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
Seen & Heard: Avocado Store
Plus: Order Eataly's pizzas and panini for delivery; Khe-Yo's Lao New Year celebration; 70 Vestry's windows; residential construction on Leonard; "Untitled Jenny Lumet Project" is shooting here again. / 7 comments
My Own Little Metropolitan Diary
I keep a journal of amusing interactions—akin to the New York Times’s “Metropolitan Diary,” but less fit for print. / 2 comments
In the News: BPCA’s One Local Board Member Has Resigned
Plus: New FiDi school will open at least three years late; a Tribecan bringing serious coffee to Midtown; new restaurant opening where Soho bar Milady's was; Rockaway ferry to launch on May 1. / 1 comment
Nosy Neighbor: What Are Cars Doing on the Esplanade?
"I found these cars parked behind Stuyvesant High School last Thursday. This area used to be a car-free haven. I find it dismaying that there are cars there, particularly by the water." —H. / 9 comments
Seen & Heard: Six Restaurant Updates
North End Grill is now offering delivery; The Greek will be on TV; Greca will include a "fetabar"; Serafina is making progress; Kesté pizzeria appears to be opening soon; Nobletree Coffee now open at the World Trade Center mall. / 3 comments
Newsletter: Apr. 6
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In the News: The Future of J. Crew
Plus: The new sailing programs at North Cove Marina; man robbed while having a seizure; Broad Street conversion to bring 533 more apartments to FiDi. / 7 comments
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History of Tribeca Buildings
Or make it a mall of counterfeiters, like a Needle Park or, better yet, the modern-day Essex Market of counterfeiting.... — James Bogardus / Tribeca-branded graffiti on West Broadway
The Starbucks on Chambers and W. Broadway is definitely popular and it's situated in a dream spot considering the subway... — Jslv / Starbucks at West Broadway and Chambers will close tomorrow
Given the illegal activities surrounding the building, maybe a museum celebrating the counterfeiting industry would be an appropriate use of... — Reademan / Tribeca-branded graffiti on West Broadway
Good ideas and good luck trying to get some institution aware of the building and its possibilities -- — John Willenbecher / Tribeca-branded graffiti on West Broadway
Maybe it's worth pointing out the existence and availability of this building to the powers that be at some museums.... — Marcus / Tribeca-branded graffiti on West Broadway
Good idea, Marcus. I always thought New York could use a Museum of Architecture (well there is the Skyscraper Museum... — George Bacon / Tribeca-branded graffiti on West Broadway
Before Koh that store was Kai’s Kids (if I’m not mistaken). She had a beautiful selection of kids’ clothing, including... — Phyllis Ruffer / Koh’s Kids on Greenwich has closed