There are three years left on the Pier 6 heliport concession. Given how much the New York City waterfront has changed over the years—how residential it has become, and how much parkland has been created—an outright ban on tourist helicopters is well past due. / 9 comments
Plus: History of a Lispenard building; dissecting the sale of an old-school artist's loft; Haus discussion; the Ainsworth is opening on Fulton; St. Joseph's Chapel statues to be moved to St. Peter's Catholic Church; Red Bull theft and an apparent drugging; Spring Studios. / 4 comments
Plus: John Derian is opening a West Village shop; nice Chinatown restaurant reviewed; online seminar on traffic modeling and congestion pricing.
Plus: Attempt to make the world's largest bagel-and-lox sandwich; alleged stalker of model Bella Hadid arrested; Chinatown Ice Cream Factory could get evicted; Community Board 1's new district manager.
Plus: Joe & the Juice rumor quashed; Broadway storefront being used as an event space; additions to Community Board 1's agendas; midnight sidewalk construction; "Bull" shoot; wonderful Peter Hujar show at the Morgan Library. / 5 comments
Plus: Last call for Chinese food recommendations; the Americans with Disabilities Act conundrum; no word on Brookfield Place's retail expansion; fashion talk tonight; literary salon with "Secrets"; up-and-coming jazz at the BMCC Tribeca Performing Arts Center. / 11 comments
Plus: Seven kestrels spotted; Mardi Gras week at 1803 restaurant; Good Stock soup delivery; "Succession" shoot; anyone attending tonight's CB1 meeting? / 2 comments
Plus: Work has started on 1 World Trade Center's eastern plaza; a store is closing (and another opened) at the World Trade Center mall; many additions to Community Board 1's February agendas; Soho Photo shows. / 1 comment
Also on Community Board 1's February agendas: Citigroup construction; accusations of bad behavior at Haus; more retail at Brookfield Place?; Bogardus Plaza weekend work; more wi-fi kiosks; Sons of Thunder opening FiDi restaurant; ADA ramps; 52 Thomas rooftop compressors. / 4 comments
Plus: A Tribecan on what the Goop Health summit was like; the argument against the changes to 140 Broadway's landmarked plaza; Jerry Nadler spoke to Community Board 1; 23 Wall is stalled. / 1 comment
Plus: Community Board 1 voted in favor of subway elevators on Broad Street; Supreme Court nixed Sheldon Silver's attempt to avoid a retrial; Tribeca Therapy quoted. / 9 comments
Plus: Opening forecast for Jill Lindsey's Tribeca shop/café; Canal Street redesign approved; Sunshine Cinema closed; explanation from owner of François Payard Bakery; subway elevator brouhaha; storm resiliency. / 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