Help Wanted
It's time to try starting a sister site for another neighborhood. If you know anyone who might be interested in part-time work, have them get in touch. / 8 comments
In the News: Skyline Snow Job
Plus: New rendering of Park Place tower (including the Islamic cultural center?); Balaboosta chef opening Soho restaurant; praising 56 Leonard; 1 Wall Street retail. / 2 comments
First Impressions: Sessanta
Fans of Lure Fishbar will feel right at home at Sessanta, the stylish-but-noisy Italian hotspot in the Sixty Soho hotel. Bonus points: Fausto from the Harrison is tending bar there. / 4 comments
Seen & Heard: The Roxy’s New Jazz Club Is Open
And it looks cool. Plus: The Tunnel to Towers race once again annoys residents; mysterious photo in a Duane Street window; trove of old Tribeca photos; skyscraper mashup; new Seaport building. / 18 comments
Newsletter: Sept. 28
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Seen & Heard: Irving Farm Is Opening a Fulton Center Café
Plus: Checking in on the Franklin Place condo; Haus giving up its windows for advertising; the new drugstore is a Duane Reade and a Walgreens; "The Affair" can't quit us; where are these Tribecans now? / 1 comment
In the News: Four Seasons Restaurant Could Be Atop FiDi Tower
Plus: More details on the 70-story building coming to Park Place; the Howard Hughes Corporation ditches its plan for a glass canopy on Pier 17; more of the World Trade Center PATH station to open next week.
Lotus Blue Has Left Tribeca
The restaurant has closed as of today. The good news is that it's reopening within walking distance. / 2 comments
In the News: Another Tribecan on “Real Housewives”?
Plus: The Pope's visit to the 9/11 Memorial and Museum; new condo tower will have its own private blow-dry bar; retracing Alexander Hamilton's steps; Racines NY co-owner on wine panel; and the status symbol for Tribecans is....
Seen & Heard: The Prettiest Drugstore Downtown
Plus: China Blue has a new menu; four brass bands on one stage; photo booth fun at Babesta sneaker party; mannequin obsession. / 2 comments
Field Trip: Spuyten Duyvil
Back to the Bronx for some good housepeeking, a walk through a forest, and lunch at an old-school Jewish deli. / 3 comments
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