A man died yesterday after falling from 440 Washington, just south of Desbrosses. Little other detail has emerged. / 2 comments
Plus: Amusing rendering of 440 Washington; "Tribute in Light"–style memorial on the West Coast; new shows at Sapar Contemporary and Bortolami.
Plus: A better look at the new 440 Washington; 101 Warren's sidewalk shed partially removed; car accident in reverse; Cast Iron House's granite sidewalk; 56 Leonard artwork tipped over; Blue Park Kitchen open in FiDi. / 9 comments
Plus: New Northwest Tribeca building partially unveiled; more info on Takeshi Sushi restaurant; activity in the old Tribeca's Cornerstone space; Adopt-a-Plant event.
Plus: The Greenwich Street cobblestone nightmare; is chef John Fraser planning something around here?; update on the building at Washington and Desbrosses; three shoots this week. / 16 comments
Plus: Another Starbucks; poems to magically appear on rainy days; the new building at Washington and Desbrosses (and musing about what comes next); "The Good Fight" shoot. / 1 comment
Plus: What's up with the steam system in south Tribeca?; food truck parking in front of a hydrant; northwest Tribeca building has risen above ground; pizza boxes at Parm; greenery atop 137 Franklin; "Gradation" exhibit at hpgrp Gallery. / 2 comments
It can be hard to keep track of all of the new buildings under construction in Tribeca. This should help: renderings for the projects where work is currently happening. / 9 comments
Plus: Ward III has soft-reopened; the flared top of 111 Murray; the north side of Citigroup's curtain wall; Worth Street reconstruction progress; Wicked update. / 1 comment
Plus: Missed opportunity at the 9/11 Memorial; the Sphere sculpture waits to be unveiled; Park Place sidewalk shed seems to finally be coming down; more eclipse photos; Canal Street Market event to benefit Guatemalan girls. / 15 comments
Plus: The next big construction project in northwest Tribeca; the Holland Tunnel in 1946; 111 Murray's resemblance to a kitchen utensil; "Instinct" TV shoot. / 2 comments
Plans have finally been filed to double the size of a five-story building. That makes five projects in the works on a three-block stretch—along with three others completed on Washington in recent years. / 1 comment
Terrible news. What a wonderful place. Best sushi in Tribeca by far. — Scott / Sushu Azabu will close in a couple weeks
Oh no Heide, I mean the criminal migrants and homeless Americans at any shelter near a school is very dangerous.... — Native / Migrant shelter on Washington and Rector will close by June
You misunderstood me. I don't want a larger homeless shelter. I don't want anymore shelters downtown. We have enough especially... — Native / Migrant shelter on Washington and Rector will close by June
Re:Excessive Honking, Just requested that I asked 311 for help with patrolling /ticketing for honking violations. Over a 2 year... — EGg / Tunnel Traffic: How it started; how it’s going
My understanding: migrants are being housed largely by HHC, the Health and Hospitals Corp. That's who had the contract for... — Tribeca Citizen / Migrant shelter on Washington and Rector will close by June
Comment from the anonymous moniker "Native" implies that housing Americans in a shelter near a school would be safer than... — Heide Fasnacht / Migrant shelter on Washington and Rector will close by June
I’m sorry but there are not 289+ (Raddison) or 400+ Holiday Inn homeless people downtown. There are enough issues with... — XLA / Migrant shelter on Washington and Rector will close by June