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
Seen & Heard: Best Friends Pet Adoption Center
Plus: Japanese restaurant pop-up at B Flat; Taryn Toomey's fitness studio opens this week; misguided wayfaring signage; activity at the former Greenwich Grill space?; creamy façade on Walker. / 1 comment
Seen & Heard: More Windblown Debris
Plus: Blueprint inside the former Dylan Prime space; Spike Lee's "She's Gotta Have It" TV show is filming here tomorrow; Antique Garage looks very close to opening; checking in on the new building at 70 Vestry; Da Mikele kids. / 1 comment
In the News: Novecento Has Closed After 25 Years
Plus: Photos of the new Ichimura sushi bar; 3-D map shows the city's forthcoming buildings; FiDi supermarket close to opening; Community Board 1 votes against newsstand outside Whole Foods; Tribeca couple's art collection.
Seen & Heard: Windblown Scaffolding
Plus: Ice rink marriage proposal; residents reportedly upset by crown sculpture; Sleepy's is now Mattress Firm; bollards crushed again; new Warren Street storefront; two more TV shoots. / 1 comment
First Impressions: Schilling
Schilling feels like somewhere that could exist in another, livelier neighborhood. As for the food, both times it was far better than anyone who has eaten widely in FiDi would expect. (Yes, I'm grading on a curve.) / 3 comments
Newsletter: Jan. 23
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