In the News: Noisy Speakeasy Annoys Its Neighbors
Plus: First look inside the Smyth's renovated public spaces and restaurant; Canstruction starts next week; Rockaway ferry being discontinued.
Seen & Heard: Tribeca’s Best Halloween Decoration
Plus: Venting about the 1st Precinct's above-the-law parking style; New Fancy Food says goodbye; tacky billboards mar a lovely restoration; NYC Yogurt said not to be reopening; Craigslist satire; Steven Amedee art exhibit. / 7 comments
Another Building Is on Demolition Watch
The building that replaces it will likely incorporate the adjacent parking lot. / 1 comment
Seen & Heard: Sushi Dojo Appears to Have Changed Its Mind
Plus: Anne Frank's stepsister to tell her story; update on Seamless and the fake-front restaurants; functional ceramics at Patrick Parrish; a marvelous new portrait of yours truly. / 2 comments
In the News: Crinkle-Cut Fries Claim Victory at Shake Shack
Plus: Thalassa files lawsuit over Sandy storm; Nobu reviewed; turnover at the Flea; Lower Manhattan tech headquarters; BPC photographer; Marv Albert moving here. / 1 comment
Is Megu Closed?
The better question might be: Are both Megus closed? (Update: All signs point to yes.) / 3 comments
Seen & Heard: Turn Off the Damn Light, Beekman Residences!
Plus: The Craigslist satirist strikes again; excellent masks at Philip Williams Posters; a Ferrari for your kid; "Scareicature" report; a diminished Mehtaphor; Quiznos is open again; "haunted bathhouse" party. / 2 comments
TCQ&A: Jacob Weisberg
"My wife says I’m obsessed with local food sellers, and it’s true," says Jacob Weisberg, chairman of the Slate Group. "If I had to single out one, it would be the fresh fish from Blue Moon at the Saturday Greenmarket." / 5 comments
Newsletter: Oct. 30
First Impressions: Bar Cyrk • Rob Mango Looks Back • False-Front Restaurants on Seamless • Fashion Bar Social Club • Clocktower at Risk • 56 Leonard Disappointment • Taybeca • More
In the News: Green Light for 3 World Trade Center
Plus: Battery Park City chamber of commerce; One World Observatory ticket price; Peck Slip School barriers; touring Schermerhorn Row; cake. / 2 comments
Left rectangle ads redesigned
Robert Ripps book
History of Tribeca Buildings
Not sure Eileen O’Connor ended up at Liberty View - balcony photo doesn’t look quite right and no central air.... — CBH / In the News: Mamdani will be sworn in underground
Neil and Erica are some of the last people still there who made Tribeca such a great place to live.... — Kate Shore / TCQ&A: Cinematographer, producer and screenwriter Neal Marshad
No! This makes me so sad - they were the best - what a loss! — JVZ / Boomerang Toys will close at the end of the month
My understanding is that New York City Public Advocate Jumaane Williams did not not focus on the criminality of what... — Larry / World’s largest chain restaurant is coming to Canal Street
great interview, Neal- and thanks for your kind words! — Madeline Lanciani / TCQ&A: Cinematographer, producer and screenwriter Neal Marshad
The counterfeit goods vendors have all of the advantages over legitimate businesses. They (illegally) operate tax-free in an all-cash economy. They occupy... — Larry / In the News: Mamdani will be sworn in underground
Citibank is W Broadway and Duane, not Hudson (which is Forge). Also, Chase is at Greenwich and Murray Worth and... — Nicole Vianna / Wells Fargo is open on Chambers and West Broadway