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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. / 7 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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we get what we vote for — josh / City proposes another Safe Haven shelter for the Seaport
i believe they are just outside the landmark district — josh / Corner of Lispenard and West Broadway is sold
Agree that Warren Peace is good. So is Monk McGinn's and the recently opened Boss Tweeds — Ted / Corner of Lispenard and West Broadway is sold
Thanks for the bird pix and here’s a link to your previous article about Gail Karlsson’s bird book for anyone... — Hudson River / Seen & Heard: Park closings for July 4
Pour one out for Belle Reve as well :( — Bradford / Corner of Lispenard and West Broadway is sold
Glad to see this, and I like the renderings. This lot was always a graffiti-vandalized eyesore. So this is quite... — Marcus / Construction moving along at 14 White
Surely someone is offended that no one was offended. — Marcus / Corner of Lispenard and West Broadway is sold