Plus: The Ponte family's nasty legal battle; more on P.S. 150 having to move; Community Board 1's refusal to support a street-naming for a cop killed in Iraq; single mother moved from Tribeca to Battery Park City. / 5 comments
Plus: The next big construction project in northwest Tribeca; the Holland Tunnel in 1946; 111 Murray's resemblance to a kitchen utensil; "Instinct" TV shoot. / 2 comments
Plus: A restaurant-ish space in northwest Tribeca; Independence Plaza North retail; something opening in the former Kiki de Montparnasse store; Foals concert shoot; Lower Manhattan Coastal Resiliency Project town hall. / 3 comments
Plus: Door replacement on Desbrosses; new yoga studio on Broadway?; the plaza outside the World Trade Center Oculus; "The Dark Tower" and "Falling Water" shoots; store for lease on Broadway; possible Walker retail space action. / 1 comment
Is the big new building in northwest Tribeca better than what preceded it? Does it resemble the rendering at all? Does it add to the neighborhood or detract from it? / 6 comments
Plus: Using 460 Washington to explain the 421-a tax abatement; Howard Hughes's new Seaport District plan (also, it bought the Peck Slip Best Western); Trinity Church ticked off an artist by moving his sculpture; Rector bridge elevator semi-fixed; shoplifters steal gum, threaten stabbing; Woolworth Building in Harry Potter spin-off. / 6 comments
"For some reason Ponte Equities has taken down the entire cornice at 426 Washington (which the company is using as an office). Is it a sign that the building will be demolished?" —M. / 1 comment
YIMBY got its mitts on renderings for the Ponte Equities building planned for 440 Washington, which we've also known as 31 Desbrosses. / 2 comments
"Any idea what's going on with 60 Vestry? There are orange doodads sticking out of the brick and the sidewalk is closed." —J. / 1 comment
The permits show just 47 units "averaging over 3,000 square feet apiece." Plus: It'll have a squash court. / 8 comments
A block of Spring Street is said to be in play. One of the buildings is a landmark, but whether that's enough to stop development will remain to be seen.
Plus: Dates for this year's Taste of Tribeca and Tribeca Family Festival; Hotel Particulier has closed; Joan Armatrading in concert; Taymour Grahne exhibit. / 2 comments
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