New Kid on the Block: Perpetuum Café
Just over two years after opening the first Perpetuum Café in Chelsea, Can Ruan has debuted a second one. The former Mobile X store has been renovated into a crisp, high-ceilinged room with a handful of low tables, free wi-fi, and Toby's Estate Coffee.
Seen & Heard: Inside the Cast Iron House
Plus: More peeks inside the restaurant-in-progress Tetsu; local teen is organizing a clothing drive for kids in need; activity at Reade Street restaurant space.
Nosy Neighbor: What Are These New Blue Parking Signs?
"I just started seeing them all around the neighborhood. What are they for?" —M. / 1 comment
Seen & Heard: Groundhog Day Loft Tour
Plus: Ice sculpture in Duane Park; Eataly sale; the façade of 187 Franklin; "Law & Order: SVU" and "Bull" filming yet again; open house at Élan Flowers's new location; Hudson River Park's blue lights. / 2 comments
Fine Dining Is Coming to the World Trade Center
The folks behind Eleven Madison Park are opening a 7,000-square-foot restaurant across from the Oculus. / 2 comments
Newsletter: Jan. 26
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In the News: Inside a Tribeca Artist’s Loft
Plus: Taryn Toomey's "intentional" new fitness studio; nic-fit theft; public art commemorating Little Syria in new FiDi park.
Seen & Heard: “Relentless Tenderness”
Plus: Schedule and tickets for the Roxy Hotel's cinema; Houseman's seven-course Chinese New Year feast; 111 Murray now as tall as 101 Warren; the forthcoming kids' store on Greenwich; new 24-hour deli. / 1 comment
What $6 Million Will Buy: Tribeca vs. Princeton, NJ
Inspired by Frank Lloyd Wright, La Maison de Verre offers 10,800 square feet of interior space—including six bedrooms, Boffi kitchen, and lower-level staff quarters—and exquisite gardens and terraces, all within an hour train ride from New York City. / Sponsored
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. / 9 comments
In the News: El Chapo Is Staying Nearby
Plus: New York Times gives Fowler & Wells two stars; more on Ichimura; the city's dire retail situation; South Ferry subway station to reopen in June; growing up in Tribeca at the turn of the 20th century. / 4 comments
Simon’s Hardware & Bath Has Opened a Downtown Store
It's on one of the sleepiest blocks in the area, but then the original Simon's in Kips Bay—the oldest hardware store in the city—has always been more of a destination than somewhere you wander by and pop into. / 1 comment
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History of Tribeca Buildings
Great example of “who cares!?!” — Matt / Staking out Taylor’s house on her big day
Hey intheknow I don’t think your comment is doing what you think it will accomplish. You’re obviously the landlord, and... — TribecaMom / Eulalie owners forced to sue their landlord
Bubby’s was terrible thirty years ago, I can’t imagine it got better with time. — R. / Seen & Heard: The BBC, the mayor and Bubby’s
Presumably the new owners bought the building subject to the existing lease and had an opportunity to review it before... — SW / Eulalie owners forced to sue their landlord
so sorry , Chip and Tina. this all sounds too familiar good luck — madeline c lanciani / Eulalie owners forced to sue their landlord
New location for Joe and the Juice — Barry / Pret A Manger on Church has closed
At Op Sail 1976 we were deck hands 26 and 27 on a beautiful sloop made for 12 people. We... — Elaine Smollin / An update on the 4th of July