Newsletter: Oct. 5
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Flower Power in Lower Manhattan
Need a little color in your home or office? Come adopt a geranium! The Downtown Alliance is giving away 4,000 geraniums as part of its Green Around Lower Manhattan program.
Seen & Heard: Rendering vs. Reality at 19 Park Place
Plus: Fashion hootenanny this weekend at Brookfield Place; public meeting about what to do with Pier 26; TriBeCa Native benefit book launch; appearances by Jason Segel, Colum McCann, and Yotam Ottolenghi.
Vestry Street Is Getting Torn Up Next
Also on Community Board 1’s October agendas: The Tunnel to Towers run; cleaning garbage liquid; Hank's Juicy Beef; later hours for Bar Cyrk; World Trade Center retail; Morton Street Middle School; city tree-planning initiative; fancy Seaport cinema. / 5 comments
In the News: Is Whole Foods Killing the Forest at 101 Warren?
Plus: Photo tour inside the Tribeca Synagogue; local man accused of heinous behavior; looking back at the art and life of artist Robert Loughlin. / 1 comment
Tribeca Is Getting Another Funky New Building
According to the preliminary design, the eight-story single-family mansion soon to be under construction at Canal and Washington will be clad in a glass-brick rainscreen. Rendering this way.... / 1 comment
Seen & Heard: The MTA Is Taking No Chances
Plus: Bottega Veneta at Brookfield Place; classic cinema at the BMCC Tribeca Performing Arts Center; Mini NYC shoot this weekend; sublet request.
Fall Into Fitness
Crunch’s Tribeca gym has everything you need to put yourself in a fresh-start state of mind—stop by and see for yourself with a free 5-day guest pass. / Sponsored
Loft Peeping: Jenny Wolf
Elle Decor featured the loft Tribeca loft of Jenny Wolf, who transferred her experience working for Ralph Lauren into a career as an interior designer. / 1 comment
In the News: “Condé Nast Colonizes Lower Manhattan”
Plus: Former executive accuses Battery Park City Authority of corruption; which restaurants got Michelin stars (and which ones should have); music at Artists Space Books & Talks; artist giving paintings up for adoption. / 1 comment
Seen & Heard: Fulton Center to Get a Popcorn Store
Plus: New menswear store in the Soho Grand; start date for lunch at Racines NY; smoke shop opening on Canal; "Gotham" shooting here.
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Leo is a most talented man. Great barber and my friend for over 25 years. Run to his shop for... — Tony Lorenzo / Ilya’s, aka Leo’s, has opened on Worth and Broadway
Bowl of condoms at the entrance is quite an interesting value proposition. “The bigger message behind the concept is that... — mulciber / New Kid on the Block: Wristcheck
Unless they’’ve changed the rules since I was on the park board a hundred years ago dogs and other pets... — Jean Grillo / Seen & Heard: The lawn is open in Washington Market Park
Dogs are not allowed at all in Washington Market Park. — Tribeca Citizen / Seen & Heard: The lawn is open in Washington Market Park
This place is in the West Village. Johnson no longer is connected to Rigor Hill. — Tribeca Citizen / Austin Johnson to open market in the West Village
$143 polyester shorts? That is a key add to the neighborhood. I would prefer a $10 beer — Brian F / Retailer coming to Washington and Vestry
Trying to understand if this means the new place will replace Rigor Hill or be in addition to it? — Kristina W. / Austin Johnson to open market in the West Village