In the News: Pressure on De Blasio to Deal With Helicopter Noise
Plus: Brazilian gelato cart at Espasso; the Howard Hughes Corp. still plans a Seaport tower (and did OK by Sandy); FiDi population growth; police blotter. / 3 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.
In the News: Shake Shack to Bring Back Crinkle-Cut Fries
Plus: Mas (la Grillade) has closed for a rethink; virtual walking tour of Tribeca architecture; Brookfield may sell a stake in Brookfield Place; Holiday Inn opening soon.
Seen & Heard: Have You Seen Bubby’s Cow?
Someone stole it. Plus: What's up at the Tribeca Greenmarket; W. Broadway mailbox on the move; emerging photographers show. / 7 comments
In the News: Bank Robbery Suspect
Plus: Learn how to make block prints; another Dos Toros; chia blends at Whole Foods.
Seen & Heard: Neat Timelapse Video of 1 World Trade Center
Plus: Menus for Blue Ribbon Sushi Bar; Chambers Street mailboxes return; that unfinished part of Hudson River Park. / 2 comments
Tribeca After the Floods
In his darkly comic dystopian novel "Happiness Ltd.", a local writer using the pen name Michael McGhee imagines our world ravaged by hurricanes and ruled by corporations.
Newsletter: Aug. 7
Nosy Neighbor: The Odeon's Bar • Nosy Neighbor: The New Museum • 3 World Trade Center • White Street Restaurant • New Amsterdam Market • Misspellings • More
In the News: Man Scams Parking Garage With “Lost Ticket”
Plus: Chef Floyd Cardoz promises no butter or cream at White Street restaurant; AIDS Quilt on Governors Island; lobster roll rave; 2015 Tribeca Film Festival dates. / 2 comments
Nosy Neighbor: Is the Odeon Lowering Its Bar?
"When I asked the bartender what happened to the foot rest, he explained that bar and the barstools were being lowered that night. Later, as it occurred to me to write to you, I wondered whether I had been had." —B. / 1 comment
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Not to mention...if you want to try it so badly, you can walk in pretty much at-will anytime Mon-Fri. Katz's... — SL / Seen & Heard: An all-time record at Bubby’s?
The vendors essentially have a "free pass" to sell their illegal counterfeit goods because selling illegal counterfeit goods is not... — Larry / Counterfeit sales on Broadway are worse than ever
Exactly. There's no sense in waiting in such lines, when there are so many great restaurants in NYC...not to mention... — Marcus / Seen & Heard: An all-time record at Bubby’s?
To me the most shocking part of the Bubby's thing is that it does not matter how rough the weather... — A Tribeca Parent / Seen & Heard: An all-time record at Bubby’s?
Red tailed hawk. — James Bogardus / Seen & Heard: An all-time record at Bubby’s?
Looks like a red-tailed hawk to me! — Sarah / Seen & Heard: An all-time record at Bubby’s?
Some sources on the link between counterfeiting and terrorism: "Documents from Al-Qaeda propaganda have referenced counterfeiting as a means to... — Marcus / Counterfeit sales on Broadway are worse than ever