Is the big new building in northwest Tribeca better than what preceded it? Does it resemble the rendering at all? Does it add to the neighborhood or detract from it? / 6 comments
Plus: Best Made goes to Brazil; acting school on Leonard; the annual Tribeca Open Artist Studio Tour; "Law & Order: SVU" is back again; PS Fabrics closing sale; the entrance to the new building at Washington and Desbrosses. / 2 comments
Plus: Using 460 Washington to explain the 421-a tax abatement; Howard Hughes's new Seaport District plan (also, it bought the Peck Slip Best Western); Trinity Church ticked off an artist by moving his sculpture; Rector bridge elevator semi-fixed; shoplifters steal gum, threaten stabbing; Woolworth Building in Harry Potter spin-off. / 6 comments
Plus: Treating cabbage like steak; female superintendent in Battery Park City; Time Inc. moving in soon; helicopter industry fighting proposed ban. / 3 comments
Plus: Northwest Tribeca to get 22 units of low-income housing; myth-busting with Frankly Wines. / 3 comments
Plus: The most absurd use of cobblestones ever; the big new rental on Washington; Robyn Hitchcock concert; Tribeca as seen from on high. / 3 comments
Plus: 460 Washington looking pretty good; hardware store closing; Seaport meeting; new hotel to have gallery featuring local artists; brunch party at the Greek; "Holiday Sing" at Bogardus Garden; Washington Market Park holiday card. / 5 comments
Plus: Steven Alan Home Shop postponed its move again; wonderful paintings of Lower Manhattan; 460 Washington semi-revealed; White Street bar menu.
Plus: Check-cashing joint appears closed; Franklin restaurant dormant; Pier 26 restaurant; 290 West windows; 460 Washington from the west; holiday toy drive; another Wolfgang's Steakhouse. / 2 comments
Plus: Free classes at Drill Fitness; TD Bank mural; Tribeca Watch Repair relocates; landmark Canal townhouse refurbished; 460 Washington's brick façade; Brooklyn Bridge closure; subway poles. / 3 comments
Also on October’s Community Board 1 agendas: Murray Street karaoke bar; Dean's replacement; exterior and interior changes to Broadway landmark; Fulton Center update; Bogardus Park; street fairs; Canal Street newsstand; Peck Slip Park; more.
Plus: Morsi trattoria has soft-opened; brazen Duane Street topper; 460 Washington appears to have topped out; Loft Tour preview; Warren Street bulkhead warning; Reade Street townhouse for sale; limo chase for film shoot. / 2 comments
Pour one out for Belle Reve as well :( — Bradford / Corner of Lispenard and West Broadway is sold
Glad to see this, and I like the renderings. This lot was always a graffiti-vandalized eyesore. So this is quite... — Marcus / Construction moving along at 14 White
Surely someone is offended that no one was offended. — Marcus / Corner of Lispenard and West Broadway is sold
Farewell, Jungle on Mars. You won't be missed. — Marc / Seen & Heard: Puffy’s window shattered
The chopped cheese at Tribeca Olive Branch is very popular in my home! — Elizabeth / The Great Tribeca Deli Resurgance
I believe these buildings are landmarked. — Heide Fasnacht / Corner of Lispenard and West Broadway is sold
No word on that yet... — Tribeca Citizen / Corner of Lispenard and West Broadway is sold