NYC - Tribeca

Square Diner at the corner of Leonard and W. Broadway, Tribeca 

If it just feels like I was in New York, that's because I was.  But now I'm back for a conference and work, and in a neighborhood that is new to me.  That would be Tribeca, or "the triangle beneath Canal Street."  This a sweet neighborhood with few skyscrapers and a friendly vibe.

Cornell has come from upstate to downstate. 

It also contains the Cornell medical school (no campus with a lawn, just a building), and

There is a reason people take a picture of this fire station.

the fire station used in Ghostbusters, and my new favorite skyscraper in Manhattan, the "Jenga" building.

Not really the "Jenga" building, but that's what everyone calls it. 

I first spied this building when on the 100th floor of the Freedom Tower and immediately fell for it.  It is just the right amount of quirky and fun.  So I was quite delighted to learn it was up the street from my hotel.  But what I didn't know is that it is conjoined with my conference venue, New York Law School (founded 1891, and not be confused with NYU law school.)  I ate my dinner across from both, at the Square Diner, that is a decidedly rectangular, that has been serving Tribeca for "more than a hundred years."  I had the veggie pot pie while I watched Tribececkers  stroll by. 

Another Tribeca scene, complete with NYPD "smart car."