Tribeca

40.7181 - 74.0077Koordinaten: 40 ° 43 'N, 74 ° 0' W

Tribeca is a neighborhood in Manhattan, New York. The name stands for " Triangle Below Canal Street " (Eng.: triangle below Canal Street ). It is located between the Canal Street to the north, Broadway to the east, Vesey Street to the south and West Street to the west.

Tribeca was originally an industrial district, but has undergone a societal appreciation since the 1990s. Today, located in Tribeca many bars, restaurants and art galleries. Here also is home to the Tribeca Film Festival, which was founded in response to the terrorist attacks on 11 September 2001.

Robert De Niro, actor and native New Yorker, here owns a restaurant, Tribeca Grill, and the Greenwich Hotel. The film production company Tribeca Productions is also settled in the area and was founded in 1989 by De Niro and film producer Jane Rosenthal. Along with Robert De Niro Mariah Carey has settled in the late 1990s in Tribeca. She lives in a multistory apartment in Franklin Tower. Besides these two are among the best known residents of Jay -Z and Beyonce; Jay -Z also mentioned this in his song Empire State of Mind.

Especially in the construction is a new luxury residential tower to be 250 meters high. The planned by the Swiss architects Herzog & de Meuron project called 56 Leonard Tribeca should be completed by 2010 after a prolonged construction was halted. , Which is due to financial difficulties but would not let comply. The project should be completed in 2016.