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.
First Impressions: El Luchador
While eating excellent fish tacos outside a vintage Airstream trailer, we felt like we were on vacation in a scruffier, more interesting city. / 2 comments
Newsletter: Oct. 1
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Seen & Heard: East Village Salon Opening an Outpost in the Roxy
Plus: The West Walkway at the World Trade Center Transportation Hub is open; CityMD signage on Chambers; about that "for rent" sign above Downtown Liquor Store; Pi Bakerie's ice cream cart; "The Answer" shooting here. / 1 comment
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Amazing that this vacant lot will finally be developed. — MJ / More on the new building for West Broadway and Warren
All of this hilarious, because there's one easy solution: arrest the customers. Do it regularly, even if to just dismiss... — jfrankp / NYPD raids counterfeit market on Canal
Please keep reporting to 311, every day if necessary, any time you witness the sellers out. It only takes a... — Marcus / NYPD raids counterfeit market on Canal
Yes. If they are violating the parking rules of the block, report it to 311. But I bet these sellers... — Marcus / NYPD raids counterfeit market on Canal
The precinct divide is no excuse. As far as I know, police are allowed to make arrests outside their own... — Marcus / NYPD raids counterfeit market on Canal
Even if no sale is witnessed, can't they arrest them for repeatedly obstructing the sidewalks? It's impossible to get through,... — Marcus / NYPD raids counterfeit market on Canal
I've spoken to numerous police officers about this. They say the arrests have no effect. The sellers know they will... — Marcus / NYPD raids counterfeit market on Canal