Plus some old news worth noting at Independence Plaza; BPCA takes a condo to court; 161 Maiden Lane is the annual turkey. / 2 comments
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.
Plus a record price for a rental at the Jenga building; an aspiring contract killer busted in BPC; a video on the Leaning Tower of Fidi.
Plus the Leaning Tower of Seaport struggling with lenders; art that confronts white supremacy at James Cohan; Orior takes on rugs. / 1 comment
Plus some pics of One Seaport, or 161 Maiden Lane; an artist's obit for Dean & DeLuca; a few of David Yurman's favorite things. / 8 comments
Plus Naomi Watts's Onda Beauty featured in Vogue; Archpaper takes on the proposed Manhattan jail; Toni Morrison remembered. / 1 comment
Plus dreaming of El Teddy's and its crown; could the residential tower at 161 Maiden Lane be listing?; recommendations for the film festival; the latest from the police blotter.
Plus: Rec room–style bar (with half-court basketball) in FiDi; the Sheraton Tribeca's restaurant was temporarily closed by the Health Department; contractor at Maiden Lane building fined $10,000 for worker's death; Gilligan's review.
Plus: New FiDi condos come with yacht rides; Russell Simmons is trying to sell his apartment again; more photos of 3 World Trade Center; Joel Grey on "Fiddler" in Yiddish.
Plus: Christopher Marte is on the verge of conceding; Stuyvesant student learned that there's no easy way out of the river; 9/11 photo display stolen; the history of a beautiful building at Broadway and White; charging hubs for electric cars. / 1 comment
Plus: The city's highest taxable income is in FiDi?; still no progress on West Thames bridge; glassy Seaport tower; how a Battery Park City artist spends his Sundays. / 9 comments
This Streetsblog post is over 4 years old, with no clear update since then. I see the Tribeca Trib also... — Elizabeth / In the News: Hunting down parking placard abuses
Eliz, I tried to make clear my disgust and disdain for placard abuse. I validated your outrage at the top... — Komanoff / In the News: Hunting down parking placard abuses
https://tribecacitizen.com/2026/06/17/icymi-the-speed-limit-is-now-20-mph/ — Tribeca Citizen / In the News: Hunting down parking placard abuses
Ah yes, the city was given permission to lower limits, I just didn't know that Chambers had gotten the treatment... — malcolm / In the News: Hunting down parking placard abuses
If free and easy on-street parking isn't compatible with lower Manhattan, then why is it available to city workers? The... — Elizabeth / In the News: Hunting down parking placard abuses
Apparently the speed limit is now 20. No one would ever know that since the street is usually backed up... — elizabeth / In the News: Hunting down parking placard abuses
Sorry, your lone justifiable outrage IMO is that cops, firemen, court officers and other apparatchiks get free parking spaces. We... — Komanoff / In the News: Hunting down parking placard abuses