Plus Afro-Soca family dance party in Battery Park City's Esplanade Plaza; Keste introduces baked cheese focaccia; the Tribeca connection to the Williamsburg music scene.
Plus Burger King on Broadway is gone; there's something for everyone at the Pier 17 summer concert series; John Popper of Blues Traveler remembers Wetlands
An entertaining new book celebrates the much-loved music club and activist hangout by collecting nine years' of Wetlands performance calendars and other memorabilia. / 9 comments
...as the WTC performing arts center wants to be known. Plus: Remembering the Wetlands; 100 Franklin developer pushes back the closing; old map of Lowest Manhattan.
Not good. Plus: Wetlands founder Larry Bloch died; more ways to help out; Drew Nieporent's losses; uptown restaurants thriving; Chabad of Tribeca's volunteer efforts; 55 N. Moore. / 7 comments
Who decided on that temporary “park”… I can guarantee you not the residents who live down here. We have turf... — Sam / The latest on Wagner Park, under construction now
Do they plan to bring in fully mature and well grown trees? If not it will take years and years... — Anon / The latest on Wagner Park, under construction now
As of today - June 4 - all of the trees are gone. They ripped everything out to the street…... — Anon / Seen & Heard: A view of the Wagner demolition
It's quite unseemly. — Marcus / Seen & Heard: Dine Around Downtown on Tuesday
No - as I said, it's seams. You can see them. — Tribeca Citizen / Seen & Heard: Dine Around Downtown on Tuesday
What is that stain on the sculpture by the ladder? — Marcus / Seen & Heard: Dine Around Downtown on Tuesday
so thrilled to see this! i’ve missed cafe clementine so much!! congrats to the new owners- so grateful they didn’t... — jen / Old Kid on a New Block: Cafe Clementine