In the News: Suspect Wanted in Subway Attacks
Plus: Flooding forecast for Lower Manhattan; Bouley chef makes sexual-harassment accusation; another FiDi building getting converted to rentals; principal profiled. / 1 comment
Seen & Heard: Tenoverten Is Opening a FiDi Salon
Plus: The former Bubble Lounge space; rumored closing date for Saleya; peeks inside 443 Greenwich; buy your Loft Tour tickets now; Tribeca sublet. / 2 comments
Northwest Tribeca’s Next Big Development
YIMBY got its mitts on renderings for the Ponte Equities building planned for 440 Washington, which we've also known as 31 Desbrosses. / 2 comments
Spotlight: Fountain Pen Hospital
"Ten or fifteen years ago, there were 13 pen stores in New York City," says Terry Wiederlight, who runs Fountain Pen Hospital with his brother, Steve. "Now we’re the only one." / 7 comments
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.
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The 50 Hudson addition is a gift to the neighborhood. I wouldn't have thought I'd ever say that. But the... — WCJ / In the News: A review of 50 Hudson
This is amazing news! Thanks for continuing to reach out to them over all these months! We were so sad... — GF / Modern Bread & Bagel is no longer happening
This smacks of cronyism to such a degree that I wonder why Tish James has not yet initiated an investigation.... — Heide Fasnacht / A progress report on the work in north Battery Park City
Pier 40 was a little more than 1/4 mile from ICE on Varick Street. This garage would be substantially farther... — James Bogardus / Nosy Neighbor: What is up with this garage on Harrison?
How are they legal to drive in NYC with no license plates? — Robert Ripps / Nosy Neighbor: What is up with this garage on Harrison?
Is government surveillance really what is most important to Tribecans in the STATE SENATE? C'mon people - streets are a... — Downtown Dad Reborn / David Siffert has won the Democratic primary race for Assembly District 66
Oh, and the "storm walls" have got to be the most unattractive design element ever perpetrated on NYC. Expect a... — Downtown Dad Reborn / A progress report on the work in north Battery Park City