Newsletter: Aug. 28
Italian Soccer Stars Opening Hotel • Demolition on Desbrosses • Brick Closed • Dîner en Blanc • New Church Street Building • Another BPC Conversion • Bâtard • Denny's • Sushi Dojo • More
Seen & Heard: Sushi Dojo’s Tribeca Outpost Is Not a Done Deal
Plus: Correction on the post about the Italian soccer stars' hotel; demolition underway on Washington; Laughing Man barista's novel; more. / 2 comments
In the News: Bâtard Gets Three Stars
Plus: Denny's opens Friday; Property will have vintage clothing; wallets stolen at Pier 25; Raccoon Lodge patron goes aggro, bites police officer. / 4 comments
Two Former Italian Soccer Stars Are Opening a Hotel Here
Paolo Maldini and Christian Vieri appear to be opening the Hudson Square Hotel at the corner of Hudson and Canal. / 9 comments
Seen & Heard: Nine Stories on Church
Where there are currently five. Plus: Free community night at the 9/11 Museum; steak recommendations; camera obscura; Juice Press goes gray; fitness day passes; crime category. / 2 comments
In the News: Lower Manhattan Is Growing Older
But not you, surely. Plus: The courtyard at 443 Greenwich; the value of an interior wall; model arrested for allegedly stealing fish oil and chocolate from Whole Foods; kennel cough outbreak. / 4 comments
Scenes from Last Night’s Dîner en Blanc
About 4,000 people dressed in white descended on Rockefeller Park for dinner accompanied by opera. / 7 comments
Seen & Heard: Lunch at Navy
Plus: "E.T." and "Back to the Future" at Washington Market Park; new exhibit at Patrick Parrish; Barre Tribeca has opened; White Street storefront renovation; preliminary Baked hours. / 1 comment
In the News: Another BPC Rental Building Likely to Go Condo
Plus: The name of Carmellini's upcoming Smyth restaurant; another Bâtard review; what was lost when 2 Broadway was torn down; another Brooklyn Bridge trespasser.
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History of Tribeca Buildings
Right. From the outset, the sensible thing would have been building new facilities at Rikers and designing as humane, therapeutic... — Lisa / Halting overnight work on the supertall jail on White Street
Cars are not allowed to make right and left turns? — Marcus / The neighborhood’s camera infrastructure
Please, let me shed a tear for the poor driver who can’t make u-turns or speed. Yeah cyclists don’t pay... — Cd / The neighborhood’s camera infrastructure
A nightmare for Chinatown neighbors (and perhaps Tribeca too, if these ever open). These foolish and too small mini-jails were... — Marcus / Halting overnight work on the supertall jail on White Street
We can consistently be for: - stricter traffic enforcement against cars - stricter traffic enforcement against bicycles It's not either/or.... — Marcus / The neighborhood’s camera infrastructure
Yes, please. Wasn't this in the works? — Marcus / The neighborhood’s camera infrastructure
Whom should we be contacting then? Who has the power of these matters? Our congress and senate reps, or some... — Marcus / Canal Street ranks as one of city’s deadliest