Plus: Jewelry auction for Sandy; school fundraising pop-up shop; Seaport gallery open.
Plus: More ways to help out the less fortunate; free temporary office space; emergency station at P.S. 234...?
Plus: Historic Franklin Street signage painted over; panda panties; new Spring Street restaurant; "The Carrie Diaries"; Robert Janz. / 3 comments
Plus: P.S. 234 "backpack letter"; Jonathan Adler and Simon Doonan; Leonard Street question; 55 Fulton Market rant; Art for Obama; one last glimpse of the Inside Tribeca Loft Tour.
Plus: Community Board 1's new chair; Battery Park City Authority vs. Asphalt Green recap; a street vendor's troubles. UDPATE: Read the P.S. 234 report. / 1 comment
In which we discuss the genesis of his novel, whether Tribecans are stoned and having sex, Lena Dunham's work ethic, the Tribeca brand, and the neighborhood's shift from bohemian to bourgeois, and more. / 2 comments
Plus: Steve Russo of the TriBattery Pops; testing Tracy Anderson; AP chief buys in Tribeca; moving election day; P.S. 234. / 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: White-powder sender could be an eccentric; Meg Ryan keeps a-lookin'; Spruce Street School parents; kindergarten waitlists; WFC cottages; city buildings; Atera wine director bails.
Plus: White powder at two schools; child falls at Battery Park City Library; more on the 50 Varick photo studio plans; how Sarabeth Levine eats; Governors Island events.
Plus: Façade easements; what's replacing the Yankee Clipper; Potbelly menu addition; another Yushi in FiDi; JCPenney in Soho.
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.
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