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Seen & Heard: No escape from the sidewalk sheds
Plus a free dance class for the littlest ones among us; marking 30 years since the first WTC bombing; coming this summer to City Hall Park. / 10 comments
Field Trip: Black Atlantic at Brooklyn Bridge Park
The exhibit Black Atlantic embeds work by five sculptors throughout the landscape in Brooklyn Bridge Park, all addressing Black identity today.
Art in Tribeca: Melvin Edwards at City Hall Park
The Public Art Fund has installed six monumental pieces by the sculptor, whose decades of work explores the issues of slavery and the African diaspora. / 3 comments
Art in Tribeca: Carmen Herrera at City Hall Park
This is the first major exhibition of outdoor sculptures by New York-based artist Carmen Herrera, who, at 104, is considered to be “the missing link in global modernism.”
The Best Public Art Over the Years
If the Anish Kapoor sculpture coming to 56 Leonard lives up to its renderings, I think it'll turn into a symbol of Tribeca. And even though it's technically private art, it got me thinking of public art over the years—and in particular, the installations that really dazzled. / 9 comments
Seen & Heard: Dig Inn Delay
Plus: "Kitchen Trees" in City Hall Park; another L'Arte de Gelato cart; nutritional supplement store and a Japanese barbecue restaurant opening on W. Broadway.
Seen & Heard: Remembering Salvatore the Barber
Plus: Maison Kayser no longer serves dinner; Church Street sidewalk sinkhole; another store closed at the World Trade Center mall; first glimpse of the next City Hall Park sculpture exhibit; "Law & Order" shoot. / 3 comments
Seen & Heard: A New Tenant on Greenwich
Plus: Registration open for Paul Ruggeri Gymnastics; Jupioca confirmed its new location; checking in on the hotel under construction in Northwest Tribeca; more fireboat tickets; "architectural crime scene." / 1 comment
Seen & Heard: Interlude Café Is Close to Opening
Plus: The new sculpture at Tribeca Park is up; Casey Neistat's confusing signage; "Hotel Nouvet" sign for a shoot; "Jessica Jones" is back; Soho restaurant Mamo is closed due to a fire.
Seen & Heard: Zaitzeff Has Closed
Plus: A firm opening date for A Summer Day Café; the Dead Rabbit is taking stock of the fire and water damage; Broadway plywood down; reserve a free ride on a fireboat. / 1 comment
In the News: Dog Run at Risk of Sinkhole
Plus: City Hall Park's next sculpture show will involve kitchen utensils; Foundrae has plans for a men's clothing line; progress on Bronx and Lower East Side ferry routes. / 8 comments
Seen & Heard: Walker Street Restoration
Plus: The new sculpture exhibit in City Hall Park; Bâtard for Summer Restaurant Week; 1st Precinct Community Council meeting; two more fast-food outlets on Fulton; "concrete realities" at Bortolami.
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Real estate sign today in window of Gee Whizz says space is for rent. I am devastated. 15 years of... — Downtown Dad / Don’t panic: Gee Whiz is renovating
Over the past 2 days, there was a demolition and carting truck in front, with several workers inside removing a... — Jg / Don’t panic: Gee Whiz is renovating
Sadly there is now a for rent sign on the space :( — Michael Pieck / Don’t panic: Gee Whiz is renovating
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/09/business/hobby-lobby-nyc-store.html — James / Nosy Neighbor: Is Hobby Lobby taking the entire second floor?
No word. I have tried. — Tribeca Citizen / Don’t panic: Gee Whiz is renovating
The NYT article today about HOBBY LOBBY quotes Chris P (with a picture of him in Gee Whiz) as saying... — Loren / Don’t panic: Gee Whiz is renovating
Instead of having the great bookstore that once stood there, we now have this. I give it 2 1/2 years.... — The Risen Direwolf / Nosy Neighbor: Is Hobby Lobby taking the entire second floor?