First Impressions: Serafina
When I imagine myself deciding to eat at Serafina, rather than one of the many other midrange Italian restaurants in this area, it's not because the food is interesting or ambitious. It's because the restaurant should be convenient and reliable. / 25 comments
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
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