Seen & Heard: New York Sports Club on the Way Out?
Plus: The 443 Greenwich sales office; letter to 22 River Terrace tenants; Caviarteria appears open; artist Robert Janz; Dianne Talan's construction-fence paintings; Lafayette face lift.
In the News: Reboot at Los Americanos
Plus: Big development at 111 Washington and 55 Broad; ultra-Orthodox Jews protest being included in Israeli draft; Ian Schrager and Herzog & de Meuron; BPC tilting toward owners, not renters; "Downtown North."
New Kid on the Block: Gurhan Atelier
"I like working with the past," says jeweler Gurhan Orhan, whose Gurhan Atelier has opened on Franklin. "My main mission is to pick up a stone or technique from history and bring it back to life."
Seen & Heard: Hardball at 22 River Terrace
Plus: Hey, it's 11 N. Moore!; the service at Zucker's; Hudson River Park dog run; Washington Market Park. / 5 comments
20Twenty Has Closed
It's vented, so we'll likely get a restaurant; then again, we might get a bar. And there is that dance floor....
In the News: The WTC Performing Arts Center’s Uphill Battle
Plus: Atheists appeal 9/11 "cross" ruling; role play for would-be community board members; inside ad agency Havas's offices; Bob Townley on after-school funding; new restaurant from Trattoria Cinque founder. / 1 comment
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.
Left rectangle ads redesigned
Robert Ripps book
History of Tribeca Buildings
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Some nice articles on the ONX move to Tribeca, and the first exhibit: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/onassis-onx-opens-in-tribeca-1234761127/ https://observer.com/2025/11/ai-art-gallery-media-art-onassis-onx-new-tribeca-space/ https://www.refresh.art/reviews/techne-homecoming/ https://www.rightclicksave.com/article/the-factory-of-dreams-onassis-onx-new-york-interview — Marcus / Onassis Foundation will open a studio on Broadway