Plus: Child thief strikes at the Conrad hotel; fashion designer Joseph Altuzarra; Battery Park City landlord settles federal civil-rights lawsuit; 4 World Trade Center is fully leased; Robert De Niro doubles down on anti-vaccine nonsense.
Plus: Man about town David Cleaver; the Battery Park City Authority forced out local executive; light warfare on Murray; parents who hire adults to do their kids' homework; Telepan closed.
Plus: The plan to put tolls on the East River bridges moves forward; alleged attempted rape at the Conrad hotel; Community Board 1 wants the new FiDi school to be bigger; Tribeca Film festival pulls the anti-vaccine film; Good Stock. / 1 comment
Plus: Robert De Niro says he personally wanted the anti-vaccine film in the Tribeca Film Festival; group robberies at Patron of the New and American Apparel. / 2 comments
Plus: Pop-up toy shop on Greenwich; jack-o'lantern contest; the Beekman tower gets a hornament; where to see JR's Ellis Island film; meeting about resiliency planning in Lower Manhattan; new eyewear shop on Howard.
Plus: Ellis Island film by JR and starring Robert De Niro; the Odeon and how it came to be; the Tribeca Film Festival's plans for Pier 57. / 1 comment
Plus: Fierce Edge cologne stolen at knifepoint; Allegra theft; Robert De Niro threw a hissyfit when asked about Tribeca; Gristedes sales are up.
Plus: High-end amenities now include stroller garages and slop sinks; OneRepublic's Ryan Tedder bought in Tribeca for $11 million; "euthanasia road trip" film shooting on Duane; DAIN art; Tribeca Park piano; Battery ticket-hawker gangs. / 8 comments
Plus: Gehry building to get a café; "ten best" restaurants in Tribeca; Wall Street historical marker to acknowledge slave market. / 1 comment
Plus: More on the Downtown Little League embezzler; De Niro blames old address for tax lien; Battery Park to get a shade farm.
Plus: Condé Nast bitchfest; Franklin Street "reverse flip"; local politicians talking to other potential Seaport developers; Battery Park City woman in fatal car accident; pre-K proposals for Centre Street; Southbridge Towers lawsuit. / 3 comments
Plus: Fulton Street Transit Center opening date; complications to conversion of 41 River Terrace; De Niro's wife now looking in Chelsea; science publisher moving to FiDi.
Trump would not be able to cancel it. Hochul should step up to the plate and enact Congestion Pricing and... — Heide Fasnacht / The future of congestion pricing is “now or never”
Yes, this indeed as well. Fare evasion is out of control. — Marcus / The future of congestion pricing is “now or never”
Let's give it a try at least! But won't the next president cancel it anyway? Or is there a way... — Marcus / The future of congestion pricing is “now or never”
You can start by enforcing paying fares, how much that that cost a year? — S / The future of congestion pricing is “now or never”
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