Seen & Heard: Hardware Store Closed
Plus: Irish Hunger Memorial marriage proposal; 93 Worth storefronts; Park Place demolition; Gunbae Yelp review; "Where in Tribeca...?" / 1 comment
Pier 26 Restaurant Update
Also on Community Board 1's June agendas: Public amenities at the 111 Murray tower; the threatened historic Seaport buildings; new ownership for Greenwich Street Tavern; Governors Island day spa; Peck Slip Park; M1-5; more.
Newsletter: June 1
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What the One World Observatory Is Really Like
The views are amazing! The rest of the experience, however.... / 15 comments
Seen & Heard: Gunbae Opens Next Week
Plus: No clue when Chambers will return to two-way traffic; deeper discounts at Ruum; Laughing Man's Street Seats; Warren Street's brick vaults; South Street Seaport night market. / 4 comments
In the News: More on Mmuseumm 2
Plus: Suicide at 1 West; analysis of loft sale at 249 Church; Imagination Playground's water spouts.
In the News: Taylor Swift and Calvin Harris
Plus: South Soho Sicilian restaurant opening soon; Battery Park City author; a bus hit a badly driven car on Sixth Avenue.
Your Neighbor, the Entrepreneur: Melanie Moss
"Our handcrafted, jewel-inspired mini cakes and chocolates are the ultimate showstoppers for any occasion," says Melanie Moss, a former pastry chef at Blue Hill at Stone Barns. / 4 comments
Seen & Heard: The James Perse Store Opens This Weekend
Plus: Almond is now serving weekday lunch; Carini Lang fundraising drive for Nepalese weavers; free museum night; Apexart show about the loss of privacy.
First Impressions: Black Tap
It calls to mind the kind of places that used to be all over the city, or at least below 14th Street: fifteen seats, a lone counter, two staffers, no attitude. Plus: the best veggie burger around. / 1 comment
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History of Tribeca Buildings
Sad to read this. I popped in there last January with my daughter and it was a lovely, uncomplicated space.... — Alex in NYC / North Bar is closing for the summer — and will reopen as something new
I really don’t understand the hate for new stores like this, calling their offerings not useful. Do people not buy... — person / New Kid in Battery Park City: Fiolino
Very sad. As a pedestrian, bus-subway rider and a parent, am very concerned about the proliferation of bicycling (particularly Citibike... — JZparent / Teenager killed riding bike on Centre and Chambers this morning
Amen! — Anonymous / A protest is scheduled at the Independence Plaza garage
No chance of this happening under Mamdani. In fact, he recently rescinded all criminal enforcement of bike violations: https://www.nyc.gov/mayors-office/news/2026/03/mayor-mamdani-announces-end-to-criminal-enforcement-for-minor-tr His... — James S / Teenager killed riding bike on Centre and Chambers this morning
Thanks for featuring this, could be a real pain if I hadn’t been warned. Good job, Carl — Carl friedberg / No weekend service on the 1, 2, 3
This isn't going to stop until police start ticketing bikers for riding on sidewalks, ignoring traffic lights and going the... — Makes You Go Hmmmm.... / Teenager killed riding bike on Centre and Chambers this morning