Seen & Heard: “A Real-Life Room Escape Game”
Plus: Two local kids help fight hunger; floor sale at Stillfried Wien; counting the fish in the Hudson River; street art at Carini Lang; Roman Catholic parishes merge. / 1 comment
In the News: Alleged Embezzlement at Dry Cleaners
Plus: Injuries when East River Ferry slams into dock; man sues City Hall Park for slipping on smooth surface; Lilly O'Briens burgled; five teens mug FiDi guy walking to work. / 5 comments
New Kid on the Block: Woops!
The Tribeca outpost of Woops! serves pastries, cookies (with an emphasis on macarons), and sandwiches; all baking is done on premises and the sandwiches are made fresh daily. / 4 comments
Newsletter: Aug. 13
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Seen & Heard: The Seaport’s Fresh Salt Has a New Sister Bar
Plus: Three Tribeca tweens star in indie rock music video; a Tribeca artist's one-woman theater piece; the 2016 dates for the Tribeca Film Festival Presented by AT&T; Shinola goes west.
In the News: Tribeca Moms as Fashion Icons
Plus: Northwest Tribeca to get 22 units of low-income housing; myth-busting with Frankly Wines. / 3 comments
There’s a New Store Opening on Reade
It manages to be both a surprise and no surprise at all. / 2 comments
In the News: More on Tribeca’s Two Hands Restaurant
Plus: Analyzing the sale of a low-ceilinged loft; 1 World Trade Center parachutists evade jail time; New York Dolls sued over wages; possible Broad Street conversion.
Seen & Heard: A Peek Inside the SeaGlass Carousel
Plus: More of the Spring Street Salt Shed is revealed; Soho Photo show; "Jersey Shore" report proves unfounded; a source for Rhodia notebooks; Subway restaurant not closing after all? / 1 comment
In the News: A “Jersey Shore” Star Bought on Jay Street
Plus: Ed Burns on shooting in Tribeca; more development on Fulton (including the loss of a funky little building); New York Times Real Estate section on living in FiDi; remembering Captain John Doswell. / 6 comments
Ghost Town
I walked every street in Tribeca, taking photos of all the vacant storefronts. You'll never guess how many there are. / 60 comments
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...and while you are at it ban SUVs for everyone except farmers and contractors. — Heide Fasnacht / Teenager killed riding bike on Centre and Chambers this morning
Amen Life long NYer. And these people are also walking in the footsteps of our own ancestors fleeing poverty and... — John Gallagher / A protest is scheduled at the Independence Plaza garage
If they’re going to be redesigning that intersection, why don’t they get bikes out of the City Hall Path by... — ANNA STERN / Teenager killed riding bike on Centre and Chambers this morning
As far as I know, purchasing counterfeit items (even knowingly) is not a crime in the USA. This is part... — Marcus / NYPD raids counterfeit market on Canal
This is in itself is absurd. It's just law enforcement theatre. — Marcus / NYPD raids counterfeit market on Canal
totally agree. and I challenge anyone complaining about illegal migrants,,,, who is it that delivers your grubhub, who cleans your... — Life long NYer / A protest is scheduled at the Independence Plaza garage
Plus, there's another esay solution: the vendors mostly set up where the storefronts are vacant. The city could do as... — jfrankp / NYPD raids counterfeit market on Canal