Plus: "Model Woman" shoot, about the modeling industry in the 1970s; midcentury Brazilian mirrors; street-level rendering for the Beekman Hotel's condo tower; 1 World Trade Center light show.
Plus: When Tokyo Bay and Dona Bella Pizzeria will reopen; Peter Hujar's photographs of Lower Manhattan landmarks; Walt Whitman and Fowler and Wells; ceramic exhibit at R & Company; 1st Precinct Community Council meeting.
It's based on two phrenologists who worked in the building. Plus: The FiDi tower with school at its base runs into headwinds at the Landmarks Preservation Commission; the first public meeting of the FiDi Neighborhood Association. / 2 comments
Plus: Jake Gyllenhaal trained in Tribeca for his new film; Margaret Chin introduces ban on tourist helicopters; "draft lattes" at La Colombe; La Garçonne warehouse sale; interactive look at 2 World Trade Center.
Plus: Duane Reade confirmed for Canal and Broadway; Keith McNally menus, floor plan; Church Street building demolition about to start; Levi's commercial shoot today; groundbreaking at 111 Murray; is the Chambers stink fixed? / 4 comments
Including sample menu and floor plan. Plus: Details about the hotel's entrances and roof deck, and the topping out of the condo tower; Governors Island day spa; anti-helicopter rally.
Plus: Rich young man; bike-gang cop rejects plea; extended-stay hotels in FiDi to get "trendy" restaurants; Battery Park City ball fields; Terroir's Murray Hill outpost is closing; Santiago Calatrava.
Plus: Inside the Nexxus salon; potential mega-development on City Hall Park; free screening of "National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation"; Beekman hotel-condo update; pet photos with Santa; Washington Market Park holiday party. / 3 comments
Plus: Glimpses of 5 Beekman and 15 Renwick; shadow sculptures at One Art Space; Oktoberfest on Stone Street; 1 World Trade Center lobby art.
Saks Off Fifth, too. Plus: Renderings of the Beekman Hotel and condos; Momofuku Milk Bar opens Soho outpost; Tamid's new ark; 101 Murray details; Khe-Yo makes Michelin list; the Butterfly's burger; President Obama coming. / 6 comments
Plus: Nightclubby Mykonos restaurant opening in Battery Maritime Building; why 5 Beekman isn't being called the Temple Court Hotel. / 3 comments
Plus: A new La Colombe on Hudson; video inside 5 Beekman; $38,000 in cufflinks stolen from Franklin Street apartment; inside the Floating Library. / 3 comments
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