Seen & Heard: Taste of Tribeca Tickets Are on Sale
Plus: Another café chain opening on Canal; another Broadway store closing; Cortlandt Alley condo unveiled; "Salamander" TV shoot; still no activity at Greenwich Street hotel; Five Boro Bike Tour update. / 9 comments
Nosy Neighbor: How Do These Metal Braces Work?
"I know that the metal braces on the building next to 108 Chambers aren't art—despite being reminiscent of 'The Wall' by Forrest Myers in Soho—but the pattern is mesmerizing. How do they work?" —T. / 2 comments
Seen & Heard: Frankly Wines Has a New Owner
Plus: More promises about noise reduction from the Five Boro Bike Tour organizers; demolition at the former New York Sports Club; menus for Blue Ribbon Federal Grill and the Roxy's oyster bar; Worth Street traffic mess; Walgreens is subletting. / 3 comments
In the News: Dispute Over the Roc Space
A lot of news from the past week, including the Fearless Girl statue; Cipriani's new Seaport hotel; Pier 17 update; bike lanes near City Hall Park; sneaker theft; weird metaphor for breasts; and much more. / 9 comments
Loft Peeping: Sterling Mason Bachelor Pad
A businessman in his late '30s with a new Sterling Mason three-bedroom hired Consort, the L.A. design firm with a shop/office on Duane, to handle the design. / 3 comments
Newsletter: Mar. 20
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The Tribeca Citizen Shopping Guide
Having finally created entries for all—or nearly all—of the shops in the neighborhood, I've taken the Tribeca Citizen Shopping Guide out of beta. / 5 comments
Where in Tribeca…?
Know where this was shot? Prove it. / 3 comments
Reflections on the City (Vol. 9)
More proof that I have a thing for reflected light, the way it forms patterns and shapes on city surfaces. / 1 comment
First Impressions: Ato
At the new 14-seat restaurant on Grand Street, the food combines the clarity of Japanese flavors with French richness.
Close-Up: Lispenard Street
The patterns, details, textures, and scars that give Lispenard Street—and Tribeca in general—its character. / 2 comments
More History of Tribeca Buildings
The History of Tribeca Buildings database—compiled from Tom Miller's posts at Daytonian in Manhattan—has six more entries, each with the zesty anecdotes you've come to expect. / 2 comments
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