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Tribeca Then and Now: The Unknowns (Part 1)
Many of Jane Freeman's photos from the 1980s and 1990s were taken at locations I've been unable to identify. Feel free to weigh in, but please don't just toss out a guess. / 19 comments
Tribeca Then and Now: Lower Greenwich Street
In the last post in the then-and-now series of Jane Freeman's photos from the 1980s, we take a look at lower Greenwich Street, where the changes have been among the most dramatic. / 4 comments
Tribeca Then and Now: Upper Greenwich Street
It's hard to imagine now the state of decay that much of Greenwich Street—prime Tribeca these days—was in three decades ago. Lucky for us, Jane Freeman was taking photos.... / 11 comments
Tribeca Then and Now: Washington Street and Environs
Over the past few decades, some of Tribeca's most dramatic changes have occurred in the neighborhood's northwest corner, where small buildings have been replaced by larger, fancier ones. / 4 comments
When Hollywood Built a Fake Diner in Tribeca
Amid Jane Freeman's cache of photos from the 1980s and 90s was a thorough look at the set constructed for "It Could Happen to You," starring Nicolas Cage and Bridget Fonda. The set designers also built a loft building next door. / 18 comments
Tribeca Then and Now: Hudson
We continue our crawl through the past with a walk up Hudson Street, from Duane to Laight. / 1 comment
Tribeca Then and Now: Hubert, Collister, Beach, and Ericsson
Let's head into the Wayback Machine for a stroll in 1980s Tribeca, when the streets still had a touch of meanness about them. / 4 comments
Tribeca Then and Now: South Tribeca
Remember when United Rubber had a store on Warren Street? / 2 comments
Tribeca Then and Now: W. Broadway and Staple Street
Pre-1990 Tribeca was a markedly different place than it is now. In this post: W. Broadway and Staple Street. / 7 comments
Tribeca Then and Now: Franklin Street
As these pre-1990 photos of Tribeca show, the neighborhood was a markedly different place back then. First up: Franklin Street. / 9 comments
The Recollections of Jane Freeman (Part 4)
Tribeca artist and writer Jane Freeman takes us back to the 1990s, when you could still make art—such as Freeman's dioramas, interspersed throughout the text—from materials found at odd-lot stores and discarded on the street. / 6 comments
The Recollections of Jane Freeman (Part 3)
Longtime Tribeca artist and writer Jane Freeman lets us take a peek at a handful of her journal entries from the 1980s, when Tribeca was young and "we walked our dogs in acres of chamomile weeds." / 3 comments
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