The new Walker Hotel Tribeca adds a Blue Bottle coffee shop and an expansive lounge and roof deck open to neighbors. And there are hotel rooms too. / 1 comment
Peeking through the papered windows of six businesses in the works, including Au Cheval and Fish Republic restaurants.... / 6 comments
Plus: Car crashed into Broadway sidewalk shed; Seaport District rooftop ice rink and restaurant open next month; when signage blocks a sidewalk; the sculpture on a 56 Leonard balcony. / 12 comments
Plus: A Thanksgiving menu by Frenchette; new renderings for 77 Greenwich (which will have a school in the base); the exquisite lobby in the AT&T Long Distance Building; Gucci to open art-and-photography bookstore in Soho.
Plus: China Blue tried a no-tipping policy and abandoned it; more funding for the Walker Hotel Tribeca; Brooklyn Chop House finally opens tonight; changing intersections to accommodate cyclists. / 2 comments
Also on Community Board 1's January agendas: Tenant for the former Santos Party House on Lafayette; Five Boro Bike Tour; Walker Hotel Tribeca's liquor license; Jay Street storefront renovation; Rector Street Bridge demolition; much more.
There has been a lot of depressing news in the past year, and we likely haven’t heard the last of it, so let’s focus on the positive (for one post, anyway). Here are 34 things to look forward to in Lower Manhattan.
The hotel under conversion at Broadway and Walker finally has a name—Walker Hotel Tribeca—and eyebrow-raising plans, including a 4 a.m. liquor license, roof deck and, in the below-ground levels, DJs and amplified live music. / 4 comments
Nice place but wish the owner would show some respect for his neighbors and park his motorcycle lawfully (at the... — Bruce Hood / Sneak Peek: Forge is now taking reservations
Happy to know about any Juneteenth celebrations in the neighborhood. Next time tell me in advance. — Tribeca Citizen / A midsummer day at Rockefeller
I have to agree here. Barely a mention.. And the park looked really bad after the Midsummer festival. Two days... — B.Thompson / A midsummer day at Rockefeller
Juneteenth came and went without a photoessay of all the rich celebrations in Tribeca. Not very inclusive. — Steve C / A midsummer day at Rockefeller
Yes, I am honored and lucky to run these shots. — Tribeca Citizen / A midsummer day at Rockefeller
These elaborate and expensive plans are based on the mistaken belief that BPC and Tribeca are at much greater risk... — Jon / Battery Park City’s new resiliency plans for Tribeca
With the introduction of the Slate menu, Laughing Man unfortunately had what was probably the best BEC sandwich in Tribeca... — Talg / Seen & Heard: Duane Park Patisserie is back open