Plus: Work starting on Pier 25 playground; Blueberry Fusion Café update; Key Foods said to have bought Amish Market; mechanic recommendation?; church-bell question; Karkula opens in Brooklyn. / 3 comments
Plus: Why some hydrants are red; the history of the American Thread Building and St. John's Park; crime drop downtown; African Burial Ground museum. / 6 comments
Also on Community Board 1's March agendas: The proposed Hudson River Park tax; Fresh Direct's ever-present trucks; public art in Tribeca Park; Bogardus Plaza; 502 Canal; a big Broadway cultural project; and more. / 1 comment
Plus: Learn how to tie a knot from the guy who tightrope-walked the Twin Towers; a new pizza option; gallery show; Thom Browne backpacks.
A. J. Pietrantone, executive director of Friends of Hudson River Park, responds to yesterday's Open Letter post in opposition to the Neighborhood Improvement District and the corresponding tax. / 36 comments
A bunch of Tribecans are rallying behind a nine-point memo about why the Friends of Hudson River Park's plan for a Neighborhood Improvement District—and corresponding tax—is a bad idea. There's a petition, too. / 4 comments
There comes a point every winter when, unless you're a student hoping for a snow day, the thought of more snow isn't all that appealing. But if anything can get you excited about the possibility, it's Milo Hess's photography of the two most recent storms. / 2 comments
More of my favorite Instagram photos of greater Tribeca. The neighborhood never looked so good!
Plus: Kembrel's pop-up shop; Fun. adds a second show (with Tegan and Sara); gallery exhibit of Metrocard art; Sandy photo contest; Ninja merchandise. / 4 comments
Plus: Pier 25 reopening in May; Drybar review; Franklin Street chocolate shop/restaurant kiboshed; Bridge Café fundraising drive; Go Go Curry opening date; Baba Ghanouge in FiDi; would BMCC consider moving north?
...in a glass, boxy penthouse, perhaps. Plus: Michael Kors coming to the World Financial Center; funding for the West Thames bridge; magazine editor Jesse Pearson; Canal subway mosaics; Pier 40 plan resistance.
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”