Plus: Cops helped a Duane Reade stanch the flood of stolen merchandise; Q&A with the owner of the 180 store; Korean restaurant opening in the Seaport; Graffiti Earth's sister appears to have closed. / 1 comment
Discussed at last night's meeting: The imminent Warren Street reconstruction project; Apple's event space on Duane; weekend construction at 24 Leonard condominium; expanded outdoor seating at Laughing Man; the loud start of the Five Boro Bike Tour; CB1's street fair scheduled for Warren; Maxwell's sidewalk café. / 11 comments
Plus: Lyons Den Power Yoga's expansion (and second studio); Lotus Salon's name change; Pearl Paint condo conversion; Wolf & Badger opening on Grand; Franklin Street retail vacancy.
Plus: Long line at the Apple store; "The Blacklist" shoot; World Trade Center wine store looks close to opening; hotel lobby to be café and lounge; how did Cut at the Four Seasons get around the 200-foot rule? / 1 comment
Plus: Virtual tour of the Four Seasons hotel; Tribeca Film Festival dates; World Trade Center mall postcard; anti-TriBeCa petition; Robert Reitzfeld paintings at Front Art Space. / 1 comment
Plus: PATH buses running through Tribeca; Chinatown buses illegally dropping off passengers here; Lilly O'Brien's grade from the Department of Health; lunch at Eataly's fancier restaurant; poop scofflaw. / 16 comments
Plus: Public and private festivities at the World Trade Center mall; woman outside P.S. 234 hit by street sign knocked over by bus; more on Saturday's massive street shutdown; area thefts.
Plus: Developers using the American Disability Act to their advantage; Community Board 1 on 28 Liberty plaza pavilions; housekeeper allegedly stole handbags; musician Alan Vega. / 2 comments
Quite a bit, actually: The new entrance to the Oculus from the north; a look at Apple's presumed space; complete, relatively easy access from Fulton Center to Brookfield Place; signage for a bakery in 4 World Trade Center; Liberty Park opening date; and more. / 2 comments
Plus: Two guys are rowing from here to England (leaving next week); chopped trees on W. Broadway; Tribeca in an Apple wristwatch ad; Concepts store apparently not dead; Mudville's fight party; interesting Pen Parentis venue. / 1 comment
According to the rumors, anyway. This list will be updated as new info comes in.
And the brands said to have signed (or be close) at the World Trade Center mall include Apple, Havaianas, John Varvatos, Victoria's Secret, the John Barrett Salon, and more. / 1 comment
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