Seen & Heard: Small-Business Round Table
Plus: Boxes being moved into the big new Duane Reade; Spirit Halloween pop-up store; free outdoor screenings of "Princess Bride" and "Karate Kid"; restaurant cat.
Welcome to TweeBeCa: Special Celebrity Edition!
You've been spotted, Keira Knightly! And Louis CK! And Justin Long! And Jesse Eisenberg!
In the News: Video of the Rooftop Fire on Warren
It's something to see. Plus: The downstairs bar at Rosa Mexicano; NYPD wants World Trade Center food vendors pushed back; more on the Pier 26 Givenchy show.
A New Gym on Canal Street
The DogPound—which out of from Hugh Jackman’s early-morning workout club—is opening a 4,000-square-foot gym on the border of Tribeca and Hudson Square. / 3 comments
Where in Tribeca…?
Know where this was shot? Prove it. (P.S. It's Tribeca-ish.) / 5 comments
Seen & Heard: Neighbors Oppose White Street’s Sidewalk Seating
Plus: Le District starts selling American products; Nish Nush to open a second location; activity in the former Albella restaurant space; a strange lamppost. / 7 comments
Loft Peeping: Alex Drexler & Karen
GQ featured the Tribeca loft of the Alex Mills menswear designer and his fiancée, which includes "the world's most impressive collections of coffee table books" and a tip for decorating thriftily.
Seen & Heard: Time to Buy Your Loft Tour Tickets
Plus: Four-story Warren Street building to get two-story penthouse; "Going in Style" remake shooting here; weigh in on how LMDC should spend $50 million; "cast-iron inversion" on Walker; Paul's Baby Grand changed its name.
Newsletter: Sept. 3
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Nosy Neighbor: What’s Happening on Pier 26?
"Just wondering if you have any idea what the set-up on Pier 26 is for? It's the most enormous one I've seen there—must be some corporate event but I can't find any information about it."—E. / 4 comments
In the News: Invasion of the Chain Snatchers
Plus: NYPD caught woman they lost at the hospital and a man wanted for murder and other crimes in North Carolina; FiDi chicken restaurant to open second location; 60-story Seaport tower; style blogger used to market real estate. / 2 comments
The Exodus Continues
Fancy bed company Duxiana has packed up its Tribeca store, opting instead for the Flatiron District.
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I pass by 100 Gold a couple of time a week. At street level it seems dank and squat, and... — Gary / City moving forward with development of 100 Gold
Lovely and well deserved -- keep up the good work, Adger! — John Willenbecher / Catching up with Adger Cowans on his 90th birthday
My concern is not any one building in isolation—it is the cumulative impact of (100 Gold St, 250 Water St,... — Harry deen / City moving forward with development of 100 Gold
FIDI is ringed along the coastline by terrific green space; has green pockets like Bowling Green, the Elevated Acre, City... — Manhattanmommie / City moving forward with development of 100 Gold
I do wonder about all of the new residences going into FiDi given there is virtually no green space, very... — Heide Fasnacht / City moving forward with development of 100 Gold
Yes housing is needed. But reminder - the narrow 2/3 platform at Fulton Street is already too crowded and a... — stm / City moving forward with development of 100 Gold
Zucker's is still my go to bagel source! — Robert Ripps / Bagel Wars: Ess-a-Bagel coming to Murray Street