: How Andrew Cuomo Raises Money from Political Appointments
Plus: Frenchette's lamb meatballs; colorist for a day; contemporary art at the National Museum of the American Indian. / 2 comments
Seen & Heard: This 1910 Building Will Be Spared
Plus: Timelapse video of 12 Warren's demolition and construction; the first production at Town Stages; N. Moore memento; more on the new Broadway appliance showroom. / 4 comments
In the News: Solving the Aggressive Ticket Hawker Problem
Plus: Gateway Plaza residents protest doorman decision; Burger N Grill review; more poke restaurants; interview with a Patron of the New founder; Salvatore Ferragamo designer has a place in Tribeca; FiDi affordable housing lottery. / 1 comment
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History of Tribeca Buildings
REALLY shows the difference between when this was an neighborhood of families headed by teachers, artists, manufacturers, and other normal... — Elizabeth / The young vandals of Washington Market Park
Nice to know it won't be a commercial ghost town soon but...anyone else miss Sergio? Or the lovely family that... — Elizabeth / An update on the new businesses for Greenwich
I think the picture is showing the northeast corner of Sixth and Walker (or the southwest corner of the building).... — Robert Ripps / Blank Street Coffee is coming to Sixth and Walker
There is staff there now. Parents do NOT like being told what to do. — Tribeca Citizen / The young vandals of Washington Market Park
You do know this project predates this administration, correct? — malcolm / Deliverista Hub at City Hall will open soon
When we neighbors organized to create this lovely )then private) park back in 1983 we had on site paid staff... — Jean Grillo / The young vandals of Washington Market Park
Is the Parks Dept or the Friends allowed to impose fines for this, for damaging public property or something? And... — SW / The young vandals of Washington Market Park