Read about Agatha Ruiz de la Prada in the Tribeca Citizen Shopping Guide.
Plus: Proposed storefront replacements for Chambers and Reade; soft blobs at Taymour Grahne; confirmation of Agatha Ruiz de la Prada's closing; Broadway and Walker in 1912. / 5 comments
The Spanish brand's New York City boutique opened in 2011. / 1 comment
Plus: Joyful art at Cheryl Hazan; lunch at Union Bar + Kitchen; Arcade Bakery's new sandwich; fine art sale; Poets House's Brooklyn Bridge walk; New Amsterdam Market reminder; Dar Williams; 30 Park Place.
Fun for everyone, or at least people who don’t mind random pictures with snarky captions. / 1 comment
Plus: Tribeca Tap House opening; more on the Blues Bar; Agatha Ruiz de la Prada's renovation. / 7 comments
The Spanish designer's new boutique has opened, and it's a kick.
Incontrovertible evidence. Plus: Grown & Sewn's new store; Nili Lotan sample sale; a benefit thrown by Japanese mothers from the area; Agatha Ruiz de la Prada's signage; Shake Shack BPC is hiring; the best lunch deal in Tribeca?; and fish-and-chips joint closed. / 1 comment
It's time once again to take stock of what's in the works. First up: Franklin Street and north, including fresh updates on the motorcycle club, Morimoto's restaurant, and French shirtmaker Xoos. 3/22 UPDATE: Xoos opening 3/24, Lolë in "a month or two." 3/24 UPDATE: Grown & Sewn is moving to Franklin. 3/25 UPDATE: Added Johnny's Cuts.
Plus: The young woman who died at 101 Warren; Karim Rashid designing Tribeca shop; BPC security getting nicer?; Carmine's closeout; review of DCTV show; stalking Jane Krakowski; Tribeca loft porn; comparing two loft sales; the Tribeca® hairstyle; muddy park ticking people off.
I bet you're pronouncing at least one Tribeca business's name incorrectly. (I was.) / 14 comments
What's in the works for Tribeca in the coming months (knock wood). I encourage everyone to read this if only so you'll know what I'm quacking about! UPDATED 1/9 with info on Crewcuts, Color Me Mine, Agatha Ruiz de la Parada, Yorganic, and Dans le Noir? UPDATED 1/10 with Boji opening info. UPDATED 1/11 with jazz bar name, opening estimate. UPDATED 1/12 with a forecast for Sarabeth's. UPDATED 1/19 with info about Prime Essentials drugstore. / 6 comments
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