Newsletter: Apr. 25
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Seen & Heard: Il Mattone Has Soft-Opened
Plus: Big Wall Street art show canceled; Soho Photo's Affordable Art Fair; hope for a Broadway retail space renovation; Dine Around Downtown is coming up. / 1 comment
In the News: Amada Opens on Monday
Here's the menu. Plus: Kitchens at 70 Vestry will have four ovens (and many will have two washing machines); results of a survey of people who hire nannies; Houseman's kitchen-swap with a Savannah restaurant; man pulled from car and attacked. / 1 comment
Seen & Heard: Opening Date for Graffiti Earth Restaurant
Plus: Duane Street Hotel's revamped façade; 443 Greenwich partly revealed; rowing for heart health at Current; Pirch and Planet Blue opening on Lafayette in Soho; half-converted Broadway building put on the market.
In the News: School Zoning Proposal Now Includes Lower Manhattan
Plus: Gallery guide to Soho and Tribeca; unsolicited proposal for a Hurricane Sandy memorial fountain; World Trade Center Greenmarket to return; TriBattery Pops album goes viral in France; "A Chorus Line." / 1 comment
Seen & Heard: Where to Watch the America’s Cup
Plus: Hummus in dessert flavors; Rick Moody at Pen Parentis's next salon; Madeline Denaro painting exhibit; a lesson in bird language; neat shot of the World Trade Center Transportation Hub. / 1 comment
Nosy Neighbor: What’s That Thing on 60 Hudson’s Roof?
"Do you know what this structure is atop the old Western Union building?" —S. / 1 comment
In the News: Film-Shoot Legislation
Plus: Proposal to tax developers to fund schools; finding takers for the Liberty Street bridge panels damaged in 9/11; woman attacked at Growler Bar; motorcycles stolen.
Seen & Heard: Progress at the New Veterinarian Office
Plus: Traffic jam prediction; what yesterday's skywriting said; exhibit of Andy Warhol party photos; Wichcraft rebranding; City Hall Pharmacy is closing; aerial shot of Tribeca (and beyond). / 1 comment
A “Jazz Pop-Up” on W. Broadway
Saxophonist Isaiah Barr says that his band, the Onyx Collective, will use the space for rehearsals and to broadcast its show on the online radio station Know-Wave. / 1 comment
Left rectangle ads redesigned
Robert Ripps book
History of Tribeca Buildings
There was a location near the Seaport that opened before the TriBeCa location, but that closed years ago as well.... — Chester / Jack’s Stir Brew on Reade will close next month
I have not updated the restaurant guide in years. Sorry! And Eulalie has a lease. — Tribeca Citizen / Seen & Heard: Shred-A-Thon coming up
When is Citi NOT cutting jobs? — Karen O / In the News: Citigroup to cut jobs at HQ
congrats Neal! — Madeline Lanciani / Seen & Heard: Shred-A-Thon coming up
Fascinating history on Staple Street! Thanks for sharing! — Matthew G / Nosy Neighbor: What is going on at Staple and Harrison?
One more thing… We should be thinking of all the employees that would be put out of work should it... — Hank / Warren Street Hotel plans for expansion rejected by CB1
I agree that the hotel should make its neighbors whole and repair the damages. Having said that, it is a... — Hank / Warren Street Hotel plans for expansion rejected by CB1