Read about Torly Kid in the Tribeca Citizen Shopping Guide.
Plus Torly kid annual hula hoop party; a TimesTalk downtown with the Jonas Brothers; Just Baked! Nowakowski closed for real; Get Low gets you discounts at Fidi restaurants all summer. / 2 comments
Carol Adams said she’s watched business decline significantly over the past three years, and has decided to close her boutique after 15 years in business on Hudson and Duane. / 9 comments
Plus: Praise for Downtown Florist; an amusing photo; Pen Parentis's December salon is about food and drink; "MF" shoot. / 1 comment
Plus: How to donate leftover Halloween candy to the troops; checking in on Park Place tower; souvenir shop closed; persimmon, tangerine, and cherimoya season; Stefan Kürten paintings. / 5 comments
Carol Adams's store, Torly Kid, has grown up with the neighborhood. She founded it in 2004 as Babylicious, and then renamed it—and broadened the age range—as kids in the area got older. "Having been here so long, I feel like I know everyone," she says. / 1 comment
If you're late to the Shop-Local Gift Guide, the point is to remind you that Tribeca is a fantastic place to shop—and not just at the holidays. In this round: Valley, Torly Kid, Schoolhouse Electric, My Little Sunshine, Edon Manor, and Seasonal Whispers. / 1 comment
Plus: Nickel & Diner got its liquor license; Torly Kid's sidewalk chalk contest; watercolor nudes; opportunity to meet with senior staff from various city organizations; random street signage. / 1 comment
Plus: Morgik Metal appears to be leaving 145 Hudson; Les Halles closed; requiring restaurants to post a return policy; Torly Kid expands to Brooklyn; Stuyvesant lights. / 11 comments
Plus: Warren 77 wants to add sidewalk seating; the annual Torly Kid tween party and Hula Hoop contest; peony wall at Whole Foods. / 4 comments
Plus: Five Boro Bike Tour notices; book swap at Torly Kid; Billy Bragg in concert; 1 Beekman is rising above street level; Chinese restaurant seeks beer-and-wine license.
Plus: Activity at the Staple Street skybridge; a report on the Worth Street crane accident; go caroling with Torly Kid; likely new deli at Greenwich and Spring. / 4 comments
Plus: Chicago-style all-beef hot dogs; sidewalk chalk-drawing contest; sketching Duane Street; Lower Manhattan Coastal Resiliency meeting. / 6 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