April 5 & 14: Open Houses at Pine Street School
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In the News: Maserati Is Leaving Tribeca
Plus: The plan to put tolls on the East River bridges moves forward; alleged attempted rape at the Conrad hotel; Community Board 1 wants the new FiDi school to be bigger; Tribeca Film festival pulls the anti-vaccine film; Good Stock. / 1 comment
Seen & Heard: Raw Oatmeal Bar
Plus: ChiBeCa building said to be on the market; 3 and 4 World Trade Center; a theory about Le Pain Quotidien in Battery Park City; "Law & Order: SVU" back for a three-day shoot; newsletter upgrade. / 11 comments
Newsletter: Mar. 28
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Beers and Leers
The latest update on Raccoon Lodge and New York Dolls, one of which is rumored to have found a new home nearby. / 1 comment
In the News: Karaoke Machine for Acting
Plus: Robert De Niro says he personally wanted the anti-vaccine film in the Tribeca Film Festival; group robberies at Patron of the New and American Apparel. / 2 comments
Seen & Heard: Is That a Seal in the Hudson River?
Plus: More on the El Internacional art restaurant that preceded El Teddy's; Le Pain Quotidien in Battery Park City closed for renovations; Ari Hest concert. / 3 comments
In the News: More Blowback for the Tribeca Film Festival
Plus: New buildings but not new schools; teachers told not to criticize testing; men's fashion shoot. / 2 comments
The Great FiDi Landgrab
The city is about to give away $40 million worth of real estate—in exchange for a promise. / 6 comments
Seen & Heard: North End Grill to Eliminate Tipping
Plus: A schematic drawing of the new building on Franklin Street; Alfanoose appears to have closed; the retail plan for the former J&R store; Juice Press on Murray stopped making salads to order; new slice joint in FiDi. / 1 comment
In the News: The Odeon Is Hot Again
Plus: Otte now has an outlet; tasting sake at Shigure; the history of cast-iron 63 Nassau; cell phone mugging. / 5 comments
Left rectangle ads redesigned
Robert Ripps book
History of Tribeca Buildings
Good pleasure and entertainment - waiting for you right now...;) — Danielvow / Seen & Heard: The return of the Oculus
The fare increase was implemented mainly in response to inflation, as I understand, for general operation cost. (As anyone who... — Marcus / Looking back on a year of congestion pricing
Didn't stop them from raising the fares. $550 million in net revenue and the public is still paying more per... — TribecaMom / Looking back on a year of congestion pricing
As I wrote in September 2024, when the story of the renovation cancellation appeared here: "This station’s platform level has... — Gary / Chambers Street J/Z station to get makeover
All sounds great! Now if the city would enforce actual traffic laws and no honking laws and other noise laws... — Marcus / Looking back on a year of congestion pricing
United American Land concluded that "the office market [is] not viable at present" per Crain's New York Business. That said,... — James Bogardus / Canal and Broadway corner will get a new one-story building
Ah, a member of that diminishing band of Tribecans who remember the Towers Cafeteria! Of course in those days they... — George Bacon / TCQ&A: Cinematographer, producer and screenwriter Neal Marshad