The creative agency/event space coming to 50 Varick got the committee members' dander way up. Also discussed: The 1WTC spire's route through Tribeca; Taste of Tribeca; and how the city can deal better with events like Hurricane Sandy.
And (unrelatedly) Turks & Frogs is evidently closing. Also on the Community Board 1 agendas for November: The 1WTC spire is going to be paraded through Tribeca; the Matsugen space's new tenant is back; is RBC still alive?; Taste of Tribeca 2013 date.
Plus: Real-estate envy; World Trade Center antenna "hostage"; Flea review.
Plus: Michelin Bib Gourmand awards; 1 World Trade Center observation deck contenders; school shortage; statue finds home; hospital fined.
Plus: By Joy Gryson's cloudy opening; one reason 1 World Trade Center is red; op art exhibit. / 1 comment
Plus: Bagel shop won't be H&H; 1 World Trade Center bragging; Nielsen close to moving to FiDi; police catch phone thieves.
Plus: Widening the Brooklyn Bridge walkway; H&H Bagels dispute; new renderings for 1 World Trade Center; Fulton Center RFP; 130 Fulton loft sale.
Plus: 1 World Trade Center tops out; Gehry penthouse views; food-truck hootenanny tomorrow; 66 Leonard.
Plus: New house-call service; tapas restaurant on the way?; theater geek nirvana; Blue Spoon expands starting Monday; "Very Good Girls"; Cristina Dos Santos is moving; Fulton supermarket; poetry talk and walk. / 5 comments
Plus: City politicians like Jerry's; penthouse for sale; Hudson Square nightclub slammed by State Liquor Authority; chef leaves Demi Monde; lighting strikes 1WTC. / 1 comment
Plus: Beekman Tower video; Carmellini in food spat; more 5 Beekman photos; New York State pulling out of 1WTC?; the new Pace dorm; 9/11 documentary; Stuzzicheria.
Let the cladding begin. Plus: Blazing at Stuyvesant; I'm Too Young for This!; BPCA criticisms; book fair.
James! Thank you ! I love the photo. — Native NYer / Upon the Palace has opened
So by extension, ill will toward the future employees of Hobby Lobby? — Bobbie / Seen & Heard: Hobby Lobby construction happening?
Smartphones and doom scrolling has sucked the life out of our kids. Sometimes you need reminders like this to really... — hmmm / Capturing the lives of Tribeca youth before smartphones took hold
How many times, on a summer afternoon, did I sit on the doorsill at Dudley's Paw with Dudley beside me.... — John Willenbecher / Seen & Heard: Hobby Lobby construction happening?
Yum yum. Looking forward to going here! — SW / Upon the Palace has opened
Yes!!!! My lady and I have been BEGGING for one of these!!!! — Jack Gaff / Chambers Street Wines is opening a wine bar on… Chambers
so, no RIOTS or claims of a “rigged election”; is that the point? 🤔 — baba galacticus / It’s quiet out there