Plus: Spa deals; what Damon Dash will be selling at his Local 172 Trading Post; great lineup at City Winery for Japan relief.
Why not? Plus: Inside Todd Oldham's office; Gigino; crime at Equinox Tribeca; a top-ten off-the-menu dish; and a whole lot more.
Welcome to Tweebeca, where girls make fart faces and certain people would rather not be seen. / 1 comment
Some of my favorite posts over the past 12 months, chosen simply because as I made my way through post after post after post, they were the ones that made me smile.
Plus: Broadway building crumbling; Pier 26 estuarium; Senate candidate fundraiser; 9/11 workers' bill.
FiDi discounts and perks. Plus: Fashion designer accused of squatting; Alfred Stieglitz show; NearSay profiled; Plein Sud reviewed; LMDC largesse.
Plus: Philip Williams Posters; Ovid's "Metamorphoses"; Adeline Adeline; Trattoria Cinque wedding; Damon Dash; Spanish restaurant in the works...?
Wichcraft brings back its amazing BLT. Plus: Shake Shack, Blue Smoke, and one more restaurant TBD in BPC; Damon Dash auction report; rats in Collect Pond Park; Peck Slip post office; BLT Bar & Grill discount; 100 Church tenant. / 1 comment
Plus: no landmarking for the Park Place building; new Seaport playground; what's behind the Park51 fear-mongering; plans to control the rat population; and CB1 guide for senior services.
Sale at PB & Caviar • Last day for ice rink • City Hall vegetable garden? • Artistic fencing at 56 Leonard • What $7.5 million buys these days • Damon Dash's gallery opening • And more
Hip-hop mogul Damon Dash seems intent on turning 172 Duane Street into the epicenter of something…. According to The Boombox—and reported elsewhere—he has announced that he “will officially open his art gallery, The Dash Gallery […] on Friday, Feb. 19, in Dash’s DD172 building, in the Tribeca area of Manhattan. The opening will feature the work of contemporary […]
The New York Observer got inside Damon Dash’s place at 172 Duane, and the story is sure to cause a stink among his neighbors—or maybe that’s just the skunky smell of pot. “You can spend hours at 172 Duane Street, in Tribeca, and still have no clue what’s going on here,” writes David Levine. “People […]
Heard a while ago that a swim school - goldfish swim school will be coming to that space. — CP / Plans on the docket for the parking lot on Hudson and Worth
Excited for this new place to open! Missed Harry’s a lot, and knowing it’s SI location is really good, I’m... — Melissa Brown / Pizzeria coming to Harry’s space in Goldman breezeway
"I had also asked James, who knows so much about these things, and he noted that ACRIS (the City Register’s... — James / Plans on the docket for the parking lot on Hudson and Worth
I can definitely recommend this spot when it opens, the SI restaurant is the real deal. Probably be an overall... — Michael T / Pizzeria coming to Harry’s space in Goldman breezeway
Cool! We were disappointed to lose Harry's but this sounds like a great pizza spot - look forward to trying... — BPCdad / Pizzeria coming to Harry’s space in Goldman breezeway
Turns out the three neighboring buildings bought the air rights from that site 40 years ago. — Tribeca Citizen / Plans on the docket for the parking lot on Hudson and Worth
You might want to check your analysis. One of the seats that flipped R to D is centered in Syracuse,... — Komanoff / The future of congestion pricing is “now or never”