Plus honoring an abolitionist on Lispenard; 111 Wall gets a facelift and then some; Succession at Broadway and Chambers.
The second generation owner of the two-century-old bar may have to toss in the towel. Plus an underground railroad stop at 36 Lispenard; the timeline of the Weinstein investigation. / 2 comments
Plus: When the Underground Railroad ran through Tribeca; Aziz Ansari's Franklin Street apartment; Soho Rep is about to reopen; mugging victim hunts down attacker; history of a Lispenard Street building; Whole Foods misery. / 1 comment
Plus: When Frederick Douglass stayed on Lispenard; anti-Trump protest in Foley Square; the world of fountain pens; Matt Abramcyk's Gowanus hotel is on the market before opening.
Plus: Hotel design thwarted by Landmarks; Compose reviewed; Underground Railroad; staircase demolition opposition; a loft renovation; Seaport Museum trouble; Bowne & Co.; David Burke Kitchen; Reade57; LMDC.
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