Newsletter: Aug. 10
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In the News: A Room Full of Balls
Plus: 3 World Trade Center is halfway to its final height; a very pretty Tribeca rooftop garden; Howard Hughes Corporation sells two adjacent Seaport lots.
Is the Food Emporium Closing?
The word on the street is that it could be done by the end of the month. / 52 comments
Seen & Heard: The Bubble Lounge Appears to Have a New Tenant
Plus: Ed Burns's "Public Morals" debuts this month; Macy Gray in concert; three more film/advertising shoots; Rosa Mexicano is hiring; more on the dancer in the mural. / 1 comment
Where in Tribeca…?
Know where this was shot? Prove it. / 5 comments
In the News: 2 World Trade Center Expected to Cost $4 Billion
Plus: Gourmet Garage ramp approved; ex-cop sentenced for beating Tribeca dad; new Community Board 1 member.
A Piece of Tribeca® (Part 8)
From Macy's to Dubai, Clovis to Kuala Lumpur: Tribeca is taking over the world.
Seen & Heard: The Dancer Mural is Done
Plus: The Chambers/Church stench is back; Juice Generation opening in FiDi; addition to Community Board 1 Landmarks agenda; potato chips. / 5 comments
Newsletter: Aug. 6
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In the News: Pier 17 Held Up by Plans for Glass Canopy
Plus: The intersection of Centre and Reade in 1901; revamp of former 1 Chase Manhattan Plaza gets OK to add 200,000 square feet of retail; bus driver assaulted in Tribeca; Fraunces Tavern gets Sandy funds; woman with kids attacked after midnight.
Seen & Heard: The Guys Who Rowed Across the Atlantic
Plus: Schimmel Center at Pace University's 2015-2016 schedule; South Street Seaport starts a "Cultural District"; rendering for new school up on Greenwich; shoots for "Broad City" and a production company. / 2 comments
In the News: Eataly and H&M Said to Open by Christmas
Plus: Vipp's first American home goods showroom is on Murray Street; Arcade Bakery honored; baby born on PATH concourse; Citi Bikes on Governors Island.








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