Plus: No timeline yet for Asphalt Green; The Dead Rabbit just waiting on Con Ed; Harry's Italian in FiDi to reopen tomorrow; a pigeon-snatching theory; Citibank signage; anti-Valentine's Day cookies.
Also on Community Board 1's January agendas: New restaurant/bar on W. Broadway; Asphalt Green report; Pier 26 update; the demo of the building next to the old American Stock Exchange; susheria that once had barfing patrons; Remix/Quest; a gazillion street events.
Plus: New café; possible Clinton penthouse; deli closed; barber shop closed; two additions to the Community Board agendas. / 1 comment
Also on Community Board 1's January agendas: a 15-year-old restaurant appears to be closing; Tribeca is getting another Mexican restaurant; a new bar/restaurant on Franklin Street; a new fitness facility on Church; and more.
Plus: Shopping for dates; Bastille Day celebration; Asphalt Green; artist Peter Koval will be sketching Tribeca this week.
UPDATE: The brand is founded by a TV character! Plus: CB1 member on Asphalt Green delays; Corbin Building windows; Will Smith film shooting here today; Chilean pop-up; 50 Varick windows; plumber recommendation? / 2 comments
(That's not it pictured.) Plus: Ice rink pushed back again; Tribeca Canvas got its hooch permit (update: not); community board application sessions; Palm lunch delivery; Pace dorm looking near done. / 2 comments
Plus: Damage to the ball fields, Pier A, and Asphalt Green; Russell Crowe is stinking up the Greenwich Hotel; more on El Vez Mexican restaurant; Marc Forgione moonlights; 67 Vestry. / 30 comments
As in Señor Presley. Also on Community Board 1's December agendas: Marc Forgione's Asian resto; the Russian-owned resto where Matsugen was; Spring Studios fashion complex; a bunch of FiDi restos; the Turks & Frogs replacement; and more. / 3 comments
Get used to it. Plus: Wooly party; Sandy town hall and workshops for non-profits; new business on Jay; Preservation Hall Jazz Band; record and CD sale; dance. / 2 comments
The creative agency/event space coming to 50 Varick got the committee members' dander way up. Also discussed: The 1WTC spire's route through Tribeca; Taste of Tribeca; and how the city can deal better with events like Hurricane Sandy.
Plus: Meet a women's soccer gold medalist; gift-wrap for charity; camp out at the Museum of Jewish Heritage; live music at Dirty Bird; frisky Flea; Airbnb, Douglas Elliman, Trinity Wall Street, and Macao Trading Co. offer Sandy-related help; "Deception"; Shelby Lynne.
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