When it reopens on July 19, there will be a new name, a redesigned space (including a lower level previously used for private events), a raw bar with oyster shucker, and occasional live music. / 1 comment
Plus: Tribeca Tower's semi-public plaza reopened ahead of schedule; Leonard Street façade debris; Buttercup Bake Shop is opening in a local mall; construction on W. Broadway wine bar; resident needs help with a noisy neighbor. / 3 comments
Also on Community Board 1's July agendas: The Five Boro Bike Tour; FiDi mermaid at risk; the community advisory committee overseeing Spring Studios; new storefront for Tre Sorelle; much more. / 11 comments
Plus: Photographer Donna Ferrato's final Tribeca portfolio; Church Publick clarification; 56 Leonard sidewalk progress; Greek bakery/café in FiDi; textural art exhibit; lunch at Grand Banks; Trinity Church commemorates LGBT Pride Month. / 5 comments
Plus: A show of New York City photography; another way that local police officers flout the law; the Archive of Contemporary Music's summer record and CD sale. / 3 comments
Plus: Trying to control Holland Tunnel traffic; photorealistic painting of Hudson and Harrison; the north side of Reade in 1864. / 1 comment
Plus: American Apparel got approval to close its Tribeca store; renovation on White Street; the history of 78 Reade; Shake Shack introducing gluten-free buns; interview with artist Robert Janz. / 4 comments
And (unrelatedly) Turks & Frogs is evidently closing. Also on the Community Board 1 agendas for November: The 1WTC spire is going to be paraded through Tribeca; the Matsugen space's new tenant is back; is RBC still alive?; Taste of Tribeca 2013 date.
Plus: A report on the new Chinese-food place; a singing doorman; tween party with airbrushing and Hula Hoop contest. / 3 comments
Thanks to some helpful sleuths, I believe we can declare this Nosy Neighbor case closed.
"On top of 65 Reade there are two new gizmos on the roof. They don't appear to be cell towers since they are angled downward. They aren't satellite dishes either. I was wondering if you had seen these here or anywhere and what they're possibly used for." —A. UPDATE: Two intriguing possibilities. / 2 comments
Yes, please! Imagine the added property & sales tax revenue, health benefits and environmental/climate impacts a project like this would... — Reader on Reade / Borough president proposes tearing down FDR drive in Fidi
40 Wall: The Duane Reade is closing there on October 9th — Mary Dierickx / In the News: WMP gets a fashionable basketball court
Neighborhood won’t be the same without “PICASSO PIZZA” and for shure!!! I know the FATHER, I know MICHAEL and they... — BERTY / Picasso Pizza, a stalwart of Battery Park City, has closed
Yes. I was there today. — Tribeca Citizen / Seen & Heard: Movie night in WMP this Friday
Is Il Giglio open? No one answers the phone and Google and Open Table reviews say the same going back... — Steven / Seen & Heard: Movie night in WMP this Friday
I live at Harrison & Staple and there is a definite pattern of people partying in the Staple Street alley... — AndyJ / Lola Tribeca is burgled
Toured the building at lunchtime today. The restaurant (which opens next month) was cordoned off, but the terrace was open.... — Jon / Glowing review for a building that glows