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There is more street construction coming
It's not over: the Department of Design and Construction has two other plans in the works to improve infrastructure on Tribeca streets. Plus an update on Vestry. / 3 comments
The price of not having telephone poles
The project to replace the watermain on Worth Street is nearing completion, five years later. It will connect the neighborhood to the Third Water Tunnel. / 15 comments
Nosy Neighbor: Why is the Bogardus clock often wrong?
As the only sidewalk post clock with original mechanical clockworks, the clock needs some TLC -- and some time to get used to its new surroundings. / 5 comments
Construction update: The remnants of streetcars on Vestry
Yes, Virgina, there was a trolley line on Vestry Street -- and Hudson and Desbrosses and Greenwich. So when the city goes digging, they are bound to find a yoke or two! / 3 comments
The End Is Near for Tribeca’s Two Major Street-Construction Projects
The city presented revised timetables for the Hudson Street and Chambers Street work. Plus: When Worth Street's turn might start. / 3 comments
Nosy Neighbor: Will the W. Broadway Construction Ever End?
"Has anyone provided a recent projection for when those two open pits/staging areas at the northwest corner of Chambers and W. Broadway will be shut down?" —J. (The answer includes a timeline for the entire Chambers project.)
Seen & Heard: Hudson Street Construction Update
Plus: 56 Leonard above street level; breaking glass in northwest Tribeca; Dylan Prime temporarily closed; sample sale at By Joy Gryson; Espasso sale (in Brooklyn); First-Time Tuesday report on Roberta Roller Rabbit (and a deal at Torly Kid); new items on CB1 agenda; 5 Beekman scaffolding is back.
Seen & Heard: Chambers Construction Delayed Again
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.
Nosy Neighbor: Any Update on the Chambers Construction?
"My daughter said that one of the things she wanted for Christmas was for the work to be finished. I imagine Sandy didn't help the timeline but I'm having a hard time recalling the pre-construction era." —J. / 4 comments
Nosy Neighbor: Are the Hudson and Chambers Reconstructions Delayed?
"Will Hurricane Sandy affect the timetables of the construction projects at Hudson and Chambers?" —R.
Is Worth Street Next?
It sure looks that way. UPDATE: Confirmation has arrived. UDPATE: Construction to start early 2014. / 5 comments
In the News: Tiny’s Tempest
Plus: Tourist influx and accompanying headaches; car accident at Hudson and Canal; 24-hour bagels; Brooklyn/Battery Tunnel closed Sunday; adman Steve Stoudt; N. Moore closed Saturday. / 3 comments
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The photograph begs the question: when is that scaffolding coming down? Seems a very very long time that it has... — George Bacon / Starbucks at West Broadway and Chambers will close tomorrow
ITS BACK BETTER THAN EVER! BEST LOCAL PLACE FOR A DRINK AND GOOD FOOD!!! CANT WAIT FOR LUNCH!!! — AA / North Bar is closing for the summer — and will reopen as something new
Since this issue is in play again, I'll opine that the "fluid boundaries between public and private space" is an... — Gary / Giving new meaning to nosy neighbor
I think you would feel differently if your private moments with your children were being surveilled and photographed. People shouldn't... — Fiona / Giving new meaning to nosy neighbor
Truly sad. Got our son's first "Tribeca Cool Kids" clothes there 15 years ago (on sale!) and they couldn't have... — Downtown Dad Again / Koh’s Kids on Greenwich has closed
The graffiti in question looks very similar to the same outside of Target (on the never-ending construction barriers) which questioned... — Downtown Dad Again / Tribeca-branded graffiti on West Broadway
Our apartment was inside the "frozen zone" and when we were finally able to return to it in mid-October, I... — Makes You Go Hmmmm.... / A documentary honors the work of the Sanitation Department after 9/11