Plus: Good deeds from Distilled's chef; OneRepublic video shot at Oculus and a local café; 111 Murray facilities and signage; activity at the former Don Hill's; checking in on 30-story Greenwich West building. / 3 comments
Plus: Manhole fire on Walker; subway station opening confirmed; Casey Neistat's "factory"; the "Way of Light" at the World Trade Center Oculus; new shows at Postmasters and Barney Savage; so many dead plants; soundbath tomorrow.
Plus: Trump's in-laws' citizenship ceremony; restaurateur accused of "culture of fear"; local thefts; touching up the Alice in Wonderland mural; Oculus photo essay; La Monte Young and Marian Zazeela; jazz in the 1970s.
Plus: Tribeca Art+ Culture Night is this Thursday; finally, seating in the Oculus; Cadillac is shooting here yet again; Raul Guerrero art exhibit; a poem about "The Valley of Tribeca." / 4 comments
Plus: The construction at the New York State Insurance Fund building; scale models of the Oculus; marching band's weekly practice; World Trade Center Greenmarket opening date. / 1 comment
Plus: The Fourth Estate salon that was on Hudson; Dine Around Downtown food festival is next week; absurd elevator at the World Trade Center Transportation Hub; the back of 111 Murray. / 2 comments
The three subway entrances on the east side of the World Trade Center Transportation Hub have opened. / 7 comments
Plus: Archive of Contemporary Music's holiday record and CD dale; Tribeca Tavern painting; Antoni Gaudí's influence on area architecture; 15-minute "Christmas Carol." / 3 comments
Plus: New York City's first Christmas tree vendor was in this area; World Trade Center Transportation Hub to get chemical-weapon sensors; NYC Ferry boats are leaking.
Plus: The delay of Maharishi; more Amazon at Whole Foods; Pier 17's colored light show; Instacart is now at Best Market; P.S. 150's rummage sale; Paris Baguette is open. / 23 comments
Plus: The amount of driving by city workers has skyrocketed under de Blasio; men sue after escalator malfunction at the Oculus; 9/11 photos more likely thrown away than stolen; area thefts.
Bravo!! — Queens Girl / Catching up with Adger Cowans on his 90th birthday
Beautiful story and interview. Thank you so much for posting. It’s a privilege Learning about our artistic neighbors. Looking forward... — DSSA / Catching up with Adger Cowans on his 90th birthday
Relative to other parts of the city FiDi has comparatively little green space, let alone trees on the streets. Further,... — Heide Fasnacht / City moving forward with development of 100 Gold
A lot of NIMBYism in these comments. Financial district is basically the birthplace of the skyscraper, has always been crowded,... — Cd / City moving forward with development of 100 Gold
One solution to the lack of common areas and too much traffic: close streets to cars/trucks permanently, and convert them... — Ben / City moving forward with development of 100 Gold
Typo: before 2010 (not 2020) — stm / City moving forward with development of 100 Gold
Before 2020, the area was still mostly office (personally I would not describe as moribund) and actually less traffic. There... — stm / City moving forward with development of 100 Gold