Plus: Gucci's Soho bookstore is now open; Pascaline Lepeltier of Racines named best sommelier in France; Masa Takayama ceramics for sale. / 5 comments
Plus: Best Market's owner on the store's closing; recent muggings and thefts; big playpen bar opens in FiDi; that annoying ad barge and similar signage at Brookfield Place. / 2 comments
Instead of a bookstore, it'll be a convenience store without cashiers, and "a combination of sensors, cameras and computer vision" will be used to charge customers. / 4 comments
Plus: A return visit to the 10 Corso Como restaurant; Tribeca Meet & Greet is Wednesday; breakfast at Seamore's; moss.
Plus: Manhatta review; changes likely coming to Brookfield Place; Morgenstern's ice cream opens this week.
Plus: Rave for Hole in the Wall café in FiDi; Greenwich Street encampment; new vacant storefront at Brookfield Place; Oculus CrossFit; Soho Garden Hotel's nice paint job; Saluggi's East. / 2 comments
Plus: Madewell is opening at a local mall; what development will mean for Governors Island; more on the Bronx Museum's White Street plans; the history of Collect Pond. / 6 comments
Plus: Work seems to finally be starting on Pier 26; a peek inside the huge Sant Ambroeus coming to Brookfield Place; Tribeca Art+Culture Night is next week; opening forecast for Core Power Yoga. / 1 comment
Plus: Champion's new Soho store is open; construction update on the Best Western Chibeca; Brookfield Place tennis court; activity at the former Papa Kitchen space. / 3 comments
What's new at Brookfield Place and Westfield World Trade Center: Two closings, a clarification about Sant Ambroeus, and a blockbuster rumor. / 20 comments
Plus: Attempting to replicate a photo of 111 Murray; tourist bus crowds at West and Chambers; competition to design a better garbage can; half the unknown-location photos from the late 1980s have been identified. / 3 comments
Plus: Tribute to Aretha Franklin at the Franklin Street subway station; a better look at the sad state of the Cast Iron House penthouse; Tribeca Film Festival dates; tennis activities at Brookfield Place. / 4 comments
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