Newsletter: June 8
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In the News: Canal Street Building Sent Back to Drawing Board
Plus: World Trade Center mall 20% unleased; the menu at Tetsu will have four burgers; thief masqueraded as construction worker; Battery Park City consultants get renewed. / 1 comment
Seen & Heard: The Redesign of 172 Duane
Plus: Bogardus Plaza revamp to start tomorrow; a glimpse of the subway elevator outside 30 Park Place; "Pink Flamingos" on the big screen; Ladybug Day at Washington Market Park; 9/11 Tribute Museum opens in its new location next week; exhibit at Steven Amedee. / 5 comments
Redeem Your 2-Week Pass to Crunch!
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Nosy Neighbor: Is That a Dan Flavin Artwork?
"Every time I walk down Worth Street, I wonder whether the yellow light installation in the window of 5 Worth is by Dan Flavin. Is there a way to find out?" —M. / 1 comment
In the News: Chef Ichimura Is on Medical Leave
Plus: King restaurant gets two stars; fast-food chain Verts plans two FiDi outposts; Jill Eisenstadt novel about Tribecans who move to the Rockaways; architecture firm settles over alleged Fair Housing Act violations in Battery Park City.
Seen & Heard: Landmarc’s Limited Summer Hours
Plus: "Weird interior glow" at Washington and Desbrosses; that Church Street cornice; Tribeca artist Kazumi Yoshida; book-swap at Duane Park's Neighbors Night; hope for the World Trade Center Greenmarket. / 2 comments
New Kid on the Block: Xtend Tribeca
Two Tribecans, Erica Lerner and Sara Fusco, have opened the first Xtend fitness studio in Manhattan, where the workouts are all based on Pilates and dance and choreographed to music.
Yet Another Poke Restaurant
Eastward Poke will open in the former Church Street Kitchen space.
In the News: Another Push for Congestion Pricing
Plus: Soft-opening date for FiDi's City Acres grocery store/food hall; parking placard enforcement starts today, and cops are whining about it; recommended dishes at Canal Street Market; cute yoga story. / 4 comments
Seen & Heard: In Praise of the Metrograph
Plus: Another sales office on Leonard; Washington Market Park's summer concert series; zoning forbids Pret's proposed sidewalk café; in the Seaport, an eyeglass store is opening and a kids' shop closed (and no sign of Van Leeuwen Ice Cream); Tom Hanks's fear of a Tribeca building. / 3 comments
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I don't love what it does to the sidewalk there. Then again, deliveries to the City Hall neighborhood will now... — J Frank P / Deliverista Hub at City Hall will open soon
I too am surprised by the hullabaloo around this. Maybe I shouldn't be -- it's civic architecture, after all, in... — Komanoff / Deliverista Hub at City Hall will open soon
What an awesome addition to City Hall. Really makes the place look exactly like the center of the world should.... — Downtown Dad Reborn / Deliverista Hub at City Hall will open soon
https://nypost.com/2026/04/09/real-estate/mariah-carey-wants-27m-for-her-nyc-penthouse-triplex/ — James Bogardus / Home design store BaBoo will close this month
I bike on Lafayette often - there’s very little traffic there and what there is, moves pretty well. It never... — Judy Levine / Lafayette will get a new two-way bike lane through the Village and Soho
The children are indeed digging them up and moving them. I saw one boy loading them on to his scooter... — JS Miller / The young vandals of Washington Market Park
https://tribecacitizen.com/2025/11/10/carnegie-diner-coming-to-200-chambers/ — Tribeca Citizen / Anotheroom moving south on West Broadway