The sidewalk bridge at 187 Franklin will be taken down this week, and the Unhistoric Townhouse will be fully revealed. / 8 comments
If you walk by to check it out yourself, note the way the oblique windows catch the reflections of various buildings—and how the effect changes as you move. / 15 comments
The workers have pulled away some of the mesh in order to install one of the lacy metal balconies. / 9 comments
The new building at 187 Franklin is looking crazy-in-a-good-way: Check out photos taken behind the construction netting, including a few of the interior. / 2 comments
Plus: Water Street arcade plan approved by the City Planning Commission; By Suzette creperie has reopened; neat plywood treatment; Black Burger on Franklin. / 1 comment
"We should celebrate this project," said a Landmarks Preservation Commission member in 2011. "Everything is familiar and yet nothing is familiar.… This is smart architecture as well as delirious architecture." / 2 comments
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
How many times, on a summer afternoon, did I sit on the doorsill at Dudley's Paw with Dudley beside me.... — John Willenbecher / Seen & Heard: Hobby Lobby construction happening?
Yum yum. Looking forward to going here! — SW / Upon the Palace has opened
Yes!!!! My lady and I have been BEGGING for one of these!!!! — Jack Gaff / Chambers Street Wines is opening a wine bar on… Chambers
so, no RIOTS or claims of a “rigged election”; is that the point? 🤔 — baba galacticus / It’s quiet out there