Tribeca Film Center

375 Greenwich Street | also 190 Franklin Street | Tribeca | built 1905

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  1. 1990

    Robert De Niro and Drew Nieporent open Tribeca Grill in a former coffee factory

    The building at Greenwich and Franklin Streets, now the Tribeca Film Center, was once home to Martinson Coffee. In 1990 Robert De Niro and restaurateur Drew Nieporent opened Tribeca Grill inside it, with investors including Bill Murray, Sean Penn and Christopher Walken. The restaurant closed in 2025 after 35 years.

    Source: Wikipedia

  2. 2002

    May 8

    The first Tribeca Film Festival opens to revive the neighborhood after 9/11

    Robert De Niro, Jane Rosenthal and Craig Hatkoff founded the Tribeca Film Festival in response to the September 11 attacks and the blow they dealt to Lower Manhattan. Planned in 120 days with more than 1,300 volunteers, the first festival opened on May 8, 2002, with About a Boy and drew more than 150,000 people. Its headquarters is at 375 Greenwich Street.

    Source: Wikipedia

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