Plus: Aroma Espresso Bar to open this week; a Bubby's on the West Coast?; rental advice; school auction. / 1 comment
They bought in Tribeca. Plus: An artist's home/studio; no parade for 9/11 first responders; Macao Trading Co.'s dumplings; Seaport Museum reopens today; "Margin Call" director/writer J.C. Chandor; P.S. 234 lottery. / 1 comment
Plus: Chef Aarón Sanchez's new book; director M. Night Shyamalan sells his apartment; P.S. 234 kindergarten update; where to dump your girlfriend (and get fries).
Know where this was shot? Say so in the comments. (Update: We have a winner!) / 2 comments
Plus: School zoning approved; Goldman Sachs shops and restaurants; 9/11 Museum squabble; new Pier 17 design; World Trade Center Health Registry; Atera restaurant update; Staten Island Ferry Terminal; 83 Franklin on TV.
Plus: What's coming to the pictured space; confirmation of a business move; new restaurant's opening date; P.S. 234 Friends & Fashion sale. / 1 comment
Plus: Laughing Man café and François Payard Bakery opening today/tomorrow (or not); more rooftop gizmos; a private gallery goes public; CB1 meeting relocated.
Bureaucracy triumphs again! Plus: Hope for neglected 12 Warren; lunch at Duane Reade, Korean kiosk; Deutsche Bank fire acquittal; Moran's and Wall Street Burger Shoppe closing; WFC mall closings; corporate support for Vesey crosswalk; hotel site sold; P.S. 234 preps for 9/11. / 2 comments
Plus: Big pop-up shop in Hudson Square; Blossom Gelernter, P.S. 234's first principal, has passed away; Floyd Cardoz on North End Grill; the World Trade Center submarket; Fatty Snack kiosks.
New Amsterdam Market, Patrick Swayze, Electra Woman and Dyna Girl, and Reese Witherspoon lost in a psychosexual wilderness are just a few of the highlights on this week’s agenda. (Or make that "next week's agenda"—I'm running this early for the holiday weekend.) / 1 comment
On weekdays, anyway. Plus: P.S. 234 overflow headed to Chinatown; Shake Shack BPC; new head for Hudson River Park Trust; smoking still OK in BPC?; real-estate optimism; River Lofts; Rector Square. / 4 comments
Plus: Tragedy at 101 Warren; lions for BPC library?; Death & Co. spinoff details; Citigroup; Independence Plaza senior center at risk; gym and theater on Warren?; 471 Washington; Pace dorm drama.
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