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152-501: A Beaux-Arts cupola . The Gershwin Hotel, on East 27th Street, and named after George Gershwin , has a unique facade, a combination of red paint and whimsical decorative touches. Gansevoort Park, the second location of Hotel Gansevoort in New York, opened in 2010 at Park Avenue and 29th Street, complete with a "glass column containing light-emitting diodes" that changes color. Rounding out
228-631: A 44,000-square-foot (4,100 m ) Italian food market comprising Italian restaurants, cafes and wine and food shops opened in Summer 2010. NoMad is home to the Museum of Sex , the New York Comedy Club and Tada! Youth Theater, and is also a center for antique galleries and one of the city’s largest collections of weekend flea markets. Nightspots and clubs include the Breslin Lobby Bar, Jay-Z ’s 40/40,
304-517: A Tribeca resident since this period, wrote the 1977 nonfiction book entitled Pioneering in the Urban Wilderness , detailing his experiences renovating lower Manhattan warehouses into residences. Four New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission -designated four historic districts within Tribeca in 1991 and 1992, as well as an extension of one in 2002: Tribeca and Lower Manhattan are patrolled by
380-463: A college education or higher. The percentage of Tribeca and Lower Manhattan students excelling in math rose from 61% in 2000 to 80% in 2011, and reading achievement increased from 66% to 68% during the same time period. Tribeca and Lower Manhattan's rate of elementary school student absenteeism is lower than the rest of New York City. In Tribeca and Lower Manhattan, 6% of elementary school students missed twenty or more days per school year , less than
456-516: A development of brick houses that surrounded the park, which would become the model for Gramercy Park . The area was among the first residential neighborhoods developed in New York City beyond the city's colonial boundaries, and remained primarily residential until the 1840s. Several streets in the area are named after Anthony Lispenard Bleecker and the Lispenard family. Beach Street was created in
532-460: A district that was displaced by the building of the World Trade Center – sporting goods, shoes, and church supplies. By the mid-19th century, the area transformed into a commercial center, with large numbers of store and loft buildings constructed along Broadway in the 1850s and 1860s. Development in the area was further spurred by New York City Subway construction, namely the extension of
608-548: A fictional "Tribeca High School" appears in the Law & Order: Special Victims Unit episode " Granting Immunity ." Local radio station WHTZ 's studio is located here. In the third book of the Witches of East End series, Winds of Salem , the Oracle, an almighty god from Asgard , lives in Tribeca. The Subaru Tribeca , which went into production in 2005, and was discontinued being sold in
684-687: A luxury condominium; and the Toy Center , which has been converted to an office complex. Designed in 1904 by Stanford White as the prestigious Colony Club for socialites, the building at 120 Madison Avenue has been occupied since 1963 by the American Academy of Dramatic Arts . Long before the Academy began training its young hopefuls in the NoMad area, the Madison Square Theater opened in 1880. Boasting
760-453: A meeting place for the Gilded Age elite, and a late-nineteenth century mecca for shoppers, tourists and after-theater restaurant patrons. A list of celebrities who ate at Delmonico's is a who’s who of the day, including Diamond Jim Brady , Mark Twain , Jenny Lind , Lillian Russell , Charles Dickens , Oscar Wilde , J.P. Morgan , James Gordon Bennett, Jr. , Walter Scott , Edward VII of
836-400: A military parade ground that to this day serves as the starting point for the city's annual Veterans Day Parade, Madison Square Park and the surrounding area have undergone a number of changes since pre-Revolutionary War days, serving at various times as a potter’s field , an army arsenal and a facility for juvenile delinquents. New Yorkers began establishing residences around the park in
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#1732855460820912-620: A transformation of the neighborhoods around the park—the Flatiron District , Rose Hill and NoMad—from primarily commercial to places attractive for residences, upscale businesses and trendy restaurants and nightspots, especially in the early 2010s. Among the notable buildings in the area are New York Life Building , the headquarters of the New York Life Insurance Company ; the Gift Building , which has been converted to
988-584: Is NewYork-Presbyterian Lower Manhattan Hospital in the Civic Center area. Tribeca is located within two primary ZIP Codes . Most of the neighborhood is covered by 10013, but the southernmost blocks are located in 10007, and the Jacob K. Javits Federal Building is located in 10278. The United States Postal Service operates two post offices near Tribeca: the Federal Plaza Station at 26 Federal Plaza and
1064-400: Is 0.0096 milligrams per cubic metre (9.6 × 10 oz/cu ft), more than the city average. Sixteen percent of Tribeca and Lower Manhattan residents are smokers , which is more than the city average of 14% of residents being smokers. In Tribeca and Lower Manhattan, 4% of residents are obese , 3% are diabetic , and 15% have high blood pressure , the lowest rates in the city—compared to
1140-585: Is a neighborhood in Lower Manhattan in New York City . Its name is a syllabic abbreviation of "Triangle Below Canal Street". The "triangle" (more accurately a quadrilateral ) is bounded by Canal Street , West Street , Broadway , and Chambers Street . By the 2010s, a common marketing tactic was to extend Tribeca's southern boundary to either Vesey or Murray Streets to increase the appeal of property listings. The neighborhood began as farmland, then
1216-799: Is higher than the median life expectancy of 81.2 for all New York City neighborhoods. Most inhabitants are young to middle-aged adults: half (50%) are between the ages of 25–44, while 14% are between 0–17, and 18% between 45–64. The ratio of college-aged and elderly residents was lower, at 11% and 7%, respectively. As of 2017, the median household income in Community Districts 1 and 2 was $ 144,878. In 2018, an estimated 9% of Tribeca and Lower Manhattan residents lived in poverty, compared to 14% in all of Manhattan and 20% in all of New York City. One in twenty-five residents (4%) were unemployed, compared to 7% in Manhattan and 9% in New York City. Rent burden, or
1292-441: Is less than that of the city as a whole. The incarceration rate of 152 per 100,000 people is lower than that of the city as a whole. The 1st Precinct has a lower crime rate than in the 1990s, with crimes across all categories having decreased by 86.3% between 1990 and 2018. The precinct reported 1 murder, 23 rapes, 80 robberies, 61 felony assaults, 85 burglaries, 1,085 grand larcenies, and 21 grand larcenies auto in 2018. Tribeca
1368-447: Is served by New York City Bus routes M1 , M2 and M3 on Park and Madison Avenues (northbound) and Fifth Avenues (southbound). M55 service also runs southbound on Fifth Avenue, while northbound M55 and M7 service runs on nearby Sixth Avenue. The M101 , M102 , M103 routes run on Third and Lexington Avenues, northbound and southbound, respectively. There is also M23 SBS crosstown bus service on 23rd Street. Public schools in
1444-565: Is served by four New York City Subway stations. The 23rd Street and 28th Street stations on the BMT Broadway Line offer service on the N , Q , R , and W trains at Broadway. The 23rd Street and 28th Street stations of the IRT Lexington Avenue Line are both located on Park Avenue South , offering service on the 6 and <6> trains. The area
1520-674: Is served by two New York City Fire Department (FDNY) fire stations. Engine Company 7/Ladder Company 1/Battalion 1 is located at 100 Duane Street while Ladder Company 8, which appears in the Ghostbusters films, is located at 14 North Moore Street . As of 2018, preterm births and births to teenage mothers are less common in Tribeca and Lower Manhattan than in other places citywide. In Tribeca and Lower Manhattan, there were 77 preterm births per 1,000 live births (compared to 87 per 1,000 citywide), and 2.2 births to teenage mothers per 1,000 live births (compared to 19.3 per 1,000 citywide), though
1596-699: The Atlantic Ocean made it easier for ships to navigate to the piers on the Hudson, rather than use the "back door" via the East River to the piers there. Later, the Hudson River piers also received freight via railroad cars ferried across the river from New Jersey. The increased shipping encouraged the expansion of the Washington Market – a wholesale produce market that opened in 1813 as " Bear Market " – from
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#17328554608201672-656: The Avenue of the Americas (Sixth Avenue) was dubbed Tin Pan Alley thanks to the collection of music publishers and songwriters there who dominated the American commercial music world of the time. Around the same time, the 1913 Armory Show , which took place at the 69th Regiment Armory on Lexington Avenue between 25th and 26th Streets, was a seminal event in the history of Modern Art . The neighborhood deteriorated somewhat during
1748-527: The Borough of Manhattan Community College in 1980, and Washington Market Park in 1981. Some warehouse buildings were converted to residential use, and lofts began to be utilized by artists, who lived and worked in their spaces, a model which had been pioneered in nearby SoHo . In the early 1970s, a couple of years after artists in SoHo were able to legalize their live/work situation, artist and resident organizations in
1824-513: The Canal Street Station at 350 Canal Street. Tribeca and Lower Manhattan generally have a higher rate of college-educated residents than the rest of the city as of 2018. The vast majority of residents age 25 and older (84%) have a college education or higher, while 4% have less than a high school education and 12% are high school graduates or have some college education. By contrast, 64% of Manhattan residents and 43% of city residents have
1900-594: The IRT Broadway – Seventh Avenue Line (today's 1 , 2 , and 3 trains), which opened for service in 1918, and the accompanying extension of Seventh Avenue and the widening of Varick Street during subway construction in 1914, both of resulted in better access to the area for vehicles and for subway riders. The area was also served by the IRT Ninth Avenue Line , an elevated train line on Greenwich Street demolished in 1940. After
1976-551: The Madison Square North Historic District in the borough of Manhattan in New York City . The name NoMad, which has been in use since 1999, is derived from the area’s location north of Madison Square Park . The neighborhood is bordered by East 25th Street to the south, East 29th or East 30th Street to the north, Sixth Avenue (Avenue of the Americas) to the west and Madison or Lexington Avenue to
2052-479: The Manhattan Bridge Overpass), and BoCoCa , the last of which is actually a collection of neighborhoods ( Boerum Hill , Cobble Hill, Brooklyn and Carroll Gardens ). The name "Tribeca" was coined in the early 1970s and originally applied to the narrower area bounded by Broadway and Canal, Lispenard, and Church Streets, which appears to be a triangle on city planning maps. Residents of this area formed
2128-490: The New York Telephone Company building at 140 West Street , between Vesey and Barclay, with its Mayan-inspired Art Deco motif, and the former New York Mercantile Exchange at 6 Harrison Street. During the late 1960s and 1970s, abandoned and inexpensive Tribeca lofts became hot-spot residences for young artists and their families because of the seclusion of lower Manhattan and the vast living space. Jim Stratton,
2204-482: The September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks , but government grants and incentives helped the area rebound fairly quickly. The Tribeca Film Festival was established to help contribute to the long-term recovery of lower Manhattan after 9/11. The festival also celebrates New York City as a major filmmaking center. The mission of the film festival is "to enable the international film community and the general public to experience
2280-666: The University Club and, finally, the Manhattan Club, birthplace of the Manhattan cocktail and congregating place of such famous Democrats as Franklin D. Roosevelt , Grover Cleveland and Al Smith . The mansion was demolished in 1967 and was replaced in 1974 by the New York Merchandise Mart , which also extends onto the site of the adjacent Madison Square Hotel , where actors Henry Fonda and James Stewart roomed in
2356-595: The 1840s and then continuing after the American Civil War , shipping in New York City – which then consisted only of Manhattan – shifted in large part from the East River and the area around South Street to the Hudson River , where the longer piers could more easily handle the larger ships which were then coming into use. In addition, the dredging of the sand bars which lay across the entrance to New York Harbor from
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2432-650: The 1930s. The famous families in the area nurtured the spiritual life of the neighborhood, founding such landmark houses of worship as the Church of the Transfiguration (the " Little Church Around the Corner "), Trinity Chapel (site of the wedding between writer Edith Newbold Jones and Edward Wharton and now the home of the Serbian Orthodox Cathedral of Saint Sava) and Marble Collegiate Church . The area became
2508-449: The 1st Precinct of the NYPD , located at 16 Ericsson Place. The 1st Precinct ranked 63rd safest out of 69 patrol areas for per-capita crime in 2010. Though the number of crimes is low compared to other NYPD precincts, the residential population is also much lower. As of 2018, with a non-fatal assault rate of 24 per 100,000 people, Tribeca and Lower Manhattan's rate of violent crimes per capita
2584-501: The New York City government classifies Tribeca as part of a larger neighborhood tabulation area called SoHo-TriBeCa-Civic Center-Little Italy. Based on data from the 2010 United States Census , the population of SoHo-TriBeCa-Civic Center-Little Italy was 42,742, a change of 5,985 (14%) from the 36,757 counted in 2000 . Covering an area of 581.62 acres (235.37 ha), the neighborhood had a population density of 73.5 inhabitants per acre (47,000/sq mi; 18,200/km ). The racial makeup of
2660-508: The Spanish city, was designed by Harry Allen Jacobs, and opened its doors on East 29th Street and Madison Avenue in 1904, months before the unveiling of the city’s first subway. Renovated and transformed at a cost of $ 60 million more than a century later by David Rockwell , the hotel’s "Tiffany-style glass skylight" on the mezzanine was discovered under layers of paint “used to deter air raids during World War II.” The Breslin Hotel, built in 1904,
2736-582: The TriBeCa Artists' Co-op in filing legal documents connected to a 1973 zoning dispute. An April 1976 article in The New York Times described that residents had used such names as "Lo Cal" and "So So" for the neighborhood, and that the City Planning Commission had established the name and that it covered "Canal Street on the north, Barclay Street on the south, West Street, and Broadway on
2812-507: The Tribeca Open Artist Studio Tour was founded as a non-profit, artist-run organization with the mission to empower the working artists of Tribeca while providing an educational opportunity for the public. For 15 years, the annual free walking tour through artist studios in Tribeca has allowed people to get a unique glimpse into the lives of Tribeca's best creative talent. Tribeca suffered both physically and financially after
2888-762: The United Kingdom (then the Prince of Wales), and Napoleon III of France. A commercial boom followed with the growth of hotels, restaurants, entertainment venues and office buildings, many of which are still standing. By the late nineteenth century, business activity began to eclipse the residential scene around the park, and the area along Broadway above the park began to be subsumed into the Tenderloin , an entertainment-and-vice red-light district full of nightclubs , saloons , bordellos , gambling casinos , dance halls and " clip joints ". At about this time, on August 14, 1894,
2964-481: The United States in 2012, was an automobile named after the neighborhood. Community groups and organizations Images and memories Neighborhood guides News and blogs NoMad 40°44′39″N 73°59′18″W / 40.7442°N 73.9883°W / 40.7442; -73.9883 NoMad ("North of Madison Square Park"), also known as Madison Square North , is a neighborhood centered on
3040-477: The adjacent, low-income neighborhood of Chinatown , also uses the 10013 zip code). As of 2010, Tribeca was the safest neighborhood in New York City, according to NYPD and CompStat statistics. In the 2010s, several skyscrapers were completed, including 30 Park Place (containing the Four Seasons Hotel New York Downtown ), 56 Leonard Street , and 111 Murray Street . For census purposes,
3116-487: The annual Tribeca Film Festival in 2002. De Niro also claimed ownership of all domain names incorporating the text "Tribeca" for domain names with any content related to film festivals. In particular, he had a dispute with the owner of the website tribeca.net. Although Wizards of Waverly Place includes a fictional "Tribeca Prep", exterior shots were filmed at P.S. 40 on East 20th Street , between First Avenue and Second Avenue in midtown Gramercy Park . In addition,
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3192-770: The area include Baruch College Campus High School, a collaboration between the New York City Department of Education and the City University of New York 's Baruch College . Private schools in the area include the Aaron School High School and the Rebecca School, both special education schools; the Fusion Academy, and the Drake Bennett School. The preschool of École Internationale de New York
3268-657: The area to the south, then known as Washington Market or the Lower West Side , sought to gain similar zoning status for their neighborhood. One of the neighborhood groups called themselves the "Triangle Below Canal Block Association", and, as activists had done in SoHo, shortened the group's name to the Tribeca Block Association. The Tribeca name came to be applied to the area south of Canal Street, between Broadway and West Street, extending south to – as variously defined – Chambers, Vesey, or Murray Street. In 1996,
3344-717: The area, including the Hoffman House (East 24th Street), the Victoria (East 27th Street), the Gilsey House (East 29th Street) and the Grand (East 31st Street)—both still standing as of the 21st century, converted to residential use—and the Brunswick. The Brunswick, at East 26th Street and Fifth Avenue, was the hotel favored by the horsey set. The male-only New York Coaching Club, established in 1875 by Col. Delancey Astor Kane and William Jay ,
3420-399: The citywide average of 20%. Additionally, 96% of high school students in Tribeca and Lower Manhattan graduate on time, more than the citywide average of 75%. The New York City Department of Education operates the following public schools nearby: The New York Public Library (NYPL) operates two branches nearby. The New Amsterdam branch is located at 9 Murray Street near Broadway. It
3496-527: The citywide averages of 24%, 11%, and 28% respectively. In addition, 5% of children are obese, the lowest rate in the city, compared to the citywide average of 20%. Ninety-six percent of residents eat some fruits and vegetables every day, which is more than the city's average of 87%. In 2018, 88% of residents described their health as "good," "very good", or "excellent", more than the city's average of 78%. For every supermarket in Tribeca and Lower Manhattan, there are 6 bodegas . The nearest major hospital
3572-575: The construction of the Holland Tunnel from 1920 to 1927 and the transition of freight shipping from ships and railroads to trucks, the truck traffic generated by the market and other businesses caused considerable congestion in the area. This provoked the building between 1929 and 1951 of the Miller Highway , an elevated roadway that came to be called the West Side Highway , the purpose of which
3648-597: The destruction caused by the terrorist attacks. Tribeca is part of Manhattan Community District 1 , and its primary ZIP Codes are 10007 and 10013. It is patrolled by the 1st Precinct of the New York City Police Department . Tribeca is one of a number of neighborhoods in New York City whose names are syllabic abbreviations or acronyms , including SoHo (South of Houston Street ), NoHo (North of Houston Street), Nolita (North of Little Italy ), NoMad (North of Madison Square ), DUMBO (Down Under
3724-491: The east". According to a local historian, the name had been misconstrued by the newspaper reporter as applying to a much larger area, which is how it came to be the name of the current neighborhood. The area now known as Tribeca was farmed by Dutch settlers to New Amsterdam , prominently Roeleff Jansen (who obtained the land patent, called Dominie's Brouwery, from Wouter van Twiller in 1636) and his wife Anneke Jans who later married Everardus Bogardus . The land stayed with
3800-477: The east. The surrounding neighborhoods are Chelsea to the west, Midtown South to the northwest, Murray Hill to the northeast, Rose Hill to the east, and the Flatiron District to the south. NoMad is part of Manhattan Community District 5 . NoMad's early history is closely aligned with that of Madison Square Park , which has been a public space since 1686. The park extends from Fifth Avenue to Madison Avenue between 23rd and 26th Streets . Formerly
3876-734: The family until 1670 when the deed was signed over to Col. Francis Lovelace . In 1674 the Dutch took possession of the area until the English reclaimed the land a year later. In 1674, representing the Duke of York , Governor Andros took possession of the land. Tribeca was later part of the large tract of land given to Trinity Church by Queen Anne in 1705. In 1807, the church built St. John's Chapel on Varick Street and then laid out St. John's Park , bounded by Laight Street, Varick Street, Ericsson Place , and Hudson Street . The church also built Hudson Square ,
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#17328554608203952-476: The far uptown edge of the city, it was dubbed "Eno's Folly". The site previously had been an inn where travelers leaving the city or returning to it could get a meal or lodging before continuing their trip. The hotel stood between East 23rd and East 24th Streets facing Madison Square, where the Toy Center South would later stand. By the 1870s, numerous hotels catering to much the same clientele had opened in
4028-544: The first electric footlights and a backstage double-decker elevator, the theater also provided an early air-conditioning system. Along Broadway, the Townsend (1896) and St. James (1896) were the tallest buildings in New York for a short while, and remain historic landmarks. Slightly up the street, the Baudouine Building at 28th Street was heavily decorated with escutcheons of anthemions with lion heads over many windows. At
4104-831: The first is 241 Fifth Avenue between 27th and 28th Streets. Construction began on the 46-unit condominium building in November 2011, and it was open to sales in April 2013; by April of the next year it was sold out. Elsewhere in the neighborhood, old building are undergoing conversion to residences. In 2014, the Kaufman Organization announced it was developing four underutilized NoMad commercial buildings previously owned by F. M. Ring Associates: 119 West 24th Street near Sixth Avenue, 19 West 24th Street near Fifth Avenue, 45 West 27th Street, and 13 West 27th Street. The buildings will be renovated to make them more attractive to technology firms, and
4180-543: The host of boutique hotels in and around NoMad is the King and Grove Hotel, occupying the former space of the historic Martha Washington Hotel , located at 30 East 30 Street. The neighborhood was once the home of Delmonico's , New York elite society's favorite restaurant and the birthplace of Lobster Newburg . Today it has a numerous restaurants serving a wide range of cuisines, including San Rocco, Hill Country Barbecue, Bamiyan Afghan Restaurant, Antique Cafe, SD26, A Voce, Country, Ben & Jack’s Steakhouse and Illi. Eataly ,
4256-427: The hotel served the needs of mid- to late-nineteenth-century business and upscale clientele. The hotel was the site of a Confederate arson attack during the American Civil War . It was the first of 20 buildings to go up in flames in a coordinated effort by Confederate forces on November 25, 1864. Known since 1987 as the Carlton, the Hotel Seville, named for the original investor Maitland E. Graves’ infatuation with
4332-407: The late 18th century and was the first street on or adjacent to the farm of Anthony Lispenard Bleecker, which was just south of what is now Canal Street ; the name of the street is a corruption of the name of Paul Bache, a son-in-law of Anthony Lispenard. Lispenard Street in Tribeca is named for the Lispenard family, and Bleecker Street in NoHo was named for Anthony Lispenard Bleecker. During
4408-440: The mid- and late-twentieth century. Tee-shirt, luggage, perfume and jewelry wholesalers began lining the storefronts along Broadway from Madison Square to Herald Square , and wholesalers continue to dominate that stretch. By the second half of the twentieth century, Madison Square Park was suffering from neglect and petty crime. The massive 2001 park restoration project, spearheaded by the Madison Square Park Conservancy spurred
4484-431: The mid-nineteenth century. Private brownstone dwellings and mansions springing up around the perimeter of the park soon boasted such respected, well-to-do families as the Haights, Stokeses, Scheifflins, Wolfes, and Barlows. Leonard and Clara Jerome, the grandparents of Winston Churchill , lived at 41 East 26th Street. The Jerome Mansion later became the clubhouse of the Union League Club of New York (its second location),
4560-535: The neighborhood was 66.1% (28,250) White , 2.2% (934) African American , 0.1% (30) Native American , 22.2% (9,478) Asian , 0% (11) Pacific Islander , 0.4% (171) from other races , and 2.6% (1,098) from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 6.5% (2,770) of the population. The entirety of Community District 1, which comprises Tribeca and other Lower Manhattan neighborhoods, had 63,383 inhabitants as of NYC Health 's 2018 Community Health Profile, with an average life expectancy of 85.8 years. This
4636-466: The neighboring SoHo-Cast Iron Historic District . In the 19th and early 20th centuries, the neighborhood was a center of the textile/cotton trade. Notable buildings in the neighborhoods include the historic neo-Renaissance Textile Building , designed by Henry J. Hardenbergh and built in 1901, and the Powell Building, a designated Landmark on Hudson Street , which was designed by Carrère and Hastings and built in 1892. Other notable buildings include
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#17328554608204712-437: The original market buildings to buildings throughout its neighborhood, taking over houses and warehouses to use for the storage of produce, including butter, cheese, and eggs. In the mid-19th century, the neighborhood was the center of the dry goods and textile industries in the city, and St. John's Park was turned into a freight depot. Later, the area also featured fireworks outlets, pets stores, radios – which were clustered in
4788-474: The percentage of residents who have difficulty paying their rent, is 38% in Tribeca and Lower Manhattan, compared to the boroughwide and citywide rates of 45% and 51%, respectively. Based on this calculation, as of 2018, Tribeca and Lower Manhattan are considered high-income relative to the rest of the city and not gentrifying . Tribeca is dominated by former industrial buildings that have been converted into residential buildings and lofts , similar to those of
4864-458: The power of film by redefining the film festival experience." Tribeca is a popular filming location for movies and television shows. By the early 21st century, Tribeca became one of Manhattan's most fashionable and desirable neighborhoods, well known for its celebrity residents. Its streets teem with art galleries, boutique shops, restaurants, and bars. In 2006, Forbes magazine ranked its 10013 zip code as New York City's most expensive (however,
4940-472: The rooftop bar at 230 Fifth Avenue, Gstaad, Hillstone’s, and the Park Avenue Country Club. The noted Rizzoli Bookstore announced in September 2014 it will be reopening its New York City flagship in NoMad. The NoMad Piazza , a pedestrian venue on Broadway between 25th and 31st, was established as part of the NYC Open Streets program to allow restaurants to continue their outdoor seating areas and to allow for an open-air, foot traffic area within NoMad. NoMad
5016-406: The same corner, the Johnston Building (now the Hotel NoMad) was built in 1900 and faced in all limestone with beautiful exterior decoration. One block up, Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis ’s grandfather built a classically designed loft building, next to the Breslin. Although a number of old buildings in the neighborhood have been renovated, there have been few new construction starts in the area. One of
5092-505: The street level spaces made suitable for use by retail outlets and restaurants. NoMad was once home to some of New York’s most luxurious hotels. Completed in 1859 by Amos R. Eno, the Fifth Avenue Hotel , whose gleaming white-marble housed 100 apartment suites, was the first American hotel with an elevator and private bathrooms, as well as a fourth meal, or "late supper", and was a popular meeting place for politicians, brokers and speculators. Because of its opulence, as well as its location at
5168-417: The teenage birth rate is based on a small sample size. Tribeca and Lower Manhattan have a low population of residents who are uninsured . In 2018, this population of uninsured residents was estimated to be 4%, less than the citywide rate of 12%, though this was based on a small sample size. The concentration of fine particulate matter , the deadliest type of air pollutant , in Tribeca and Lower Manhattan
5244-598: The title Beach Street . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Beach_Street&oldid=1079927850 " Categories : Disambiguation pages Road disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Beach Street (Manhattan) Tribeca ( / t r aɪ ˈ b ɛ k ə / try- BEK -ə ), originally written as TriBeCa ,
5320-416: The world's first kinetoscope parlor opened in a former shoe store at 1155 Broadway, on the corner of 27th Street . For 25 cents, patrons could stand and watch a short film through a shaded "peephole" on William Dickson 's device. The store had 10 of these machines, and netted $ 120 for its opening day. In the late nineteenth and early twentieth century the area around 28th Street between Fifth Avenue and
5396-399: Was a residential neighborhood in the early 19th century, before becoming a mercantile area centered on produce, dry goods, and textiles, and then transitioning to artists and then actors, models, entrepreneurs, and other celebrities. The neighborhood is home to the Tribeca Festival , which was created in response to the September 11 attacks , to reinvigorate the neighborhood and downtown after
5472-423: Was established on the ground floor of an office building in 1989. The Battery Park City branch is located at 175 North End Avenue near Murray Street. Completed in 2010, the two-story branch is NYPL's first LEED -certified branch. Robert De Niro and Jane Rosenthal had high profiles in the district's revival when they co-produced the dramatic television anthology series TriBeCa in 1993 and co-founded
5548-585: Was headquartered there, and elevated "four-in-hand" carriage riding to an art form. Holding the reins of all four horses in one fist, the drivers ("whips") guided their horses from the Brunswick to the carriage drives in Central Park and staged parades twice a year. The St. James Hotel at Broadway and East 26th Street, where the St. James Building would later stand, was built in 1874. With its 30 parlors, bar, cigar stand, barber shop, dining room and full-service amenities,
5624-508: Was rebuilt to handle through traffic. By the 1960s, Tribeca's industrial base had all but vanished, and the produce market moved to Hunts Point in the Bronx in the 1960s. The city put an urban renewal plan into effect, which involved the demolition of many old buildings, with the intent of building high-rise residential towers, office buildings, and schools. Some of these were constructed, including Independence Plaza in 1975 on Washington Street,
5700-453: Was to handle through automobile traffic, which thus did not have to deal with the truck congestion at street level. Because of a policy of "deferred maintenance", the elevated structure began to fall apart in the late 1960s and early 1970s, and the highway was shut down in 1973. The roadway project planned to replace it, called Westway , was fought by neighborhood activists, and was eventually killed by environmental concerns. Instead, West Street
5776-565: Was transformed in 2009 into the Ace Hotel , but not before passing through a period as a single room occupancy (SRO) apartment building, during the low point of the neighborhood. The Ace, which was redesigned by Roman & Williams is a 300-room hotel whose restaurant has attracted a trendy crowd. The NoMad Hotel at 28th Street and Broadway occupies the Johnston Building, a landmark 1900 French Renaissance limestone space which features
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