In the News: High Fashion in the Seaport
Plus: Semi-secret restaurant terrace overlooking the World Trade Center; performing arts center design announcement; Pisillo Italian Panini rave; O'Hara's pub; where model Hilary Rhoda gets her face shaved; survey about off-season Governors Island; 9/11 flag returned; candidate Q&A; state report on Lower Manhattan. / 1 comment
Kylie Jenner Bought a Tribeca Penthouse
Brace yourself for the television crews, paparazzi, and fans. / 23 comments
Loft Peeping: Nadine & Matt Abramcyk
She's the co-founder of Tenoverten nail salons; he's restaurateur behind Smith & Mills and Tiny's. Together they throw dance parties in their Tribeca loft, recently featured in fashion designer Jenni Kayne's lifestyle blog, Rip & Tan. / 1 comment
Coming SOON: Saks Downtown @ Brookfield Place
The second Saks store in New York City is the first of its kind with innovative architecture, advanced designers, and the most visionary services in the city. / Sponsored
Seen & Heard: Opening Forecasts for the Beekman Restaurants
One sooner, one later (and you can visit the lobby now). Plus: "Big Lebowski" spinoff shot here yesterday; big metal sidewalk box; a bunch of World Trade Center mall updates, including Épicerie Boulud, the restrooms, and three new subway entrances; Halloween pop-ups. / 6 comments
New Restaurant to Be Focused on Sandwiches
A local resident is making his first foray into the food business.
In the News: 1 World Trade Center Is for Sale
Plus: The quirky loft of R & Company's owner; off-leash area for dogs at the Battery; Greenwich Street tower moves forward; the bar at the iPic cinema. / 5 comments
Seen & Heard: Bookstore Closed
Plus: Falling concrete slab at the Department of Buildings building; sale on pet-related items at Shelter Chic; alfresco movies in Washington Market Park; time-lapse video of ascending 56 Leonard. / 2 comments
DanceBody Is Opening a Tribeca Studio
Created by dancers, DanceBody "will reshape you to look like a dancer—even if you’ve never danced before." / 2 comments
In the News: Squirrels Abandon Battery Park City
Plus: How the World Trade Center mall got to be so big; celebrating Pisillo Italian Panini; the 1801 house on Hudson Street that didn't survive; Demi Lovato to sing from a rooftop. / 1 comment
City Building to Get Residential Makeover
The $28 million deal includes 5,000 "usable" square feet for an African cultural history museum. / 7 comments
Seen & Heard: South African Restaurant Now Appears to Be Italian
Plus: Ghost signage at newly revealed Greenwich Street restaurant; Two Hands's contentious sidewalk seating has debuted; construction at the Irish Hunger Memorial; Clive Owen movie shoot; glittery graffiti. / 6 comments
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Robert Ripps book
History of Tribeca Buildings
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