First Look: Citigroup’s New Plaza
Citigroup opened its new plaza a day early, and it's quite pleasant. The main features are an oval lawn in the southeast corner, a reflecting pool, long wooden benches, a handful of café tables and chairs, and two large communal tables.
In the News: Lawsuit Over Franklin Place
Plus: Theoretical floating garage proposed for Holland Tunnel off-ramp circle; how TV personality Savannah Guthrie spends her Sundays; smoking weed with Rohan Marley; armed robbery suspect; Streetsense question; an ode to the Nike store building. / 3 comments
A Code of Conduct for Film Shoots
Also on Community Board 1's October agendas: Bogardus Plaza construction update; changes to 137 Duane; hotel liquor licenses; making Park Row friendlier to cyclists and pedestrians; more. / 5 comments
Newsletter: Oct. 2
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Seen & Heard: NYPD Keeps Parking in the Bike Lane
Plus: Adorable chairs at R & Company; fundraiser for Puerto Rico; performance and talk on magic and the law; "Bull" and "Succession" shoots. / 2 comments
Seen & Heard: De Blasio’s Placard Reform Is a Joke
Plus: Vin Sur Vingt reportedly opened last night; how to help street trees; DanceBody does some venting; no word on when Breads Bakery might debut; Spring Place private club is expanding; a good source for nuts? / 1 comment
Close-Up: Vestry Street
The patterns, details, textures, and scars that give Vestry Street—and Tribeca in general—its character.
Where in Tribeca…?
Know where this was shot? Prove it. / 4 comments
Seen & Heard: Citi’s Plaza Opens Next Week
Plus: Rag & Bone anniversary sale; the southern Oculus plaza at the World Trade Center; Cortlandt Way is out from under the sidewalk shed; Blue Bottle across from the 9/11 Memorial. / 3 comments
In the News: Margaret Chin’s Win Is Official
Plus: Pier 17's proposed canopy still needs to get Landmarks approval; possible new ferry to the southern tip of Staten Island; digital ads coming to subway cars and stations. / 1 comment
Seen & Heard: Buddha Bar Update
Plus: Vin Sur Vingt wine bar to open on Monday; Smorgasburg on Canal Street now has booze; pop-up event space to empower women; the Joel Shapiro sculpture in Tribeca. / 3 comments
101 Wall – FiDi New Development Condo Open House This Sunday, 1-3 p.m.
The new luxury condominium residences at 101 Wall Street, designed by internationally celebrated Dutch designer Piet Boon, feature Boon's characteristic aesthetic of refined sophistication and graceful simplicity. / Sponsored
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History of Tribeca Buildings
This argument is a bit circular isn’t it? What was “very necessary” about destroying a neighborhood (as is apparent to... — Peter / The distance we’ve come in 25 years
The Battery Park Resiliency Project is a very necessary floodwater management project that has been fully approved. This exact same... — harryh / The distance we’ve come in 25 years
https://tribecacitizen.com/2026/06/01/an-renewed-effort-to-save-battery-park-citys-trees/ — Tribeca Citizen / The distance we’ve come in 25 years
Would've had to have been kept quiet. NYPD/other agencies wouldn't be able to identify unrelated drones in a flock of... — JT / Crowd Sourcing: Who saw the Twin Towers drone show on Wednesday night?
I want to add, like Vickery Eckhoff said, the Lutnick photo is pretty telling. Another person uploaded a pretty normal... — M / Crowd Sourcing: Who saw the Twin Towers drone show on Wednesday night?
Does anyone have the count of trees in the Battery and Battery Park City that have been felled for the... — Heide Fasnacht / The distance we’ve come in 25 years
I found this article by googling "New York drone show fake?" It's really a very weird situation. These drone shows... — M / Crowd Sourcing: Who saw the Twin Towers drone show on Wednesday night?