Founded in 1986 in a living room in the West Village, the Zen meditation center is tucked away on St. John's Lane in a former nightclub.
The History of Tribeca Buildings database—compiled from Tom Miller's posts at Daytonian in Manhattan—now has more than 100 entries, each with the zesty anecdotes you've come to expect. Here is one important addition.
The penthouse in the American Thread building -- built in 1896 for the wool exchange -- has an oak-paneled rotunda with a 25-foot domed ceiling and stained-glass oculus.