In the News: Did a Water Main Break Make the Crane Fall?
Plus: Atop 1 World Trade Center at night; parents want to sacrifice pre-K for a gym; phone thefts get more violent; the owners of a Tribeca pied-à-terre; Polynesian canoe visiting here. / 3 comments
Field Trip: Fisher Landau Center for Art
The museum exists solely to show the art owned by Emily Fisher Landau, who collected works from 1960 on. There's never anyone there, so you get three floors of contemporary art to yourself.
Seen & Heard: Weekend Lunch at Café Altro Paradiso
Plus: Has Serafina postponed its liquor-license hearing?; "for rent" sign spotted at the former Tara of Tribeca space; site-specific dance performance on the Lilac; Torly Kid's spinoff travel service.
In the News: Assault on the Massage Table
Plus: The economics of film festivals; Wyeth and its owner, John Birch; hit-and-run driver to face prison time; looking back at the city's first railroad line; push-polling incident gets weirder. / 1 comment
Seen & Heard: One King’s Lane Warehouse Sale
Plus: A peek inside the Beekman hotel's atrium (and update on the restaurants); discounted co-ed classes this Sunday at Aqua; Margaret Chin responds to push-poll incident; light sculpture at Patrick Parrish. / 5 comments
New Kid on the Block: JinSoon
"I want people to be able to relax in a setting that's not factory-like, with nice design and a warm feeling," says Jin Soon Choi. Credit must be shared with her husband, architect John Coughlan: They fell in love after she hired him for her first salon.
Newsletter: June 2
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A Piece of Tribeca® (Part 9)
From Kolkata to Paducah, elder care to special sauce: Tribeca is taking over the world. / 5 comments
In the News: Santos Party House Has Closed
Plus: Kid gets head stuck in fence; possible home for the "Sphere"; visitors to World Trade Center observatory far below forecast; FiDi arcade proponents deny posing as councilmember; Wavertree returning early; subsidizing artists.
New Kid on the Block: Sapar Contemporary
"We're looking for artists with some footprint showing where they're coming from, but also traversing boundaries," says Nina Levent, co-founder of the gallery on N. Moore. "Most are mid-career artists who have done major things in their careers. But for a lot of them, we're the only U.S. representation."
Seen & Heard: Pure Barre Opens Tomorrow
Plus: A new serialized novel about Tribeca; Serafina needs to get to know its new neighborhood better; "Where in Tribeca...?" answer; outrigger regatta and luau. / 2 comments
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Robert Ripps book
History of Tribeca Buildings
This Rumble location closed well over a year or two ago lol — Dan / Rumble Boxing gym has closed
https://www.thefreelibrary.com/TriBeCa+West+OK%27d%2C+despite+REBNY+plea.-a011401876 — hal bromm / Nosy Neighbor: Is the Telephone Sales & Service Company building for sale?
At the time of designation, the city council had final say to uphold, deny or modify historic district boundaries and... — Hal Bromm / Nosy Neighbor: Is the Telephone Sales & Service Company building for sale?
To his wife, Didn’t know him on a personal level, but passing in the neighborhood when I wasn’t out of... — Neighbor / Scott Geyer, local artist and dog walker, dies at 69
Ryder is the clear man for the job! Already coming out of the gate with 400 donors on day one.... — Noah / Candidates are lining up for Deborah Glick’s seat
Listing here: https://www.iprg.com/property/132-west-broadway/ — James Bogardus / Nosy Neighbor: Is the Telephone Sales & Service Company building for sale?
I’m pretty sure they’ve done that before — Rohin / Seen & Heard: Coffee Project & Big Gay Ice Cream on hiatus?