In the News: The Nightlife Veterans Behind Belle Reve
Plus: Where the South Street Seaport proposal stands now; more on the idea of tolling East River bridges; Lower Broadway finally getting nicer; Sheldon Silver's school overcrowding task force; new musical about young people; FiDi hotel pipe burst. / 1 comment
The Recollections of Jane Freeman
Artist Jane Freeman, who has lived in Tribeca since 1976, shares some of her marvelously evocative writings about life in the neighborhood over the years. / 8 comments
Seen & Heard: An Outpost of Ellary’s Greens
Plus: Firefighters at Tiny's & the Bar Upstairs; burst pipe on Greenwich; update on Christina Lehr's shop; Downtown Little League; Belle Reve menu. / 11 comments
In the News: Municipal Building Observation Deck
Plus: Woman hit by SUV at Greenwich and Duane; Warren Street loft analysis; novelist Peter Carey; East River freezing over.
More on the Los Americanos Replacement
Belle Reve is a "Bar & Restaurant with live music & spirited atmosphere!" / 2 comments
Chef Matthew Lightner Is Leaving Atera
The new chef, 32-year-old Ronny Emborg, should feel right at home in Atera's laboratory-as-kitchen.
New Kid on the Block: Planet Fitness
The big, bare-bones gym is only $10 a month and it's open 24 hours for most of the week.
Newsletter: Feb. 16
Loft Peeping: Indoor-Outdoor Penthouse • Nike Basketball Court • Little League Embezzlement • CB1 Unofficial Minutes • Tribeca Park Sculpture • Brookfield Place Timeline • Shake Shack and Wahlburger • 24 Leonard • More
Seen & Heard: Hudson Reconstruction Update
Plus: Bar Cyrk's big heart; another Street Seats application in Community Board 1; up next at Pen Parentis; the Dreaded Drill of Destruction.
In the News: East River Bridge Tolls
Plus: 250 West penthouse sold for way under ask; South Street Seaport air-rights purchase; World Trade Center name rights settlement; religious exemptions for vaccinations. / 4 comments
Inside Nike’s Zoom City Basketball Court
Those tents at Canal and Varick are home to "a state-of-the-art basketball facility featuring a full-sized LED basketball court." Watch the video.
Seen & Heard: Shake Shack and Wahlburger Rumor
Plus: Pressed Juicery at the new Equinox; opening date for the Supermarket; marketing materials for 147 Duane storefront; questionable ads. / 3 comments










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