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15 Apr '14
In ancient Athens, young male citizens took the Ephebic Oath after their military training. It was about civic engagement. The oath is shown inscribed on the bit of stone ruin pictured above. A translation of it (or a similar oath found elsewhere) reads like this: “We will never bring disgrace to this, our city, by […]
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1. Secret Film Series in a Tribeca Chateau during May James Sanders is a Tribecan and a founding patron of Tribeca Trust who lent his name to our cause (thanks James!). He is an architect and co-producer with Ric Burns of the PBS Documentary “New York: A History”. James collaborated with the Historic Districts […]
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15 Apr '14
Jean Grillo is our District Leader for the 66th Assembly District of the Democratic Party. She has a been an early supporter of Tribeca Trust (thanks Jean!). Jean is a resident of Duane Street and reports that the replacement door on the landmarked Fire Department Building on Duane Street has finally been replaced with something […]
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Robert Ripps took most of these shots of terra-cotta or cast iron sculptures around Tribeca. Can you guess where they are?
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(piers on West Street circa 1900 from NYL). As many of you know, the Hudson Park Trust obtained changes in the enabling legislation for Hudson River Park such that it could sell air rights from the piers to developers along West Street. This presents a huge problem for historic districts along the water, Tribeca included. […]
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03 Apr '14
Roe Corporation wants to remake Broadway between Warren and Chambers with the glass building in the middle of the photo above. It looks something like the Chipotle’s building between Chambers and Reade. Here is a photo of what the block used to look like. Pay attention to the two buildings on the left and compare […]
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