guide: Manhattan Neighborhood Market Report: TRIBECA Real Estate Guide
- 04/11/07 04:03 PM
TRIBECA - 10013 - The name is an abbreviation of: TRIANGLE BELOW CANAL Tribeca, Manhattan's downtown neighborhood runs from Canal Street south to Park Place, and from the Hudson River east to Broadway. Tribeca's charming cobblestone streets are lined with spacious residential loft buildings that were converted from industrial warehouses. There are new glass condo lofts, restaurants and boutiques.
Tribeca only became one of Manhattan's most fashionable places to live in the last 15 years. The neighborhood has evolved from an in expensive area where shopkeeper's and artisans, who could not afford the higher rents along the East River, built their wooden houses in the 18th century. After the Civil War, the (4 comments)