Newsletter: Feb. 5
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Progress at Trader Joe’s Soho Store!
I've been watching the wrong storefront: The Trader Joe's in Soho is opening on Spring, not at the corner of Sixth Avenue. You'll be digging into a tub of Crispy Crunch Chocolate Chip Cookies before you know it. / 10 comments
Seen & Heard: Chinese Delivery Recommendations?
Plus: Work has started on 1 World Trade Center's eastern plaza; a store is closing (and another opened) at the World Trade Center mall; many additions to Community Board 1's February agendas; Soho Photo shows. / 1 comment
Seen & Heard: Taste of Tribeca Is May 19
Plus: Cosmetics store closed at the World Trade Center mall; Brushstroke Noodle Bar is serving lunch two days a week; Jackie Robinson Museum is feeling optimistic; "Quantico" TV shoot; pop-up showroom on Broadway. / 6 comments
In the News: Penthouse Listed for $59 Million
Plus: Racines's new chef on his plans for the restaurant; proposed changes to 140 Broadway plaza tabled for now; politicians push city to start up Seaport redevelopment talks; FiDi street co-naming effort.
Where in Tribeca…?
Know where this was shot? Prove it. / 1 comment
Ibiza Is Closing
The shop had been in the Village for 40 years before moving to Duane Street in 2015. / 3 comments
Seen & Heard: Still No Action at Trader Joe’s
Plus: Bottega Falai closed; a glimpse of the single-family home under construction on Greenwich; reader seeks managing agent recommendations; historical rent data; manhole advertising. / 3 comments
Seen & Heard: What’s Happening at the Tribeca Cinemas Building?
Plus: Sixth Avenue pocket park is open; the sliced-off corner of 11 Beach; Worth Street reconstruction; gym's new Muybridge mural; Maybelline shoot. / 1 comment
In the News: “The Mayor of Tribeca”
Plus: When the Underground Railroad ran through Tribeca; Aziz Ansari's Franklin Street apartment; Soho Rep is about to reopen; mugging victim hunts down attacker; history of a Lispenard Street building; Whole Foods misery. / 1 comment
Laughing Man Wants to Expand Its Street Seats
Also on Community Board 1's February agendas: Citigroup construction; accusations of bad behavior at Haus; more retail at Brookfield Place?; Bogardus Plaza weekend work; more wi-fi kiosks; Sons of Thunder opening FiDi restaurant; ADA ramps; 52 Thomas rooftop compressors. / 4 comments
Why 56 Leonard’s Sculpture Is Delayed
Last week, I asked whether anyone knew the status of Anish Kapoor's sculpture at 56 Leonard. Handily, someone forwarded a recent communication from the fabricator. / 6 comments
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History of Tribeca Buildings
I don't believe allowing people to choose to sleep on the street, especially those with mental illness or substance abuse... — N / Encampment set up on Park Row and Beekman
Here we go…just wait until nyc is covered in skid row type encampments that the nypd has zero power to... — Matt / Encampment set up on Park Row and Beekman
would love to try! is Meadow Lane the only place to find? — Les / Made in Tribeca: Emmy Eats
That ugly orange tarp on the sidewalk has also been there for ages, and it creates a chokepoint when walking... — Tribeca Dad / Nosy Neighbor: What’s going on along Broadway south of Worth?
Lispenard St community did organize a petition recently. As far as I know it had no effect. https://tribecacitizen.com/2025/06/11/a-petition-to-address-the-counterfeit-vendors-on-broadway-lispenard/ People are... — Marcus / In the News: Strolling Canal Street
Art Spiegelman's "In The Shadow of No Towers" is a remarkable piece of work, and was originally a serialized comic... — Gary / Seen & Heard: PS 234 raises funds for kindergarten teacher
There still seems to be a lot of work going on there. It would have been faster to just tear... — Reademan / Nosy Neighbor: What’s going on along Broadway south of Worth?