Newsletter: Mar. 10
Nosy Neighbor: Storefronts at Greenwich and Chambers • PrepPrep's Marjorie Jaffe Goldner • New Fitness Studio • Pret a Manger • Crunch Lawsuit • Woolworth Building Tours • Instagram • More
Seen & Heard: City Hall Greenmarket Reopens This Week
Plus: Soccer film festival; Pier 26 boathouse update; Canal Street building.
The First Horn on the WTC Transportation Hub
The most interesting structure at the new World Trade Center is about to get a lot more interesting. (Are we calling them horns? Or would spikes or quills might be more appropriate...?) / 4 comments
Go Deeper into the Woolworth Building
Including the mezzanine and the bank vault in the basement. / 1 comment
In the News: New Fitness Studio
Plus: Man lying on subway tracks is killed; apparent suicide near City Hall; Tribeca resident Vanessa Traina Snow; Duane and Greenwich in 1932; police blotter; Soho shop Kiosk is moving somewhere; 50 West update.
Seen & Heard: Pret a Manger Opens Tomorrow
Free food (with fine print). Plus: Khe-Yo chef's cooking class; Pilates at Bouley Botanical; checking in on the building known as Tribeca Royale.
Nosy Neighbor: What’s Happening at Greenwich and Chambers?
"I'm curious if you know what's going on with the spaces on the southeast corner of Chambers and Greenwich. There appeared to be demolition occurring in the former pie shop space." —K. / 10 comments
In the News: Crunch Fitness vs. Franklin Street Condo
Plus: The view from atop 1 World Trade Center; is Park51 moving?; PATH platform critique; Well + Good profile; Battery Park City's cold war; Hotel Particulier pop-up gallery; no school "collocation."
Your Neighbor, the Entrepreneur: Marjorie Jaffe Goldner
"We launched PregPrep to help all women who are ready to get pregnant," says co-founder Marjorie Jaffe Goldner. "It's safe, natural, and endorsed by leading OB/GYNs."
Left rectangle ads redesigned
Robert Ripps book
History of Tribeca Buildings
Yes. Merns is where I went in 1972 when I got a job at NYC EPA (predecessor of DEC; so... — Komanoff / In the News: What Andrew Carmellini can’t live without
Not custom clothing, but at one time both Syms and Merns were located nearby on Vesey Street, between Broadway and... — Gary / In the News: What Andrew Carmellini can’t live without
Am I imagining this in my dotage but did Gorsart ever have a place on Duane St because I had... — Jean Grillo / In the News: What Andrew Carmellini can’t live without
1st Precinct cars and vans do this all the time from White Street, turning north against traffic on West Broadway,... — James Bogardus / Looking back on a year of congestion pricing
An observation and question re: NYPD Thurs. and Fri. evenings, during 6-6:30 time, NYPD cars run their sirens on congested... — NoMoore / Looking back on a year of congestion pricing
No joke, but I'm taken several people to that stop since it is one of the creepiest places in downtown.... — James S / Chambers Street J/Z station to get makeover
Thank you for the Gorsart Clothes story. I whish they were still around. I was able to find some cool... — Ivan / In the News: What Andrew Carmellini can’t live without