All signs point toward a former "Top Chef" contestant opening a branch of his popular "tequileria" down here. / 9 comments
Plus: New liquor store; construction starting at big Hudson Square site?; sidewalk piano recital; Community Board 1 testimony; Pen Parentis lineup; Corbin Building neighbor; trick-or-treating among the dead. / 5 comments
Plus: Italian shoemaker Mauri has closed; Nish Nush's sister; ROC's adult Halloween party; more trick-or-treat options; Alex Katz poster; Aaron Neville winner. (Update: A city probation office is coming to FiDi.) / 6 comments
The surest way to get this halted is to show politicians that a lot of voters do not want this to happen. / 17 comments
Call it the Two Triangles Building—fascinating as much for the design as for what it says about how much real estate is worth around here that such a noted developer would bother with two leftover parking lots. / 29 comments
The city does indeed intend to move the criminal summons court from 346 Broadway (at Leonard) to 40 Worth (specifically, the entrance at Thomas and W. Broadway), and Tribecans are way pissed. / 11 comments
Last night's meeting of Community Board 1's Tribeca Committee finally brought confirmation that Gunther Bilali of Anchor Bar is opening a restaurant at 27 Desbrosses (the southeast corner of Washington). Check out the floorplan (with DJ booth) and menu....
Late yesterday, I received an email saying that the Civil Court at 40 Worth (with an entrance at Thomas and W. Broadway) is going to be used as a NYC Criminal Summons Court. I'm trying to verify this—in the meantime, do you know anything about it? / 10 comments
Plus: Remix cabaret license nixed; Citigroup's real-estate search; Pier A plaza stalled; Solaire and Tribeca Green get bad grades for energy use; lawsuit at Tribeca Mews/Space; Bluestone Lane café open; Hudson River Park. / 1 comment
Also on the Community Board 1 agendas for October: Desbrosses bar; Smashburger opening in FiDi; proposed rooftop addition for the Atalanta on N. Moore; P.S. 234 crossing guard; Chase Manhattan Plaza explanation; a chance to see inside 4 World Trade Center.
Plus: Scoop and Judith & Charles coming to Battery Park City; Ritz-Carlton for sale; "grab and go" at 1 World Trade Center; whisper listing on Laight; Tunnel to Towers Run; storing your fashion. / 2 comments
Plus: Carini Lang's annual sale; a visit to the Restaurant at All Good Things; more on the new Ultrafit studio; pizza joint opens; Seaport construction update; Ukrainian restaurant. / 2 comments
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