Newsletter: July 13
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In the News: Blacks and Latinos Targeted for Pot Arrests
Plus: App users get to change the colors of the 1WTC antenna; history of a Greenwich Street building; floorectomy at the Woolworth Building penthouse; Broadway vendor market; Reade mess cleaned up; Summer Streets in August. / 10 comments
New York Nautical Is Setting Sail
Given its previous ability to locate a new home, there's always hope it'll find a way this time. / 3 comments
Culture and Cows?
Located in pastoral Litchfield County, Connecticut, the town of Kent is peaceful, rural, and real—a small New England town with a subtle New York sensibility. / Sponsored
Seen & Heard: Con Edison to Rip Up Warren and W. Broadway
Plus: No word on whether Au Cheval is moving forward with its Walker Street restaurant; Tetsu looks closer; preparations for the "Sphere" sculpture at Liberty Park; Island Oyster food service. / 1 comment
In the News: Amazon Said to Be Opening a Soho Store
Plus: The history of 67 Greenwich; Untuckit co-founder at New York Vintners; best neighborhood blogs.
Seen & Heard: Maman’s New Lifestyle Shop
Plus: Van Leeuwen ice cream shop is apparently still happening; summer show at Hal Bromm Gallery; yarn installation in Hudson Square; "Where in Tribeca...?" answer; Prince playlist. / 4 comments
Get Your GAME ON! This Summer on Water Street
There's a lot of fun to be had at these Wednesday block parties: Two beer gardens, a DJ, a photo booth, and games galore—shuffleboard, cornhole, arcade basketball, foosball, ping-pong, kick tunnel, and mini golf. / Sponsored
Sant Ambroeus Is Opening a Huge Outpost at Brookfield Place
The 7,000-square-foot restaurant will include a two-level dining room and a coffee shop.
Church Publick Will Become a New Orleans–Themed Restaurant
When it reopens on July 19, there will be a new name, a redesigned space (including a lower level previously used for private events), a raw bar with oyster shucker, and occasional live music. / 1 comment
In the News: Residents Demand Cuomo Sign Bill
Plus: Chambers Street Wines profile; Canal Street Market on "Cheap Eats" list; movie producer summering in Tribeca; state senator introduces legislation about neighborhood names; Good Samaritan attacked at McDonald's; a day of car-free Chinatown; more co-working in FiDi. / 9 comments
Seen & Heard: Pearl River Mart Has Nearly Doubled in Size
Plus: Soft serve ice cream; frame sale; local petition to get 2 World Trade Center built; checking in on the Nunu Chocolates store at the World Trade Center mall; progress at a new Broadway building. / 1 comment
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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?
Very curious. Were news outlets informed and kept quiet or were they not informed? It's also hard to find what... — Vickery Eckhoff / Crowd Sourcing: Who saw the Twin Towers drone show on Wednesday night?