Seen & Heard: Wine Shop Transformation
Plus: Chicago-style all-beef hot dogs; sidewalk chalk-drawing contest; sketching Duane Street; Lower Manhattan Coastal Resiliency meeting. / 6 comments
In the News: The Return of the W Train
Plus: Bâtard to start serving Friday lunch; three reviews for Le Coucou.
Seen & Heard: Target’s Opening Date
Plus: The new meal-delivery service on Reade; soil testing at controversial condo site; subway flood-control mechanisms; Tunnel to Towers run is this Sunday; Carl Glassman photo exhibit. / 4 comments
New Kid on the Block: Giorgia
When Marina Bianchi Graziani decided to open her own lingerie boutique in Tribeca—after having been the longtime buyer and manager for an Upper East Side shop—she named it Giorgia, after her daughter. "She has always wanted me to have my own business," says Graziani. / 2 comments
A Brand-New Country Estate
"Stone Bridge is one of those homes that will become a gathering place for generations," says Maria Taylor of Klemm Real Estate. The property made up of two lots is on more than 31 bucolic acres in tony Washington, Connecticut. / Sponsored
TCQ&A: Logan Levkoff
"Whatever you might say about this neighborhood as it evolves, it will always be the place where people do know your name and care that you are around," says Logan Levkoff, a sexologist and sexuality educator. "It’s why I can’t live anywhere else." / 1 comment
Newsletter: Sept. 22
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In the News: Long-Awaited Street-Fair Reform
Plus: Local salons make InStyle's Black Book; the history of the Puffy's Tavern building; Squadron tries again to make the BPCA see the light; traffic cop gets socked in the nose; more on that event space on Duane and that loud Fashion Week party on Beekman; when a family lived on a boat at Pier 25. / 8 comments
Your Neighbors, the Entrepreneurs: Jenny McAllister Nevins & Karla the Losen
"At Savor, we're reinventing keepsake organization to make it stylish, fun, and easy," say the founders of Savor. "Childhood is over in the blink of an eye, but our memories last forever." / 2 comments
Seen & Heard: Last Call at New York Dolls
Plus: Washington Street tower rendering; first visit to the SeaGlass carousel; female self-portraiture show; second-floor Chinese restaurant. / 1 comment
In the News: Inside the Four Seasons Hotel
Plus: The Cosmopolitan cocktail was more-or-less invented at the Odeon; replica of Syrian arch destroyed by ISIS installed in City Hall Park; review of Concepts skatewear store.
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History of Tribeca Buildings
The Gothamist article about compass is very dumb. StreetEasy charges agents to post listings there, so it’s not as if... — Matt / In the News: Strolling Canal Street
You're better off reading about why the counterfeit vendors persist. https://www.city-journal.org/article/canal-street-fake-counterfeit-bags-vendors — James Bogardus / In the News: Strolling Canal Street
The Canal Street article is behind the NY Times paywall, so I could not read it. But in the flash... — Marcus / In the News: Strolling Canal Street
With all the hoopla over the renewed Carnegie Deli - I'm sorry it's not them!! — Bec / Update: Carnegie Diner at 200 Chambers
Based on recent openings in the neighborhood, it seems the fad has moved from cookies to savory carbs like bagels... — N / Chip City has closed permanently
The Reade St commercial parking is probably an artifact of over 20 years ago when there was plenty of commercial... — N / In the News: Hunting down parking placard abuses
Yes, and the vagrants on Canal Street need to go, too. — James / Seen & Heard: Wayfinding for a counterfeit bazaar