Plus: "Tribute in Light"; 9/11 anniversary plans; "The Sphere"; an old-looking room; Tribeca Film Festival head leaving; Atera non-review.
Plus: Bloomberg declines governors' offer; Amish Market owner in jail; Trinity Church repairing graveyard wall; Con Edison and Park51; South Street development plans; BPCers in Haiti. / 1 comment
Plus: fancy food at P.S. 150; man gets stuck in trash compactor; arguing over the 9/11 Memorial; theater at the Smyth; Gateway Plaza pool.
Plus: Drew Nieporent; City Clerk wedding photographer; CB1 and the BPCA; New York Harbor School.
Plus: School overcrowding; scaffolding fire; $48 million Tribeca penthouse; landmarking 86 Trinity Place; 9/11 families' new demand; "school crossing" sign; WFC food hall; Asphalt Green fallout. / 1 comment
Plus: Basketball City; Port Authority makes a move on the 9/11 Memorial; cancer added to 9/11 act; Reade Street topper nixed; attempted thievery.
Plus: Inside a "Girls" loft; Landmarks OKs 361 Broadway topper; Fresh Direct nuisance; rowboat capsizes off Pier 40; 9/11 Museum deal?; new BPCA head; Demi Monde. / 1 comment
Plus: Developing Pier 40; new playground; chef Paul Liebrandt; lawyer's loft; school outrage; seahorses; CB1 election; school fundraising; Obama to visit again; fires; subway station leaking; a teacher reminisces; Mickey Drexler; lawn status.
Plus: Another food-truck clusterpark; Woolworth Building's top 25 floors sold (now what?); Demi Monde; 9/11 Memorial and the Sphere; homeless man beaten. / 1 comment
It's time for Mona Akhtar's monthly look at who's rocking the sidewalk. And remember, if she stops you on the street, say yes! / 14 comments
Plus: Theater Bar has officially closed; school waitlists; new principal; 9/11 memorial president took an ill-timed vacation; BPCA town hall; N. Moore penthouses.
Plus: Temple Court hotel update; a "freedom trail" for the abolition movement; the new building at 137 Franklin; more on the Butterfly; 1WTC tenant drops out; inside Atera.
You are absolutely right. Tribeca has become a soulless land of chain cafés, spas and orthodontists. All about Tribeca moms... — R. / Starbucks at West Broadway and Chambers will close tomorrow
Looking at other people = fun. Being looked at = not so fun. This is (still) a gross invasion of... — Downtown Dad Again / Giving new meaning to nosy neighbor
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