At least the lights are on at Modell's; Healthynest coming soon; comedy at Wagner Park; a couple last shots from 9/11, including La Marseillaise at Hook & Ladder 8. / 8 comments
The BPCA resiliency work is moving along; there's blues at Wagner on Thursday; CB2 rejects Soho/Noho plan; One White opens next Thursday. / 3 comments
Plus more blues at Wagner this Thursday; the sound bath is rescheduled for this weekend; the Lilac opens for visitors on Saturday.
Plus another boutique hotel tops out, this time in Fidi; a belated note on the reviews of the Jay-Z biography; Michelle Obama at Frenchette.
The annual festival at Wagner Park celebrated international dance in a week's worth of outdoor performances with the usual dramatic backdrop. / 1 comment
Plus input requested for a new Wagner Park; Four practitioners from Support by Design have found a new space; Union Bar and Kitchen closes after five years. / 1 comment
Plus the founder of Peloton in a podcast live at Tribeca PAC tonight; a meeting on the future of Wagner Park; a guest chef at Racine's from Montreal; Taste of Tribeca tix are on sale now. / 5 comments
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
Also on Community Board 1's September agendas: Parking in north Battery Park City; update on Buddha Bar; an apparent change at the Paris Café; turning a FiDi street into an open-air mall; new Chinese restaurant; more. / 1 comment
Plus: Amazing photo from the Municipal Building; downtown tours led by guides in period costume; Dan Zanes concert at Wagner Park; space-age subway station in the World Trade Center Oculus. / 1 comment
Plus: Bouley Test Kitchen has moved uptown; the Department of Transportation will reverse traffic on several FiDi streets (and add a diagonal crosswalk); ferry riders forced to wait an hour because boats were full; Wagner Park plan upsets Community Board 1 members; Brooklyn Bridge drill causes concern. / 2 comments
Plus: Landmarks Preservation Commission nixes Canal Street topper; UPS employee accused of stealing Apple products; Wagner Park flood protection; the New York Post defends FiDi. / 3 comments
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