Newsletter: Aug. 21
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In the News: The History of Beach Street
Including how it got its name. Plus: De Blasio vows to remove Canyon of Heroes plaque; Tribeca loft with peek-a-boo holes; more WeWork in FiDi; footage of last night's lightning storm. / 1 comment
Seen & Heard: Inside a Traffic Control Box
Plus: Buddy Bowzer portrait; local artist Cybele Kadagian featured in 60 Hudson window; the Grand Banks sister boat bar at Brooklyn Bridge Park; 3 and 4 World Trade Center. / 3 comments
Show Us Your Roof: 53 N. Moore
The common roof deck of 53 N. Moore is only atop the sixth floor, but it has lovely views of 56 Leonard, the Holland Tunnel off-ramps, Citigroup, and the World Trade Center. / 5 comments
R & Company’s Spectacular Expansion
"We're opening a new space on White Street," emailed R & Company co-founder Zesty Meyers. "Would you like to come see it?" / 1 comment
Seen & Heard: Jack’s Stir Brew Opens Today
Plus: Billy's Bakery appears to have bailed on Canal Street Market; unnerving attack on Canal Street; new spa on Broadway; one more reason to adopt a pet this Saturday.
In the News: Elderly Woman Hit by Truck
Plus: Cheetos pop-up review; Scott Glenn practices martial arts here; Suitsupply is tripling down on Brookfield Place; Greenwich Street storefronts for sale; FBI agent hurt in grenade accident; the Sphere is in Liberty Park; shiny FiDi rendering; Ann Street's eponym.
Seen & Heard: More Trees Cut Down
Plus: Ecco is open again; a neat atrium skylight at 403 Greenwich; FiDi tower sketch; activity above the Diane Von Furstenberg store at Brookfield Place; checking out Pier 17 from the water.
Valentine No. 59
For my money, no Tribeca lobby beats 140 Franklin, where architect Aldo Andreoli commissioned murals from Sol LeWitt when the building was converted in 2000.
Tribeca Then & Now: Part 3
Thanks yet again to Tribeca resident Ivan Kosnyrev: He sifted through the New York Public Library's historical photos of the neighborhood on Oldnyc.org, and then he shot the locations as they look now. In this round: Northwest Tribeca. / 3 comments
Newsletter: Aug. 17
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I don't understand. Doesn't the No. 1 bus travel on Lafayette? DOT is expanding a bike lane and reducing travel... — Lisa / Lafayette will get a new two-way bike lane through the Village and Soho
Different things can be true at the same time: If there is to be this sort of charging-space, it is... — Lisa / Deliverista hub on Broadway is under construction
I agree. It’s likely that there is an extremely high use of delivery apps in the neighborhood but one thing... — John Gallagher / Deliverista hub on Broadway is under construction
Will know more after CB1 meeting on Thursday. — Tribeca Citizen / Anotheroom moving south on West Broadway
Sorry, but they are digging them up. — Tribeca Citizen / The young vandals of Washington Market Park
Entitled parents = entitled children. — Cd / The young vandals of Washington Market Park
The gazebo to that slide are quite far. Do we really think small children are digging out 30 year old... — Sue C / The young vandals of Washington Market Park