A detailed look at the costs behind Blood Manor. Plus two stalled projects in Fidi; Glosslab is open but is restructuring; the Dominick tries to take over some public space.
Aesop transforms a lobby into a showroom; cool kids at 161 Water?; 111 Washington foundations underway; an update on 60 Wall. / 4 comments
Plus a retrospective of artist Bibi Lenček; a refuge for Rafael Viñoly; talking finance with Bubby's.
Plus protesting the plans for mercury cleanup at 250 Water; 111 Washington is finally sold; exciting salads at 1 White Street. / 2 comments
Plus a mystery fence explained; an urban getaway in Battery Park City; a 26-year-old explains why masks are important. / 1 comment
Plus: Remembering Linda Belfer; schedule for the new Astoria ferry route; fight over a vacant lot on Washington Street.
Plus: Washington Street tower rendering; first visit to the SeaGlass carousel; female self-portraiture show; second-floor Chinese restaurant. / 1 comment
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."
Plus: Foxy FiDi building not 22 Thames (but could be on Washington); principal suggests sacrificing pre-K; Dahesh Museum of Art shop; Broadway building gets Landmarks date. / 9 comments
Cool pix of WFC event. Plus: remembering John and Carolyn Bessette Kennedy; new 500-unit building just south of WTC; collegiate sailing in New York Harbor?; Governors Island treehouse.
Where's the stop sign? Plus: Media company coming to southern Tribeca; Damon Dash's shop; 111 Washington; lobster and barbecue kiosks at WFC. / 2 comments
The photograph begs the question: when is that scaffolding coming down? Seems a very very long time that it has... — George Bacon / Starbucks at West Broadway and Chambers will close tomorrow
ITS BACK BETTER THAN EVER! BEST LOCAL PLACE FOR A DRINK AND GOOD FOOD!!! CANT WAIT FOR LUNCH!!! — AA / North Bar is closing for the summer — and will reopen as something new
Since this issue is in play again, I'll opine that the "fluid boundaries between public and private space" is an... — Gary / Giving new meaning to nosy neighbor
I think you would feel differently if your private moments with your children were being surveilled and photographed. People shouldn't... — Fiona / Giving new meaning to nosy neighbor
Truly sad. Got our son's first "Tribeca Cool Kids" clothes there 15 years ago (on sale!) and they couldn't have... — Downtown Dad Again / Koh’s Kids on Greenwich has closed
The graffiti in question looks very similar to the same outside of Target (on the never-ending construction barriers) which questioned... — Downtown Dad Again / Tribeca-branded graffiti on West Broadway
Our apartment was inside the "frozen zone" and when we were finally able to return to it in mid-October, I... — Makes You Go Hmmmm.... / A documentary honors the work of the Sanitation Department after 9/11