In the News: The Royal Visit
Plus: Good, cheap Chinatown massages; reimagining Christmas decor at Shinola; affordable housing in Lower Manhattan; Katie Holmes, extravagant cupcake tipper.
Seen & Heard: Danish Design Pop-Up
Plus: Soup and salad at Baked; 56 Leonard and 30 Park Place from afar; Simeon Lagodich art show; World Trade Center mall update; Bogardus Plaza renovation timeline; Room to Grow event.
In the News: Lunch at Little Park
Plus: Many tenants announced for World Trade Center mall; Sheldon Silver's ethical laxity; more on the North Cove Marina abstention; Just Salad. / 2 comments
Loft Peeping: Lora & JJ Appleton
The New York Times featured the Tribeca apartment of Lora and JJ Appleton: She's a founder of the kinder Modern gallery, he's a musician, and they have a five-year-old son, Willem. / 2 comments
Seen & Heard: Lunch at Da Claudio
Plus: Your own building in gingerbread; Dirty Bird wants a beer-and-wine license; toy and clothing drive; frozen yogurt and cell phones. / 3 comments
Newsletter: Dec. 8
Pier 26 Estuarium • Househunting with Bob Dylan • Best of 2014 Survey • Landmarks Reversal • North Cove Marina • Gourmet Garage • 460 Washington • Celeb Tweets • More
In the News: City Withdraws Landmarks Plan
Plus: North Cove Marina remains in limbo; the crappy state of N. Moore Street; Collister Street rooftop addition-to-an-addition; Northern Tiger forecast; royals arriving tomorrow; Seaport tower unlikely to move south. / 5 comments
Welcome to TweeBeCa: Special Celebrity Edition!
All good New Yorkers know they’re not supposed to bother celebrities, but that doesn’t mean they can’t tweet about spotting them out and about. / 1 comment
Seen & Heard: Workers Spotted at Gourmet Garage
Plus: Inside the Nexxus salon; potential mega-development on City Hall Park; free screening of "National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation"; Beekman hotel-condo update; pet photos with Santa; Washington Market Park holiday party. / 3 comments
Details About the Pier 26 Estuarium
The 12,000-square-foot river research center will be overseen by Clarkson University, and a cargo sloop will likely be docking there. / 1 comment
In the News: Attempted Rape of 81-Year-Old Woman
Plus: Massive Eric Garner protests; Terroir partnership dissolved; minimum-wage protest at McDonald's; Meryl Streep's oven trouble. / 2 comments
Left rectangle ads redesigned
Robert Ripps book
History of Tribeca Buildings
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Is the Social Democratic First Muslim mayor already showing his lack of judgement or ability to handle any real life... — R. / The city will open the shelter next to Peck Slip School
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