Bar Primi Is Not Happening Here After All
The company applied to the wrong community board. But let's look at why someone really ought to open a restaurant on Broadway.... / 2 comments
In the News: The Hypocrisy of Andrew Cuomo
Plus: At home with Tribeca art collectors; gaudy tower going up on Broad Street; people are buying furnished new apartments; Seaport gallery to also be a bar. / 1 comment
Seen & Heard: Is Another Small Building Doomed?
Plus: Checking in on the Pakistan Tea House reboot; retro jazz at Evening Bar; progress at 56 Leonard; views of 4 World Trade Center slowly disappearing behind 3 World Trade Center. / 1 comment
A New Indian Restaurant on Murray?
Also on Community Board 1’s March agendas: "Seasonal pop-up bar" at Brookfield Place; possible party boat docking at Pier 25; 18 event requests; "daredevil" trespassers; Finn Square's next sculpture; Lower Manhattan bike lane proposal; Hubert Street mansion.
Newsletter: Feb. 29
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Flinders Lane Is Not Happening
No word on why the modern Australian restaurant decided to punt. / 1 comment
Seen & Heard: Two Hands Opens Monday Morning
Plus: The new location of Mariachi's debuts Monday, too; Bernie Sanders march on Broadway this morning; create-your-own-nail-polish parlor; Pakistan art gallery; New City Art Fair in Tribeca next week. / 1 comment
Broadway Is Getting Its First Real Restaurant
And it's an Andrew Carmellini restaurant, no less—a sister to Locanda Verde, Little Park, and the Dutch. UPDATE: Alas, it's a mistake. / 3 comments
In the News: WTC Transportation Hub Opens on Thursday
Plus: Another interview with the architect, Santiago Calatrava; Tribeca parent on the kindergarten process; Worth Street reconstruction update, of sorts; yesterday's suspicious package in FiDi was a dud. / 3 comments
Seen & Heard: Two More Closings
A restaurant and a gallery. Plus: Clarification from BMCC about which parts are public; Taco House is now serving Chinese food; a musical "Alice in Wonderland." / 10 comments
Where in Tribeca…?
Know where this was shot? Prove it. / 1 comment
Rosanjin Has Closed
The kaiseki restaurant, which was on Duane for seven years, received one star from Michelin. / 2 comments
Left rectangle ads redesigned
Robert Ripps book
History of Tribeca Buildings
Yes! Quite affordable for the more than 800 billionaires in America! — George Bacon / Sneak Peek: 14 White
Affordable housing at its best! — R. / Sneak Peek: 14 White
Welcome to the block Shahla from one female founder to another. Duane street has been good to us for 30... — Alycea Ungaro / Babycottons and Willow & Zoey are leaving; a jeweler is coming in
Tribeca Paint! — Tribeca Citizen / In the News: A 70-year-old Fidi hardware store faces closure
Gothamist (which quotes this very Tribeca Citizen post as counterpoint) claims that there is a "slump" for the Canal Street... — Marcus / Counterfeit sales on Broadway are worse than ever
Good point. With such a massive flow of counterfeit junk, by now the authorities should have been able to trace... — Marcus / Counterfeit sales on Broadway are worse than ever
Balancing Rights and Safety: The current approach seeks to balance an individual's right to drink with the public's right to... — David Lewin / An update on Luis Fernandez from the Square Diner