Seen & Heard: Funding for Downtown’s Largest Playground
Plus: "Model Woman" shoot, about the modeling industry in the 1970s; midcentury Brazilian mirrors; street-level rendering for the Beekman Hotel's condo tower; 1 World Trade Center light show.
In the News: Updates on Two New Supertall Towers
Plus: Only one kindergarten waitlist downtown; Con Edison recovers Tribeca woman's bracelet; Warren condo gets financing; snack shack to open under the FDR.
Seen & Heard: Big White Rabbits Are Coming
Plus: The Skyscraper Museum's next exhibit; Sushi of Gari is opening a West Coast location; Pen Parentis's April salon; the clearest look yet at Pier 17 progress.
Cercle Rouge Has Indeed Closed
Owner Georges Forgeois says that the landlord "just lost it" but that "life is good." / 6 comments
Has the Tribeca Cat Burglar Come Back?
"Upon encountering someone in the apartment, he said 'sorry' and left," reports a reader. / 2 comments
Field Trip: The Broad
With a dazzling building and an astounding collection, the Broad in L.A. is the best new art museum I've been to in a very long time. / 2 comments
Seen & Heard: More on the Mehtaphor Reboot
Plus: Raccoon Lodge's anniversary party; the Django jazz bar now has music earlier in the evening; Caviarteria has closed; a neat installation at Front Art Space; concrete treatments for the new building at Franklin and Sixth. / 1 comment
New Kid on the Block: Fourteenjay
"Beautiful color begins with healthy hair" is the motto of the new Fourteenjay salon on Jay Street, founded by three partners with ties to Aveda (and one of whom is a longtime Tribeca resident).
In the News: Condo Sues Over Unacceptable Parking
Plus: Ferry operator and routes announced; the history of 108-110 Franklin; Blackstones salon to open this month; Smorgasburg will return to the South Street Seaport, but inside this time.
Seen & Heard: New Building on Hudson Street
It'll be "two stories." Plus: More demolition shots of 456 Greenwich; "Limitless" and a legal drama based on Dr. Phil are shooting here; antique Japanese porcelain exhibit; new City Vineyard opening forecast.
Newsletter: Mar. 17
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