Nosy Neighbor: Why Do Buses Have Backward Flags on the Windows?
It's an aeronautical tradition that appears to have originated in the U.S. military.
Seen & Heard: Update on the New Greenwich Street Hotel
Plus: Serafina's first floor revealed; Taste of Battery Park City is coming up; an addition to the Arlo hotel; sidewalk hoist on Hudson; mysterious structure on Renwick. / 5 comments
In the News: Kesté Pizzeria Opens This Week
Plus: Sing for Hope's public piano program returns in June; fire in a Pace University basement; sandwich pop-up at Piora in the West Village. / 1 comment
Seen & Heard: Tribeca Film Festival’s Family Events
Plus: Sail the harbor like Justin Trudeau did; local liquor store is winding down; low-flying planes to map the coastline with lasers; theft-themed literary salon.
Join Us on Easter Sunday
Celebrate Easter this Sunday with Lower Manhattan Community Church. Children's programs for infants through fifth grade will be provided during the service, and there's a youth service for sixth through twelfth grade. / Sponsored
Is 3 World Trade Center a Dud?
The building strikes such a jarring note that the harmony of the World Trade Center complex is at risk. / 14 comments
Newsletter: Apr. 10
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In the News: Police Unions Sell Parking Placards
Plus: Milk Bar opening in FiDi; Pace University expansion gets the Landmarks Preservation Commission's approval; Battery Park City chapel faces rent hike. / 3 comments
Seen & Heard: Hookers, Vixens, and Peglegs
Plus: Five Boro Bike Tour notices; book swap at Torly Kid; Billy Bragg in concert; 1 Beekman is rising above street level; Chinese restaurant seeks beer-and-wine license.
In the News: 56 Leonard’s Common Areas
Plus: The start date for the ferry connecting Wall Street with south Brooklyn; Downtown Little League gets an assist from the Seaport District developer.
A Natural Beauty Shop Is Opening on Hudson
Founded by two downtown residents, ONDA Beauty will be a non-toxic, all-natural beauty product shop with a treatment room for facials and massages.
Where in Tribeca…?
Know where this was shot? Prove it. / 3 comments
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History of Tribeca Buildings
There is no way this building gets a TCO in May. They will be lucky to finish by the end... — Reademan / Sneak Peek: 14 White
What's the point of this? Do you have something of substance to say about the program that was funded, or... — malcolm / Seen & Heard: Grant for BMCC from Dan Goldman
I send the press guy an email every three months or so, since an alarm seems to go off in... — Tribeca Citizen / Community Board meetings for March
She was a treasure. Great vet! She loved our dog and was such a nice person. — Troy / Ivy Pets (Tribeca Veterinary Wellness) has closed permanently
What’s most ironic about this complaint is that condo inventory in Tribeca is currently at its lowest level in about... — Reademan / Plans submitted for a residential building at 250 Church
Dr. Berg was amazing in every way, so it's sad to see it end this way. It looked like Dr.... — Talg / Ivy Pets (Tribeca Veterinary Wellness) has closed permanently
I vote YES for the Warren Street Hotel to add 2900 square feet of space. Since the hotel opened I... — Warren Resident / The Warren Street Hotel wants to add another floor to its roof