Six Star Magazine Six Star Magazine Spring/Summer 2005 | Page 20

FEATURE

very large greenspace, Central Park, in
the middle. Perhaps it’s because they are
surrounded by such a huge expanse of
buildings that New Yorkers take their parks
very seriously.
Tribeca’s Duane Park, at the intersection
of Duane and Hudson streets, is the second
oldest public park in New York City. A group
of citizens, The Friends of Duane Park, is
committed to maintaining and restoring the
park and holds an annual Loft Tour as a
fundraiser. During last October’s event, nearly
350 people paid $45 each to tour eleven
stunning lofts in the Tribeca neighbourhood.
If you do the math, that’s almost $16,000
they raised! Some of those funds are used
for an annual “planting day” in November
where the “Friends” plant hundreds of bulbs
in Duane Park. The fact that these citizens
go to such lengths to preserve their piece
of green may not seem out-of-the-ordinary,
but consider this – Duane Park is only onequarter of an acre large. Like we said, in
New York City, people take their greenspace
seriously. Perhaps that’s a good lesson
for us all!
Something else the Tribeca community
takes seriously is their greens. Every
Saturday, a section of Greenwich Street
in Tribeca is closed to traffic for a
“Greenmarket,” which sells fresh and organic
goods from local New York and New Jersey
farms. Since 1976, Greenmarket has held
farmers’ markets all over New York City,
allowing only local growers to sell fruit,
vegetables, fish, meat, eggs, dairy, honey,
maple syrup, plants and other foods directly
to New Yorkers. Middlemen and brokers are
not allowed – an arrangement that suits local
farmers and local New Yorkers just fine.
Subaru chose the name Tribeca because, like
the neighbourhood, the vehicle is beautiful,
unique and has a trend-setting, artsy quality
to it. What becomes very obvious about both
is that there are some things you just can’t
keep quiet about.

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1 Tribeca Grand Hotel

2 Avenue of the Americas
[phone]

4 Nobu Restaurant
105 Hudson Street
[phone]
TriBakery
186 Franklin Street
[phone]

8 66

241 Church Street
[phone]

2

Hook & Ladder #8
14 North Moore Street

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3

Tribeca Film Institute
375 Greenwich Street
[phone]

6 Harrison Restaurant

10 Duane Park

Tribeca Grill
375 Greenwich Street
[phone]

7 Chanterelle

11 Tribeca Greenmarket

355 Greenwich Street
[phone]

2 Harrison Street
[phone]

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Knitting Factory
74 Leonard Street
[phone]

Intersection of Duane and
Hudson Streets

Greenwich Street between
Chambers & Duane