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Read about Church Street Surplus in the Tribeca Citizen Shopping Guide.
Lable Horowitz, who opened Church Street Surplus in 1971, dies at 87
Lable hawked everything from NASA souvenir coins to WWII bomber jackets to antique linens, all while keeping an eye on his corner of the neighborhood. / 8 comments
2023 Shop-Local Gift Guide: Unique Among the Unique
This neighborhood has a few shops that are one-of-a-kind not just in the city but in the region. You will not go home empty handed, promise.
2022 Shop-Local Gift Guide: Teens!
Only because they are the most difficult group to shop for am I adding this last post for the 2021 guide. Teens! You gotta love them. Especially if they’re yours. / 1 comment
2022 Shop-Local Gift Guide: Unique Among the Unique
This neighborhood has a few shops that are one-of-a-kind not just in the city but in the region. You will not go home empty handed, promise. Bonus: a list of local framers.
2021 Shop-Local Gift Guide: Teens!
Only because they are the most difficult group to shop for am I adding this last post for the 2021 guide. Teens! You gotta love them. Especially if they're yours. / 1 comment
2020 Shop-Local Gift Guide: Teens!
For the most challenging cohort, there is a wealth of original ideas in the neighborhood -- you just may have to look in unlikely places.
2020 Shop-Local Gift Guide: Threads!
The shops of Tribeca are what makes our streets seem warm and alive. And if there's ever been a time to shop local, it's now. So give Amazon a rest and get out there. / 2 comments
In the News: Teenager Fell to Her Death from Fire Escape
Plus: Landmarks votes to preserve the back of a Worth Street building; "special report" on retail vacancies; that big oyster; how a Parsons's dean spends his Sundays. / 10 comments
When Tribeca Was Small (Part One)
There's an addictive new interactive map with photos of the city in the mid-1980s. It's a stark reminder of how many one- and two-story buildings have been torn down in subsequent decades. / 16 comments
Spotlight: Church Street Surplus
"I'm a surplus guy!" says Lable Horowitz, explaining how Church Street Surplus came to be stuffed to the gills. Over the years, he has bought odds and ends of everything from police sirens to hospital traction bars, but the store now mainly focuses on military clothing and other vintage apparel. / 6 comments
Where in Tribeca…?
Know where this was shot? Prove it. (Update: The answer has been posted.) / 5 comments
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Only 53 sq feet (so like, 5 x 10 ft space?) of retail on that prime corner? What a missed... — Reader on Reade / Demolition should start soon on the Tribeca Pharmacy building
What a shame I loved that Pharmacy Art Deco looking building. — sonia stock / Demolition should start soon on the Tribeca Pharmacy building
YES!!! — Bere / Nosy Neighbor: What restaurant is coming to the pavilion at Wagner Park?
What was that great pizza place that was next door? it was open for a few years. — Luigi / Restaurant and supper club under construction at Buddha-Bar space
Actually, bikers can cross the intersection when pedestrians get the "walk" sign. — Tribeca Citizen / The neighborhood’s camera infrastructure
Agree entirely. — Tribeca Citizen / Halting overnight work on the supertall jail on White Street
Great photos Linda and Arlo — Sardi Klein / Washington Market Park hosts the first of the Halloween festivities