Also on Community Board 1’s March agendas: "Seasonal pop-up bar" at Brookfield Place; possible party boat docking at Pier 25; 18 event requests; "daredevil" trespassers; Finn Square's next sculpture; Lower Manhattan bike lane proposal; Hubert Street mansion.
Good news for a cold, gray day! Last year, it opened mid-May; that's just three months away....
Plus: Stillfried Wien adds square footage (and is having a sale); menus for the Bennett bar; Marvel TV show "Luke Cage" is shooting here again; Christmas celebration at the Seaport District; the Lilac has returned; debating rooftop additions. / 1 comment
Plus: Man of the World test-drives its Tribeca concept in Williamsburg; local lawyer likes her cast-iron pan; fishing schooner open to the public. / 2 comments
Plus: Alexander Wang may move his company to FiDi; how Houseman avoids being noisy; sailing lessons off Pier 25; another tourist arrested for climbing the Brooklyn Bridge; why the city should absorb Battery Park City.
The creator of the new TV show, "Public Morals"—premiering tonight at 10 p.m. on TNT—shares his favorite restaurants, what he'd change about Tribeca, where he works out, the joy of Whoopee Cushions, and more. / 10 comments
Plus: Beautiful drawings of downtown buildings; 73 Worth analysis; bookstore pop-up with celeb picks; Chinese designer's Howard Street shop; sea chanty musical; pro volleyball tourney; East River tower; "I don’t have anything to do with people from Iowa." / 3 comments
Discussed: Rosa Mexicano on Murray Street; BMCC rep on the school's future; a row of bike racks proposed for Duane Street; Atera's basement lounge; one-day pedestrian plaza on W. Broadway; Manhattan Yacht Club can't catch a break. / 1 comment
Plus: Hudson River Park air rights and BMCC; corn at the Greenmarket; FDNY ladder on W. Broadway; Ann Hampton Callaway; another ad shoot; price increase at Children's Museum of the Arts; 290 West's slow striptease; "Where in Tribeca...?" clue. / 7 comments
Discussed at this month’s meeting: Closing a block of W. Broadway to cars; Muse Paintbar's plans for the Telepan Local space; Pier 26 gay pride dances; summer events at Hudson River Park; the new Fika on Duane; proposed bus stop.
Plus: The Hideaway is still closed; the Lilac and S-Cruise by Smartboat are back; another Tribeca building being marketed as single-family residence; work has started on the Jacadi boutique; MFA thesis show.
And reopens late next week. Plus: Five Boro Bike Tour response; another Duane Park building as single-family mansion?; N. Moore cobblestones paved over; NYPD cars keep making that illegal turn; "Custody" film shoot. / 4 comments
James! Thank you ! I love the photo. — Native NYer / Upon the Palace has opened
So by extension, ill will toward the future employees of Hobby Lobby? — Bobbie / Seen & Heard: Hobby Lobby construction happening?
Smartphones and doom scrolling has sucked the life out of our kids. Sometimes you need reminders like this to really... — hmmm / Capturing the lives of Tribeca youth before smartphones took hold
How many times, on a summer afternoon, did I sit on the doorsill at Dudley's Paw with Dudley beside me.... — John Willenbecher / Seen & Heard: Hobby Lobby construction happening?
Yum yum. Looking forward to going here! — SW / Upon the Palace has opened
Yes!!!! My lady and I have been BEGGING for one of these!!!! — Jack Gaff / Chambers Street Wines is opening a wine bar on… Chambers
so, no RIOTS or claims of a “rigged election”; is that the point? 🤔 — baba galacticus / It’s quiet out there