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In the News: Local Kids Join in National School Walkout
Plus: Walmart to offer grocery delivery in 100 cities by year end; 311 calls from Battery Park City are "effectively invisible." / 1 comment
The Plan to Stormproof Battery Park City
The Battery Park City Authority released its first proposals for increasing flood resiliency. The biggest changes are to Wagner Park, which will get a reconceived pavilion and a footbridge, but there will also be new walls and other barriers throughout the neighborhood.
Teens Are Terrorizing Battery Park City
Recent incidents shared by residents involve spitting, throwing objects at kids, picking fights, harassing families, even wielding a fake gun—and the alleged perpetrators include a gang that calls itself Tribeca's Most Wanted. UPDATE: And the reports of incidents keep coming in. / 76 comments
In the News: Massive Line Dance
Plus: Ex-Tribecan looking for action; new Battery Park City Authority chairman; high school gym.
In the News: Is Asphalt Green Dead for the Year?
Plus: Hope for the huge vacant lot at 99 Church; Blue School revolt; 1WTC design changes; Battery Park City's past and future; dirty dog run; a mega slide for Battery Park.
Seen & Heard: Rest Your Head on Chambers Street
Plus: Is Occupy Wall Street coming anyway?; your chance to meet Sigourney Weaver and Alan Rickman; the answers to that "Fun with Autocorrect" game.
Ducklings!
How cute are the ducklings in that pond in front of the Irish Hunger Memorial? So cute that I took far more photos than I'm posting here, and so cute that I actually remarked on it to the woman standing near me. / 2 comments
A Clean, Well-Lighted Place
Battery Park City's new library has its big opening ceremony on Thursday, but the library is open for business today. It's a beaut! / 2 comments
Roundup: Cash and Carry
Jack Spade discount • NYT on Warren 77 • SoulCycle reviewed • What's up with Teardrop Park South? • BPC Fat Tuesday get-together • Wine events • Upcoming shows at City Winery
Upcoming at Poets House
Poets House has released its winter/spring 2010 schedule, and while I like poetry—seriously, I even subscribe to Poetry magazine!—I don’t know enough about it (which is to say I have a hard time remembering poets’ names) to feel comfortable singling any event out. Worth noting, however: Ecopoetic Futures, a series of events that examine poetry and […] / 1 comment
Newsletter: Nov. 25
One Cortlandt R/W platform reopens today • BPC ice-skating rink debuting Friday? • New bakery on Chambers • Squadron on FDR mess • And much more
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Second that; thank you for the compelling history of this building (and our neighborhood)! When available, would be great to... — Reader on Reade / 54 Laight Street in the Tribeca North Historic District is for sale
Congratulations for staying in business in Tribeca. I had a storefront in Tribeca with my family for over 50 years... — Amy Bergenfeld / Spotlight: Greenwich St. Jewelers at 50
Apparently Chip City shuttered all 20+ of its retail locations this week. — James Bogardus / Cookies coming to 325 Greenwich
Sorry, but to whom should businesses cater, if not the neighborhood families who live and raise children there? — K / Starbucks at West Broadway and Chambers will close tomorrow
Even though the location was busy, the setup isn’t aligned with the renewed architectural focus of the brand. There is... — Matt / Starbucks at West Broadway and Chambers will close tomorrow
Spas……we need more nail spas. — Francesco / Starbucks at West Broadway and Chambers will close tomorrow
You are absolutely right. Tribeca has become a soulless land of chain cafés, spas and orthodontists. All about Tribeca moms... — R. / Starbucks at West Broadway and Chambers will close tomorrow