Seen & Heard: Our Plastic Bag Problem
Plus: Tribeca Greenmarket to sell cloth produce bags; Bill Murray and Billy Collins at the Poets House's annual Brooklyn Bridge walk; Citi's glass house; "Law & Order: SVU" shoot. / 4 comments
In the News: Reversing Jay Street
Plus: The candidates vying for Margaret Chin's City Council seat; the pros and cons of film/TV shoots.
Finally, a Good Ice Cream Shop
Van Leeuwen Artisan Ice Cream has chosen Front Street in the Seaport for its third store. / 1 comment
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.
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History of Tribeca Buildings
There is staff there now. Parents do NOT like being told what to do. — Tribeca Citizen / The young vandals of Washington Market Park
You do know this project predates this administration, correct? — malcolm / Deliverista Hub at City Hall will open soon
When we neighbors organized to create this lovely )then private) park back in 1983 we had on site paid staff... — Jean Grillo / The young vandals of Washington Market Park
Is the Parks Dept or the Friends allowed to impose fines for this, for damaging public property or something? And... — SW / The young vandals of Washington Market Park
Amen! When you ride around in an SUV all day and play act at filling potholes, why worry about sidewalks... — Downtown Dad Reborn / Deliverista Hub at City Hall will open soon
It makes absolutely zero sense to put what will become a heavily trafficked bicycle facility on a sidewalk, a place... — person / Deliverista Hub at City Hall will open soon
From all the things that City Hall could worry they went for this? so now we are going to have... — Richard / Deliverista Hub at City Hall will open soon