Plus: The new chef at the restaurant formerly known as Ichimura; another building to go up near the Holland Tunnel; Queens ferry service launches today; Drake's menswear shop.
Plus: City council candidate debate; Squeeze drummer's art show; the city's parklet program. / 1 comment
How many staffers at local businesses do you know by name? It strikes me as a way to measure one's engagement in the community—not just your neighbors or your social set, but the people who work here, especially in service industries. / 3 comments
Plus: Sushi Azabu chef Tasuku Murakami is leaving for the Seagram Building; police arrest man for two armed robberies in FiDi; a visit to the National Archives at New York City. / 1 comment
Plus: Amazon is buying Whole Foods; back to normal at the Amish Market; Brooklyn Flea opens this weekend at Sixth and Watts; mega-yacht blocking views of the Statue of Liberty; Piora owner's mother was the founder of Kori. / 6 comments
Plus: Thank-you message from Harrison at Whole Foods; the grocery store's kooky produce section; Spotify's amusing Tribeca joke; another Leather Spa in FiDi; another Duane Reade at the World Trade Center mall; Yves signage. / 8 comments
Plus: Bartender's "sex party" case against Club Remix was dismissed; how to apply for the community board; Cheryl Hazan art exhibit; best T-shirts ever.
Plus: Whole Foods is planning a loyalty program; details on Hawksmoor steakhouse opening at 3 World Trade Center; two more restaurants planned for 3WTC; "private evacuation service" at North Cove Marina; book publisher's street renaming nixed. / 2 comments
Plus: The condition of the boys in the attack at the ball fields; New York Law School's financial situation; West Thames Bridge is moving to "the build phase"; tenants suing landlords over rent stabilization promised in exchange for tax abatement; no Evacuation Day honor. / 3 comments
Plus: Last night's Givenchy show on Pier 26; a new design for the 77-story tower at 125 Greenwich; memorial for Battery Park City staffers' work after 9/11; teenager mugged of his self-balancing scooter.
A reader recently wrote in with a list of six types of shops she'd like to see in the neighborhood. With so many interesting storefronts empty, maybe we can inspire some new action around here.... / 14 comments
Matt Schneider of the NYC Dads Group shows us around his Tribeca—including where the best chocolate chip cookies are, which celebrity he chatted up at Pécan, and how he and his wife just celebrated their wedding anniversary.
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Thank you!!! — Darla / The Dinosaurs of Tribeca: Unfinished buildings and abandoned lots
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